Achivement discussion

[timmermac]

Or you can Vampire Hexmage it.

[Fizanko]

I wish i had this card the last time i tried to free Marit Lage

[drdev]

The ultimate of Vraska the Unseen does not trigger the achievement. Won a game with one of her assassin tokens but no achievement.

edit: The same goes for Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas or do you need to kill with his ultimate and not only after it with another attack?

These two achievements are now fixed. The problem with Tezzeret was that its ultimate wasn't flagged as with "Ultimate $ True" in its script. I also decided to fix Gideon the same way by flagging its last ability as an ultimate even though it costs nothing to use. It seemed strange to have a single planeswalker as the outlier for achievements sake. It'll just be an easy one to earn.

As for Vraska, the issue was actually an improper "," in the name used for the achievement dictionary key as well as the image file. I've removed the "," from the dictionary key so that achievement can be earned, but you need to rename the image file to get the trophy image to show up for it.

Could somebody with access to the latest achievement images upload please update that file's name so its fixed for people that download the images going forward?

[Marek14]

Ugin achievement suggestion:

Ugin's Anti-Ultimatum
A ragtag band of misfits, brought from the future...

[Agetian]

Ugin achievement suggestion:

Ugin's Anti-Ultimatum
A ragtag band of misfits, brought from the future...

I added this achievement to the code (an example picture attached). Its name may be just a tad bit long (it almost fits but it does escape the boundaries of the achievement title box by a pixel or two).

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon.png (31.21 KiB) Viewed 6367 times

- Agetian

[swordshine]

Commander 2014 planeswalkers (Daretti, Nixilis, Freyalise, Nahiri) need achievements.

[Agetian]

Commander 2014 planeswalkers (Daretti, Nixilis, Freyalise, Nahiri) need achievements.

I can code those in if someone provides me with good names and subtitles for them. Marek, do you have any good ideas for those?

- Agetian

[Marek14]

ok, let me see... thought I did those already

Daretti's Recycling Center
Save the environment!

Ob Nixilis's Black Oath
We all have to bring sacrifices sometimes.

Freyalise's Big Party
Let's celebrate each and every one of you!

Nahiri's Gift
I pulled it out! Now I'm a king!

[Agetian]

Daretti's Recycling Center
Save the environment!

Ob Nixilis's Black Oath
We all have to bring sacrifices sometimes.

Freyalise's Big Party
Let's celebrate each and every one of you!

Nahiri's Gift
I pulled it out! Now I'm a king!

Nice ones! Here are some problems with them:
Daretti's title is too long ("Daretti's Recycling Center") and doesn't fit by several characters. Turning it into "Daretti's Recycling" helps fix it, but I'm not sure if that would work - what do you think? Also, Ob Nixilis's title is also a bit long but if we turn it into just "Nixilis's Black Oath" it works - would that be fine in your opinion?

- Agetian

[Marek14]

How about "Daretti's Recycler"?

As for Ob Nixilis, it sounds good.

[Agetian]

How about "Daretti's Recycler"?

As for Ob Nixilis, it sounds good.

Yep sounds good! I committed the changes necessary to support C14 commanders. Freyalise's Big Party is also a couple pixels long, but it practically fits (please take a look in the game) - if it's a bit much, maybe just Freyalise's Party would do?

P.S. Is anyone able to come up with the pictures for these? My artistic skills are not that great to be honest, I can only come up with the basic crops from the cards or something like that.

- Agetian

[Marek14]

Here's an idea for Commander achievements: achievements for defeating a deck with certain Commander by a deck with another specific Commander. Would have three degrees: simple win, win with your Commander on the battlefield and win due to Commander damage.

Combinations for achievements would be roughly three types:

1. Story fights: Commanders that went against each other during their respective stories. For example Mangara of Corondor vs. Kaervek the Merciless or Darien, King of Kjeldor vs. Lim-Dul, the Necromancer. Or even Karn, Silver Golem vs. Memnarch. Or, for laughs, Blind Seer vs. Mishra, Artificer Prodigy.
2. "Mirror matches", with two versions of the same character, for example Mikaeus the Lunarch vs. Mikaeus the Unhallowed or Ascendant Evincar vs. Crovax, Ascendant Hero. Or Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath vs. Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
3. Characters that just seem similar or that seem to have interesting interactions, for example Memnarch vs. Arcum Daggson, Nicol Bolas vs. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre, present Khans vs. past Khans, etc.

While the number of these achievements should be kept limited, what could be included in higher numbers would be "banter", basically some funny quotes displayed before the game. Those would be kept in a database that could be expanded indefinitely. Canonical fights (like Narset, Enlightened Master vs. Zurgo Helmsmasher or Nath of the Gilt-Leaf vs. Rhys the Exiled) would get quotes from the novels/other sources.

Some examples:
Mirri, Cat Warrior vs. Ascendant Evincar
Crovax: They say cats have nine lives, but I am quite sure you've already exhausted all of yours.
Mirri: Pitiful fool. Was all this false power worth the cost?

Norin the Wary vs. any huge, inhuman monster
Norin: Oh... I don't like the sight of this...

Visara the Dreadful vs. Kamahl, Pit Fighter
Visara: Oh, how delightful. Another fool for my statue garden.
Kamahl: Not today. The crowd chants MY name!

[drdev]

Evidence of why achievements can add a layer of fun.

Yes, that's -746 life with a non-infinite deck. Here's the decklist for those curious.

Green Counters | Open

Main:
4 Avatar of the Resolute
4 Cytoplast Root-Kin
4 Hardened Scales
4 Inspiring Call
4 Kalonian Hydra
4 Predator Ooze
4 Reverent Hunter
4 Strangleroot Geist
4 Tuskguard Captain
24 Forest

[Agetian]

Does anyone have any good ideas about achievement names and descriptions for Dragons of Tarkir planeswalker ultimates? (there are two IIRC - Narset Transcendent and Sarkhan Unbroken).

- Agetian

[Frgrbrgr]

Does anyone have any good ideas about achievement names and descriptions for Dragons of Tarkir planeswalker ultimates? (there are two IIRC - Narset Transcendent and Sarkhan Unbroken).

- Agetian

Narset:
Narset's Advantage
Hey, at least you tried.

Sarkhan Unbroken:
Sarkhan's Summoning
Say hello to my not-so-little friends.