How many of you would stop killing players if there were achievements?

[grizzle 21]

Achievements = the worst development in modern gaming. Followed by "leveling up" in FPS (leveling is for RPG's only) followed by leader boards.

[random51 172]

Achievements are horrible metagaming for people who don't have the imagination to create their own miniquests.

I give myself 5 achievement points every time I kill somebody who is packing an AS50 or M107.

If your proposed achievement system didn't give me achievements for killing other players I would continue to make up my own.

"Tin can headshot prone survivor who has broken leg." 50 pts

"Offer to bring morphine to somebody, bring hot lead instead." 50 pts

"Offer to give survivor a gun. Shoot him, then put gun on his dead body." 50 pts.

"Place 10 bear traps around hospital after taking all the morphine." 200 pts.

"Put 5 rows of concertina wire around the only toolbox in all of Elektro. " 200 pts.

[csharp 47]

Achievements has ruined modern games :(

[NFK 102]

GAMING GENERAL'S WARNING:

Achievements Cause Lung Cancer,

Heart Disease, Emphysema, And

May Complicate Pregnancy.

[Hawk24 94]

I'd stop killing players to get me a Huey

Once I had the Huey I would start killing players with it

Amidoingthisrite?

[KoukenNZ 6]

what i said eariler and

Achievements are horrible metagaming for people who don't have the imagination to create their own miniquests.

this

[hazedaze 89]

bump so ppl at different timezone can vote

[Buffjesus 357]

I'd stop killing players to get me a Huey

Once I had the Huey I would start killing players with it

Amidoingthisrite?

hueys suck for hunting down killing people

Edited August 7, 2012 by Buffjesus

[ieyfura 2]

I don't kill others at the moment. (Rather just avoid conflict if possible, or shoot in self defense). But I'm yes and no on achievements. For most games, they aren't really implemented right. DayZ is a game that really wouldn't do well with acheivements, so I guess I should just say flat out no, but there is always that rare case that it could work. This leaves me with a tiny fraction of a yes.

Achievements are still better left to games along the RPG side of things and other titles such as Journey.

[Strategos (DayZ) 190]

Poll is missing the

"Achievements have no place in Dayz EVER" option.

[arx 61]

achievements are for console generation games that lack content and innovation

so no

exactly. achievements and unlocks replace true content

[ironman Tetsuo 181]

I'd just like to mention that I've been a console gamer for over 25 years and I couldn't give two beans for achievements, killing on sight or whinging like a care bear.

Edited August 7, 2012 by ironman Tetsuo

[Blindingsun 233]

where's the "I'll kill everybody anyway" option?

[dallas 5195]

ArmA's and DayZ's achievement system is real and personal achievement system.

You know:

"Yay I learned how to understand map legends and navigate using the sun's location, the night sky or a compas."

"Yay I wont this firefight, because I used cover and concealment, set up my ambush, took accurate shots and killed the fool exposed in the open."

"Yay I learned to live off the land, hid my camp in a remote area and it haven't been found by other players for more than a week."

"Yay I hit a moving target with my Enfield and shook off 47 zombies in Cherno."

"Yay I looted NWA/Stary and lived to tell about it."

Other games offers achievements, usually because gameplay is so dumbed down, they have to create artificial achievements, level ups, weapon unlocks and headshot messages, so they players can pretend to be 1337, even when the game is holding them by the hand in every aspect of the game.

[kawaiigirl42069666xxxxxx 34]

achievements are for console generation games that lack content and innovation

So all we're missing is the console?

[Blindingsun 233]

This is not world of noobcraft. that is all

[Antariuk 22]

Yeah, achievements for not killing people doesn't seem to fit DayZ... but I think the idea of achievements is not bad in itself.

For example I can immediately think of stuff like this:

Horizon Walker - You traveled 100 miles by foot.

Off the Grid - You survived for 10 days without relying on canned food or drinks.

Doomed - You have been at Green Mountain and lived to tell the tale.

Hard-Boiled Bastard - You ate nothing but beans for 10 days.

[Faceman Peck 93]

I've tried to create a poll. I hope I've done it right.

If it isn't right, admins feel free to edit.

If you want achievements play console.

[Anthrax12 46]

So i did this a few night's ago, Placed all my gear in my tents and had a buddy shoot me, Spawn elektro, Killed with in 2min's, unarmed doing nothing was just looking at the sea.

[NFK 102]

Instead of achievements, how about just a stats recap on the "you are dead" screen. Stuff like total active survival time (time logged in and surviving), kilometers walked, driven, etc., diet (number of meals and type), acquisitions (loot found and type), weapons found, shots fired, hit percentage, and any other stats related to your character's brief life in Chernarus.

No awards or medals or cookies or what not, just the facts of your survivor's life.

[Sneakers O'Toole 57]

There is no better AI than another human being. That will not change any time soon.

[vetrox 16]

Achievments in specific games are a waste of time.

Diablo 3 has achievments...why? Other games are the same...why?

It kinda works on the xbox somehow (i dont know why)

NOTE: the above is all opinion. Aint no facts in this post

[neo2157 21]

It would probably lower the KOS till people got the achieve, for some reason this generation of gamer will do the most boreing task possible just to get an achievement.