Every Thursday, The Overachiever shows you how to work toward those sweet achievement points. This week, we contemplate the effect wrought by raid achievements.

Achievements as a whole are great for World of Warcraft; they ask you to look at the game a bit differently, to create challenges for yourself, and to get involved with zones and stories that you might otherwise ignore. Unfortunately, they can also spur players and guilds to approach raid content in a way that’s not necessarily fulfilling for all concerned.

Since Wrath of the Lich King, I’ve slowly gotten the sense that raiding as a whole is much less rewarding than it used to be, and this is a sentiment that’s been echoed by a number of other players. Unfortunately, achievements — originally intended to add another means of accomplishment to raids — may well be among the causes.Continue reading The OverAchiever: Why Icecrown was less fun than SunwellFiled under: Achievements, The OverachieverThe OverAchiever: Why Icecrown was less fun than Sunwell originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
Every Thursday, The Overachiever shows you how to work toward those sweet achievement points. This week, we contemplate the effect wrought by raid achievements.

Achievements as a whole are great for World of Warcraft; they ask you to look at the game a bit differently, to create challenges for yourself, and to get involved with zones and stories that you might otherwise ignore. Unfortunately, they can also spur players and guilds to approach raid content in a way that’s not necessarily fulfilling for all concerned.

Since Wrath of the Lich King, I’ve slowly gotten the sense that raiding as a whole is much less rewarding than it used to be, and this is a sentiment that’s been echoed by a number of other players. Unfortunately, achievements — originally intended to add another means of accomplishment to raids — may well be among the causes.Continue reading The OverAchiever: Why Icecrown was less fun than SunwellFiled under: Achievements, The OverachieverThe OverAchiever: Why Icecrown was less fun than Sunwell originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments