u/CustomTarkovEnjoyer

I am currently doing some achievement hunting to give myself a tangible goal, and one thing is absolutely obvious: BSG does not understand achievements, or the type of players interested by achievement-hunting.

Going out of your way to get achievements appeals to the completionists. People who either want to "100% the game", simply like bragging rights, or are looking for unusual things to do in the game that don't fit in any other system than an achievement.

As such, there are some rules to follow for a good achievement system:

- All visible achievements should be obtainable
- The total of achievements should be all obtainable
- Unobtainable achievements should still be listed and visible if you have them, but should be hidden from the list as they're not obtainable anymore (e.g. achievements from past event... How the hell am I going to get Maslenitsa: Complete the Maslenitsa 2024 event task line ??? Nikita! Give me your time machine!)
- The total should be listed as [total of already obtained obtainable achievements] / [total of obtainable achievements] + [extra hidden and unobtainable achievements] (for example 53/100 + 5)

Silly achievements that are awful to obtain can be hidden and not part of the total if they're just too weird or awful to get (for example, an "Allah Hakbar" achievement in which you have to kill 2 enemy PMCs with a grenade that also kills you would be awful to attempt to get, so best to keep it hidden and not part of the total)

I really wanted to get seriously into achievement hunting and get close to 100% achievements, but because so many of them are just unobtainable, it feels like there is no point in even trying.

All other games follow these unspoken rules, for example, in World of Warcraft you get an achievement for connecting on the anniversary day of the release of the game, but because it's obviously not obtainable if you miss it, it's a hidden, extra achievement.

Anyway, hopefully BSG wises up and corrects this system at some point.

Aimbotters with full ESP / radar / wallhack are unhinged this week end.

I need to kill cultists so I'm spamming Night Factory and it's as bad as Labs cheating-wise.

Some of them aren't even trying to hide it. One of them has just a few hundreds hours played, 4+ KD, shows off all the dogtags of streamer he's doinked. Just bee-lining to me and headshotting me through a wooden opaque door.

How fun.