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Subject: Achievement Gaming 101 - 2010 Style

With all the talk about creating your own achievements and what not I thought of something you guys might be interested and could be implemented in Halo: Reach.

My Idea

For use with custom games only:

While I believe that there will be a lot of returning options in the Halo: Reach menu as well as in MM and campaign.. Just as with firefight, I believe its time for some new options within custom games.

I.e. Create achievements within custom games (either worth 0 gs or call them something else - so they dont show up on achievement lists in the game)

You build your variant, or use someone elses, or use a Bungie made map and set up a few achievements that you could get for doing specific things during the match. Build the gametype around these types of achievements. The winner of the match could be determined by who scores the most of the particular matches achievements.

For example:

Map: Blood Gulch 3 (heh) or whatever map you want.
Gametype: Achievementology
Score to: First to 10 achievements (or highest #/points when match ends)
- You could have some achievements worth more points than others (degree of difficulty)

Achievement Creation and Points Setter:

- Hijack 3 vehicles from the opposing team (2 points)
- Kill 3 opponents while using Active Camo (2 points)
- Get a grenade kill from 100+ yards (3 points)
- Achieve a double kill with the laser (2 points)
- Get an extermination (3 points)
- Get 5 assassinations in one round/match (2 points)
- Get a double kill (1 point)
- Stick an opponent with Brute Spike grenade (1 point)
.... and so on.. some easy.. some more difficult.. you get the idea.

The menu would have to have a list of possible achievements you could select from so that the game knows when one has been achieved. Use it like a checklist so that the custom game maker can go down the list and decide which ones to check off.

After some time in customs I could see some awesome Bungie contests coming from this.
I.e. Shishka sets up a playlist where he has a lot of different maps/gametypes set up with unlockable "achievements" to get during the match. Make it social. Since these wouldnt be actual achievements that give you gs points, theres no reason for people to cheat.

I dunno, just an idea. I think it would be something new and cool to try out. Would make gameplay a lot different. Sure you could rush and just kill people instead of going for the achievements but you would lose for doing so.

Any thoughts? Suggestions? Ideas?



[Edited on 07.02.2009 10:06 PM PDT]

  • 10.13.2009 4:59 PM PDT
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OMG that would be really fun! I love getting achievements but this gametype just makes it better. Can you make up your own achievements? That would be fun.

  • 10.13.2009 5:14 PM PDT

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As long as the game makes that satisfying little *pop* sound when you get them I'm all for it. maybe as an Action Sack or double exp weekend gametype though

  • 10.13.2009 5:17 PM PDT

Posted by: EpicIn10sity
OMG that would be really fun! I love getting achievements but this gametype just makes it better. Can you make up your own achievements? That would be fun.


Well Im not sure if that would work.. If you made up your own, the system wouldnt be able to recognize when you achieved it. Bungie would have to come up with a checklist of 100's of different possible ones (like I listed) that you could go through and check off as acceptable ones for the game. Im sure they could come up with some good ones.

  • 10.13.2009 5:17 PM PDT
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I guess. Obviously it wouldnt be like you just type up an achievement. It would be made up of like three diff elements from drop down menus

  • 10.13.2009 5:20 PM PDT

Posted by: EpicIn10sity
I guess. Obviously it wouldnt be like you just type up an achievement. It would be made up of like three diff elements from drop down menus


Yeah for sure.. I like.

  • 10.13.2009 5:21 PM PDT

maybe not..

  • 10.13.2009 7:04 PM PDT

There should be an additional DLC disc with Reach containing another 750 DLC achievements that DL to your harddrive making them available to unlock once installed.

  • 10.14.2009 7:48 AM PDT
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1.Camping n00b!
-Requirements:
Kill another player within the vicinity of a spawn point.
Worth: 1
2.It's a legitimate strategy!!!
-Requirements:
Kill three players in a row in the same room of a spawn point.
Worth: 2
3.Rocket whore
-Requirements:
Destroy five player controlled vehicles in one life.
Worth: 1
4.Lead and shrapnel, this is my love.
-Requirements:
Go on a killing spree with the pistol.
Worth: 3

5.Kick the hacker!
-Requirements:
Kill twenty people in one life.
Worth: 5

That's about all I can think about for now.

  • 10.14.2009 8:04 AM PDT

Yeah but what about the idea..

  • 10.14.2009 9:49 AM PDT

It would be more of us selecting from a checklist of pre-made achievements, rather than making up your own. If they could devise a way for us to take pieces of an achievement and combine them together then that could work. But you wouldnt be able to just type out your own achievements because the system wouldnt recognize it.

  • 10.15.2009 10:36 AM PDT

sorry but u copied my forum

  • 10.16.2009 2:39 PM PDT

Posted by: eaglefanmike
sorry but u copied my forum


Did I now...?

