The Achievement page is a big hot mess. I could never figure out why the more recent achievements are at the bottom. You need to scroll for about an hour just to see the newer ones. Team Spockholm collapses them by category and you can expand the ones you are interested in but why hasn’t Zynga done the same? Even with the collapsing, it’s still messy and the counts are off. Zynga has removed achievements so some players can have more than the total and that’s just confusing. They also count achievements that have been pulled (like the 3 New Top Mafia achievements that were available for only a few hours) and when you get a new achievement (as shown below) the count doesn’t make sense. They recently streamlined the profile inventory section and many players would appreciate it if they did the same for the achievements. I think all achievements should be brought back so all players have the option to earn them. If it’s no longer possible to do the action than an alternative should be offered. Many stay in the game to get these things and if it’s impossible then it could be a deal breaker for some.
Updated Profile Page Inventory Section
The reason the total on my Achievements page is 2 more than what Zynga lists as the total is because they also pulled the 2 Zynga Poker achievements. You can still get those today if someone gifts you the loot items. Since players can still get these, they should count in the total. All this is just confusing and Zynga could easily simplify it. As far as achievements that are impossible to earn because of pulled destinations or expired events, they could figure something out so newer players don’t have so much gray on their page. What are your suggestions?
Hehe, seriously... no offense, but who cares (besides you)? As soon as new districts open, you won't care much either ;) hehe... and as for the horrific nightmare it is to scroll the page for someone who doesn't use scripts... I just happen to know such a person... and not ONCE has this person complained about this, hehe... but I can understand why you would want Zynga to copy cat Team Spockholm... but personally, I like the fact that all achievements are visable... spending 2 seconds to scroll through them is hardly a nightmare, hehe... it seems to me that perhaps you're just a little bored now that you are all done, hehe ;) Ohh, and who would wanna quit the game just because they can't get three achievements that were pulled 4 years ago? I doubt that will be a deal breaker for very many :)
ReplyDeleteFunny post though... made me chuckle... but good luck with it all :)
I'm glad you were so amused but you didn't grasp the point. I don't care, I have 2 more achievements than what is listed. Players who are missing tons of them because they came late to the game find it irritating. The 3 top mafia ones only come into play with the popup and I was just showing where those numbers came from. Some don't mind clicking and scrolling and reloading pages but others avoid it when they can. That's why we use scripts.
DeleteAnon, part of the fun of the game is getting the achievements for a lot of people. New players, if any, see all these ones they cannot get and it deters them from playing because they in fact do want to get them. Examples being what LL mentioned and then all the other destinations that show but are long closed out. Like MWLL I really do not care, I gave up on most of them. Like the raven and the arena ones but there should be something to entice a new player besides overwhelming them with everything else.
ReplyDeleteI am a chronic 100%-er, so this is something of a pet peeve of mine. Multiple locations are shut down, likely never to return; some events have ended, and are not making new appearances. It should be a fairly quick edit for Z, and there's got to be some people still working on the game, seeing as how new events pop up with some regularity. I wouldn't mind if they took a week off of events, and ran some heavy maintenance instead.
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