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Posted by: psizone.8437

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I didn’t play during the last league because I had no interest at the time but I’ve decided to give these achievements a bash this time around.

Casually looking at the achievements before starting I read ‘Complete 11 achievements’ and thought, “That doesn’t look too bad, it seems to reward being able to win whilst playing multiple classes. Should be easy enough with a bit of effort.”

After a mix of terrible and great matches I completed my chosen list of achievements, only to notice that some hadn’t counted. It was then that I had further investigated and noticed a list of achievements that needed to be done, that doesn’t include all of the ones on the page.

First off, why bother adding all of the other achievements on that page if they don’t contribute to the meta achievement?

Secondly, is the timegated achievement of 15 days worth of matches really needed? It seems to tedious considering it’s the first of a 4 part challenge.

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Posted by: Lord Hammer Hand.4815

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anets idea of hard content is by making easy things timegated so they dont have to make new things for us to do right away.

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Posted by: Rain.7543

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The meta achievements are not meant to be completed in one or two seasons. Granded skilled players who reached Legendary last season and eventually reach Legendary division this season will eventually complete all 4 meta achievements. The achievements are the same, but the requirements gradually increase per tier. They are long term goals for players to pursued for titles and rewards.

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Posted by: Kayberz.5346

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Your talking about the “win x matches with x class” achievements. They do progress the meta achievement, just not directly. They contribute to the achievement that says you must complete a certain number of those class win achievements which DOES contribute directly to the meta.
The daily achievement is to make sure the people earning the wings are actively playing pvp regularly and not just comming in 1 week of the league to do a achievement farming marathon and then never pvping again.

The wings are a reward for consistent pvp players, not just achievement point hunters

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Posted by: VuAnh.8105

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The meta achievements are not meant to be completed in one or two seasons. Granded skilled players who reached Legendary last season and eventually reach Legendary division this season will eventually complete all 4 meta achievements. The achievements are the same, but the requirements gradually increase per tier. They are long term goals for players to pursued for titles and rewards.

Actually only need diamond this season.

then im out.

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Posted by: Kayberz.5346

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The meta achievements are not meant to be completed in one or two seasons. Granded skilled players who reached Legendary last season and eventually reach Legendary division this season will eventually complete all 4 meta achievements. The achievements are the same, but the requirements gradually increase per tier. They are long term goals for players to pursued for titles and rewards.

Actually only need diamond this season.

then im out.

Then your doing the math wrong, its impossible to get the legendary back piece in 2 seasons withou getting legendary division twice

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Posted by: psizone.8437

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Then your doing the math wrong, its impossible to get the legendary back piece in 2 seasons withou getting legendary division twice

Wait, which part of getting it includes getting to that division twice?

I had a look at the other meta achievements and it looked like you can do 2 achievement bundles per season (15 days per bundle) as long as you play enough to fulfil the other requirements for the metas.

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Posted by: Sunshine.5014

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The meta achievements are not meant to be completed in one or two seasons. Granded skilled players who reached Legendary last season and eventually reach Legendary division this season will eventually complete all 4 meta achievements. The achievements are the same, but the requirements gradually increase per tier. They are long term goals for players to pursued for titles and rewards.

Actually only need diamond this season.

then im out.

Then your doing the math wrong, its impossible to get the legendary back piece in 2 seasons withou getting legendary division twice

Wut? I think you’re misinformed.

I also only need Diamond this time to complete Year IV.

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Posted by: Rising Dusk.2408

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You need 125 league tickets and 60 days of the daily 3 games to get all of the items you need for the legendary. Getting to Diamond tier rewards you with (15 [Amber] + 20 [Emerald] + 20 [Sapphire] + 20 [Ruby]) 75 tickets. With 75 tickets, you should be able to complete the legendary after two seasons. That also works out to plenty more than 60 days.

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Posted by: VuAnh.8105

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The meta achievements are not meant to be completed in one or two seasons. Granded skilled players who reached Legendary last season and eventually reach Legendary division this season will eventually complete all 4 meta achievements. The achievements are the same, but the requirements gradually increase per tier. They are long term goals for players to pursued for titles and rewards.

Actually only need diamond this season.

then im out.

Then your doing the math wrong, its impossible to get the legendary back piece in 2 seasons withou getting legendary division twice

I’m Sapphire at moment, 3/4 League Elite. Once I hit ruby I’ll be on 4/4 League Elite. Hitting diamond will complete it.

All that’s left are easy achievements and 3 dailies per day for 15(12) days.

I’m glad I’ll be done sooner than most, sPVP/league in this game is such a headache.

Hitting Legendary again would be cool but I am not going try-hard mode as I did last season. Now that was a pain, especially for solo queuing.

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Posted by: Kayberz.5346

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Do the math, its not the tickets, its crossing 10 divisions total.
If you got to legendary last season you have crossed 5 divisions, you need to cross 5 more which means getting legendary Twice in a row is the only possible way to finish it in 2 seasons

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Posted by: Cynz.9437

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Do the math, its not the tickets, its crossing 10 divisions total.
If you got to legendary last season you have crossed 5 divisions, you need to cross 5 more which means getting legendary Twice in a row is the only possible way to finish it in 2 seasons

people got legendary x7+ last season, it is possible

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Posted by: ItIsFinished.9462

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Only need to hit Diamond this Season then I’m done as well.

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Posted by: Kayberz.5346

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Prestiging legendary isnt supposed to count as crossing a league division

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Posted by: VuAnh.8105

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Do the math, its not the tickets, its crossing 10 divisions total.
If you got to legendary last season you have crossed 5 divisions, you need to cross 5 more which means getting legendary Twice in a row is the only possible way to finish it in 2 seasons

Hitting ruby will put me at tier 4. Hitting diamond will complete the achievement.

Hitting amber from nothing probably counted during the first season.

In that case, it should be the same this season so I could just get to ruby and be done with this horrible aspect of the game.

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Posted by: psizone.8437

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Do the math, its not the tickets, its crossing 10 divisions total.
If you got to legendary last season you have crossed 5 divisions, you need to cross 5 more which means getting legendary Twice in a row is the only possible way to finish it in 2 seasons

But I crossed one division and it completed the achievement in part 1 and unlocked half of part 2s achievement (I haven’t completed part 1 yet) so I’m assuming it’s cumulative and unlocks for all parts as long as it’s in one season?

If that’s the case you can cross 3 divisions in one season to complete 3 parts then the second season would only require you to cross 4 divisions.

If I’m right in that then you’d only need Ruby in one season and Diamond in the second season and not have to touch Legendary at all.

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Posted by: Lord Hammer Hand.4815

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people reach legendary +13 in EU and +9 in NA so yeah people already compelted those achievement and just doing the 15 daily games.

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Posted by: Kayberz.5346

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Do the math, its not the tickets, its crossing 10 divisions total.
If you got to legendary last season you have crossed 5 divisions, you need to cross 5 more which means getting legendary Twice in a row is the only possible way to finish it in 2 seasons

But I crossed one division and it completed the achievement in part 1 and unlocked half of part 2s achievement (I haven’t completed part 1 yet) so I’m assuming it’s cumulative and unlocks for all parts as long as it’s in one season?

If that’s the case you can cross 3 divisions in one season to complete 3 parts then the second season would only require you to cross 4 divisions.

If I’m right in that then you’d only need Ruby in one season and Diamond in the second season and not have to touch Legendary at all.

No the first tier needs one, second needs two ect.
So getting to ruby will leave you with the first 2 tiers done, so if you get diamond the second season you still have 3 more divisions to cross

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Posted by: shrek.1046

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Why the timegate? Cause the only way they have to try and keep players in the game is to make everything into a grind.

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Posted by: psizone.8437

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No the first tier needs one, second needs two ect.
So getting to ruby will leave you with the first 2 tiers done, so if you get diamond the second season you still have 3 more divisions to cross

But the achievements look like the third one unlocks when the second is completed (achievement, not meta) so you can cross 3 divisions and complete 3?

Edit: To clarify, I mean the prerequisite for unlocking the achievement for crossing divisions is unlocked by completing the previous tiers equivalent, not the meta, and it seems to accumulate across the different versions.

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Posted by: Kayberz.5346

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No the first tier needs one, second needs two ect.
So getting to ruby will leave you with the first 2 tiers done, so if you get diamond the second season you still have 3 more divisions to cross

But the achievements look like the third one unlocks when the second is completed (achievement, not meta) so you can cross 3 divisions and complete 3?

Edit: To clarify, I mean the prerequisite for unlocking the achievement for crossing divisions is unlocked by completing the previous tiers equivalent, not the meta, and it seems to accumulate across the different versions.

Yes it does, but you need to cross 10 divisions total, getting ruby one season and diamond the next only totals 7 divisions crossed

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Posted by: psizone.8437

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Yes it does, but you need to cross 10 divisions total, getting ruby one season and diamond the next only totals 7 divisions crossed

I’m not seeing the achievement locked behind crossing 10 divisions.

Season 1, cross 3 divisions – completes the achievements for parts 1,2 and 3.
Season 2, cross 4 divisions – completes the achievement for part 4.

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