A) This is a "thread" NOT a forum.
B) I dont know who you are nor have I ever seen a post or thread or "forum" that you have ever created.
C) Sorry, but nothing has been copied from you, nor will it ever be.

  • 10.16.2009 6:00 PM PDT
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From: KaTaNaSaMuRaI09
To: KaTaNaSaMuRaI09

1 month forum ban notice

25G Killer: Kill 150 Elites on Mission 1 without dying.

50G Samurai: Get 1000+ Energy Sword kills in the whole Campaign with or without dying, or get 50 kills in Matchmaking without dying.

5G Hayabusa Katana User: Unlock Hayabusa Katana, and get 50 kills with it (Multiplayer or Campaign).

20G UNSC Katana User: (Secret) Unlock UNSC Katana and get 200 Kills with it.

15G Have Fun Getting Killed: End someone's Killing Spree.

100G Complete Game on Mythic: Complete the Campaign on Mythic Difficulty.

250G Complete Halo Reach: Beat the Campaign on Easy, Normal, Heroic, Legendary, and Mythic.

25G Complete Freakin' Invincible Lunatic: Get 100 Kamikaze Kills in the entire Co-op Storyline or in Matchmaking.

100G Vidmaster Challenge: Invincible Lunatic Hero: Complete the Campaign on Legendary with all skulls on.

25G Vidmaster Challenge: Bungie's Favorite: Get 1 of your Forged maps as Bungie's Favorite.

50G Vidmaster Challenge: I'm Sergeant Johnson and I'm as agile as a smaller ox Part 1: Complete one mission on Legendary without getting shot. (If you get shot, reverting is allowed, it won't ruin your achievement.)

0G Vidmaster Challenge: I'm Sergeant Johnson and I'm as agile as an ox Part 2: Complete one mission on Legendary without getting detected.

10G Vidmaster Challenge: I Haz Recon Armor, now I'm better than all of you: Get the well protective Recon armor by getting the other Vidmaster achievements.

500G: Vidmaster Challenge: O MI FREKIN' GSH, HOW DD U DO DAT:
Beat the Campaign on all difficulties with all Skulls on.

25G Recruited Spartan: Complete ACT 1.

35G DONT TELL ME TO DO A PUSH UP SGT.: Complete ACT 2.

45G Uh RECRUITED Spartaaan Is NOw a LiUeteNanT: Complete ACT 3.

50G Captain oH nO CPT. IS not Recruit: Complete ACT 4.

60G Major, not CPT, UR r getting close to General: ACT 5.

70G WOW your a complete Lunatic a Spartan Completing 75% of your mission like that LT. Col.: Complete ACT 6 within an hour.

90G Colonel, I WIll AlmoSt ListeN to Y4: Complete ACT 7.

100G Brigadier I will almost be your AWESOME SPARTAN!!!!!!: Complete ACT 8.

125G Five * * * * * GENERAL IM UR awesome MinION: Complete Final ACT 9.

150G You Finished you Reach Mission, General: Complete ACT 10 and watch the Epilogue.

Edit later.

50G Vidmaster Challenge: WOW Master Chief Switched from Master Chief Petty Officer to Five Star General of the Marines, how, weird: Complete all ACTS and watch Prologue and Epilogue.

5G Spartan, we bought a new Hayabusa Katana for ya: Unlock the Hayabusa Katana.

20G We got you Katana made from us, the UNSC: Unlock the UNSC Katana.

35G Hello, Cut the aliens throat, new supplies: Unlock the UNSC Combat Knife.

50G Where's all the ???????: Acquire all the Armor.

25G Weapon User: Used at least every weapon.

500G Achievement Unlocker: Unlock all the other achievements.

5G Ur wierd, U want a Challenge: Activate all the skulls.

5G Im in long service for a Recruit: Play 24 hours of gameplay.

5G Sucide Jack: Commit Sucide 10 times.

25G Betrayer: On Legendary Kill your allies, until they turn against you, then kill all the allies in that checkpoint.

30G At least you killed something Recruit: Kill a Hunter.

10G Played a Map: Wait until a game is over in online or offline.

25G Dual Wielding Spartan: Get 50 kills on any mission on ACT 5 by dual wielding Energy Swords.

350G King Master: Reach the highest rank in all the playable races.

50G Flaming Manjaro: Get 50 Flamethrower kills on ACT 8.



Edit Later.

[Edited on 10.18.2009 6:35 PM PDT]


[Edited on 10.18.2009 6:41 PM PDT]

  • 10.18.2009 6:38 PM PDT

Holy -blam!-!

  • 10.19.2009 3:34 PM PDT