Guild Wars 2

The hidden achievement: Stay Dry, Stay Alive, currently requires people to fail the megalaser sub event to be obtainable. This is the only time Tequatl will cause a tidal wave.

People should not have to jump through hoops or actively sabotage an event to be able to try to obtain this. Making Tequatl always cause a tidal wave on failure will easily fix this problem.

On top of that it would be nice if the jump pads don’t randomly fail to activate.

Why do you think the Achievement is hidden and don’t reward APs?

Yah I’ve always found it odd when achievements require that sort of gameplay. Aren’t they supposed to be a reward for accomplishing something? Instead they just end up being a “Hey good job on playing the game poorly by accident/purpose” reward. A more egregious example would be getting downed by a rabbit 10 times in a row. That’s an extreme example but where do you draw the line. These achievements really should be a reward of standard or good, not convoluted/poor gameplay.

lordkrall.7241:

Why do you think the Achievement is hidden and don’t reward APs?

Irrelevant, just because it is hidden does not make it okay to advocate poor gameplay to achieve it.

It is relevant. Those achievements serve no purpose other than being extra. They don’t reward players anything at all.

TriggerSad.2597:

It is relevant. Those achievements serve no purpose other than being extra. They don’t reward players anything at all.

Still makes it irrelevant and it’s sad that you can’t see how badly the design is for this achievement.

It’s hidden, it’s a fun thing to discover. It doesn’t reward bad gameplay, it rewards surviving despite failure. That’s a good thing. The question I have is, does it count toward the meta? If not, then it in no way encourages anyone to sabotage anything. It’s just a cool thing to get if you manage to pull it off. If it does count toward the meta then that’s kind of a problem.

Conner.4702:

TriggerSad.2597:

It is relevant. Those achievements serve no purpose other than being extra. They don’t reward players anything at all.

Still makes it irrelevant and it’s sad that you can’t see how badly the design is for this achievement.

What’s sad is that your considering this an issue. It’s not.
It’s an extra achievement that’s flung towards you for something that’ll happen eventually. It doesn’t reward you anything at all.