General Discussion

Blizzard has prepared a preview of the Player Achievement System, which will be introduced to World of Warcraft with the Wrath of the Lich King Expansion.

While Wrath of the Lich King will improve many of World of Warcraft’s existing features, it will also introduce plenty of brand-new ones to keep the game fresh and interesting. One of these new features is sure to suit a wide range of play styles: achievements. These self-contained goals will offer new challenges, satisfy goal-oriented players, allow others to see your accomplishments in World of Warcraft -- and are just plain fun.

World of Warcraft’s achievements system will launch with more than 500 individual achievements covering every aspect of gameplay, including world exploration, PvE, PvP, professions, and character development; from the purely whimsical to the truly epic, there will be something for everyone. Some achievements come with in-game rewards such as tabards, vanity pets, and titles. All of these rewards are purely cosmetic and just for fun, but you’ll certainly stand out when you proudly display them.

And don’t fret about running out of achievements anytime soon. The list is easily expandable, so you can expect additional achievements with each new World of Warcraft content update.

Read more here.

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Awesome. It's like the badges in City of Heroes. WotLK will be a great expansion.

Cant wait. all my toons sure need a hair cut and i cant remember the last time i went around hugging ppl

500? Hasn't anyone heard that Too much is the same as Too little? What's the value of these things if their handing them out like candy?

so kinda like lotro? I didn't play past the beta but I remember if someone /hugged you you could get a title  "Adored" or something to that effect. I would like that!  ^ ^

Or pets /drool. It would be war between all the girls in my guild haha

Yup, sounds exactly what LotRO, WAR, and I'm sure others have already done.

I can already smell the QQing now though with the boss kills counting towards achievements and unlocking things that "normal" people can't get to.

Hah  Blizzard continues to ripoff Turbine Ideas. It all started with heavy solo focus, tons of quests, no xp death penalty, simple crafting, pvp battlegrounds, pvp items/rewards ripping off from AC2. And now they continue to add things deeds system from Lotro.

Is blizzard so f90 chicken to try something new that hasn't been tested already by some other company? Fortunately not all companies are like that, otherwise the whole MMORPG industry would not progress any further.

Originally posted by Thillian

Hah  Blizzard continues to ripoff Turbine Ideas. It all started with heavy solo focus, tons of quests, no xp death penalty, simple crafting, pvp battlegrounds, pvp items/rewards ripping off from AC2. And now they continue to add things deeds system from Lotro.

Is blizzard so f90 chicken to try something new that hasn't been tested already by some other company? Fortunately not all companies are like that, otherwise the whole MMORPG industry would not progress any further.

Oh give me a break.  Nearly all ideas are rehashed in one form or another from other games.  Turbine hasn't done anything ground breaking or innovative, either.

I guess its just popular to bash Blizzard because they're the most succesful at what they do.  Oh well.

Originally posted by uohaloran

Originally posted by Thillian

Hah  Blizzard continues to ripoff Turbine Ideas. It all started with heavy solo focus, tons of quests, no xp death penalty, simple crafting, pvp battlegrounds, pvp items/rewards ripping off from AC2. And now they continue to add things deeds system from Lotro.

Is blizzard so f90 chicken to try something new that hasn't been tested already by some other company? Fortunately not all companies are like that, otherwise the whole MMORPG industry would not progress any further.

 

Oh give me a break.  Nearly all ideas are rehashed in one form or another from other games.  Turbine hasn't done anything ground breaking or innovative, either.

I guess its just popular to bash Blizzard because they're the most succesful at what they do.  Oh well.

Of course Turbine did bring many new ideas. Before AC2 every game had group focus, harsh xp death penalties and were more grind oriented. AC2 brought the idea about almost no death penalties, thousands of solo quests, easy gameplay. This was NOT in any mmorpg before. This is called innovation, not reharshing previous content. Reharsal is what Blizzard makes, then pay the publicity how original it is. Apparently people believe all that s98t