GGG Should remove the Uniques Challenge

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Lichalfred wrote:

But the MOST important point is: achieving 8-stars gives NOTHING.

Seems to me that's precisely why it's not a problem. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. You miss out on, what, a shirt? If I wanted to trade real money for a shirt, I'd just do it at a clothing store; probably get a better one anyway.

Hello there, cap. I wanted this game to give me purpose, now it doesnt. Nicely done.

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If you don't want to do it, don't do it

- and I dont. I simple not play PoE, and dont miss it honestly. The whole topic, AS YOU DONT GET IT, is about giving some credit to GGG cuz we CARE (cared at least).

If you dont care about this aspect of the game - why write here at all, eh?

Another "no one cares" guy. You forgot that SpongeBob gif.

I'm not sure where you got the idea that I don't care about this aspect of the game. I absolutely care about it. I think achievements and challenges are a cheap way to add some nice little sub-goals for people to work toward. What I don't care about is not completing all of them, because I don't set my expectations at "I will win everything in the world and have everything I want". Nobody is owed the right to complete every challenge, and nobody misses anything significant by not completing every challenge.

Did like someone who "doesn't miss" POE telling another to not post, though.

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

I think achievements and challenges are a cheap way to add some nice little sub-goals for people to work toward.

- this (8th) aint cheap for sure. And there is currently NO GOAL in achieving any but all challenges. I AGREE with you on achievements, thats about right, no complains here. Though challenges are extremely inhomogenic. Few are hard, but the 8th... ridiculous.

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

and nobody misses anything significant by not completing every challenge.

- that IS the problem. I mentioned that you get a LOT of good, but not significant stuff from cheapest packs - no one gets advantage from visual effects whatsoever. If you look at any other online game out there, you see that the point of achievements is to brag, to show off, to demonstarate. Here you are castrated even from this little delight.

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GusTheCrocodile wrote:

Did like someone who "doesn't miss" POE telling another to not post, though.

- I didnt.

Enough people got 8 stars last time that it was only natural to up the ante and make it more challenging.

Maybe GGG only wanted a few people to do complete it. And to let you know, GGG keeps tabs on the top tier of traders to make sure that they're not cheating or buying/selling.

(You're obviously not in the top tier of traders or they would have caught you lol)

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shifted1119 wrote:

Enough people got 8 stars last time that it was only natural to up the ante and make it more challenging. Maybe GGG only wanted a few people to do complete it.

- aaand for what? to recieve NOTHING. Great job!

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shifted1119 wrote:

And to let you know, GGG keeps tabs on the top tier of traders to make sure that they're not cheating or buying/selling.(You're obviously not in the top tier of traders or they would have caught you lol)

- you imply that I RMT? LOL, wrong hit or you fail at reading. I dont trade a lot and what I got I gave Pibadi so at least he could do it.

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Lichalfred wrote:

aaand for what? to recieve NOTHING. Great job!

If it's for nothing then why do you give a shit?

You're just irrationally angry and making no sense, I'm done here.

For those who still cant get it - challenges MUST be REWARDING. It makes no sense to give challenge for challenge. I can give you plenty: play game with no flasks, play with no monitor, no mouse and no keyboard. Guess you can continue that list pretty well.

Challenges don't have to be rewarding other then getting a star on your profile and saying that you did it.

If your doing challenges based on a award merit other then the fact that you could do the challenge then your going to be upset.

Hell I would do stuff like try to collect all of the unique items or level a all character to 80+ regardless even if they gave NOTHING for the challenges and just tracked it.

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Lichalfred wrote:

- this (8th) aint cheap for sure.

I meant in terms of development resources spent implementing them, per unit "entertainment value" they give players. I think they're very efficient.

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Lichalfred wrote:

- that IS the problem. I mentioned that you get a LOT of good, but not significant stuff from cheapest packs - no one gets advantage from visual effects whatsoever. If you look at any other online game out there, you see that the point of achievements is to brag, to show off, to demonstarate. Here you are castrated even from this little delight.

Bizarre language. Castrated? Having a challenge there that's hard to complete, gets you a shirt if you manage it, and does absolutely no harm if you instead ignore it completely, is akin to having your testicles removed?

Not sure how you anyone's prevented from bragging about their success in the challenges anyway. You get a number by your name, and you get a shirt if you complete it. You can use those to brag. If nobody cares about one or both it's probably because completing the challenges just isn't that impressive.

You get stuff from the packs because you pay for them. GGG needs money to keep running, of course you're going to get better pretty things if you pay.

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Lichalfred wrote:

For those who still cant get it - challenges MUST be REWARDING. It makes no sense to give challenge for challenge. I can give you plenty: play game with no flasks, play with no monitor, no mouse and no keyboard. Guess you can continue that list pretty well.

Yes, I can. Speeddemosarchive has videos of people speedrunning games for no explicit reward. Any stealth gaming community will have people talking of "ghosting" levels even though the game doesn't reward you for it. Path of Exile itself has the Hardcore leagues, where you are challenged to not die in exchange for...nothing, just a ladder position. Countless numbers of games have optional higher difficulty settings that don't "give" you anything other than the knowledge that you managed to get through it.

People like completing extra challenges. There doesn't need to be an explicit reward; the experience of doing it, and of having done it, is the reward.