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Subject: I got a defiant achievement on a default map without the defiant maps

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As the title says, I was playing on countdown in the title update beta playlist, I got 3 oddball kills and yet I got the Crackin' Skulls achievement (I think that's what it's called) but I only own the noble map packs. Any idea what's up?

  • 10.22.2011 12:10 AM PDT

doesnt matter wat map ur on

  • 10.22.2011 12:13 AM PDT

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Yeah,I don't know whats up with that,I was playing Rumble pit with my friend and he killed me with the shotgun and got a double kill and got the both barrels achievement,and he doesn't have either one of the dlc's.He basically has them all now the only one he doesn't have is the you blew it up achievement since he doesn't have the maps.

  • 10.22.2011 1:48 AM PDT

If you've played at a friend's xbox with your account (who has the option to get the achievement), it gives you the option to unlock the achievements without the map pack. This happened to me , unless I'm getting confused.

  • 10.22.2011 1:51 AM PDT
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The TU made it so that you don't have to purchase the maps to get the DLC achievements -- except for the Breakpoint Invasion achievement as it is map-specific.

[Edited on 10.22.2011 1:54 AM PDT]

  • 10.22.2011 1:51 AM PDT

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Posted by: bright3y3s
If you've played at a friend's xbox with your account (who has the option to get the achievement), it gives you the option to unlock the achievements without the map pack. This happened to me , unless I'm getting confused.
I think you're getting confused

  • 10.22.2011 1:55 AM PDT

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same, its only recently that I have though

  • 10.22.2011 2:02 AM PDT
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Posted by: bright3y3s
If you've played at a friend's xbox with your account (who has the option to get the achievement), it gives you the option to unlock the achievements without the map pack. This happened to me , unless I'm getting confused.
I think you're getting confused

Actually, pre-TU, he is correct. If played on a console that did have the map packs, you could get the achievements (whether you had actually purchased the maps with your account or not). But, as I stated above, the TU 'unlocked' the achievements for everyone -- meaning you no longer need to purchase (or play on a console that has) the maps.

  • 10.22.2011 2:15 AM PDT


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Posted by: ZombieFishSticks

Posted by: bright3y3s
If you've played at a friend's xbox with your account (who has the option to get the achievement), it gives you the option to unlock the achievements without the map pack. This happened to me , unless I'm getting confused.
I think you're getting confused

Actually, pre-TU, he is correct. If played on a console that did have the map packs, you could get the achievements (whether you had actually purchased the maps with your account or not). But, as I stated above, the TU 'unlocked' the achievements for everyone -- meaning you no longer need to purchase (or play on a console that has) the maps.


Nope. You could do any of the Defiant Map pack achievements and about half the Noble Map Pack achievements even without ever purchasing a map. Speaking from experience here.

  • 10.22.2011 2:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: chrishans
Nope. You could do any of the Defiant Map pack achievements and about half the Noble Map Pack achievements even without ever purchasing a map. Speaking from experience here.

Before the TU, no, you could not. I, along with many of my friends, was not able to get any of the DLC achievements before the TU despite having fulfilled the requirements for some of them. If you did get them, you were playing on a console that purchased the maps.

  • 10.22.2011 3:01 AM PDT


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Posted by: chrishans
Nope. You could do any of the Defiant Map pack achievements and about half the Noble Map Pack achievements even without ever purchasing a map. Speaking from experience here.

Before the TU, no, you could not. I, along with many of my friends, was not able to get any of the DLC achievements before the TU despite having fulfilled the requirements for some of them. If you did get them, you were playing on a console that purchased the maps.


Nope, you're wrong. End story.

  • 11.06.2011 12:08 AM PDT

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The TU made it so that you don't have to purchase the maps to get the DLC achievements -- except for the Breakpoint Invasion achievement as it is map-specific.

  • 11.06.2011 12:16 AM PDT