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05-02-11, 04:41 AM   #1
tobindax
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Addon coders have an opportunity to become famous by creating something huge.

It is clear to me at this point that overachiever is inferior to an overwhelming extend compared to what it should have been.

1. It only tracks a handful of achievements while it could track at least 10 times that.

2. It lacks obvious features such as hovering over boss and seeing "needed for achivs 1,2,3" etc.

Instead of whining to them and getting a "do it yourself" treatment, I want to say to coders of addons, here is your opportunity to become as huge as Questhelper was.

..at least before Blizzard takes over.
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05-02-11, 04:49 AM   #2
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Well since you don't want to code it yourself, why not just ask the author of overachiever to consider adding the enhancements you've suggested?
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05-02-11, 06:05 AM   #3
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:\ Yeah, most people don't really respond to the whole "condescending" thing.
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05-02-11, 06:23 AM   #4
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A real must have, indeed.
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05-02-11, 07:50 AM   #5
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I prefer addons to be small and unknown ... that reduces the effort and time to keep them running
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05-02-11, 11:52 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by tobindax View Post
It is clear to me at this point that overachiever is inferior to an overwhelming extend compared to what it should have been.

1. It only tracks a handful of achievements while it could track at least 10 times that.

2. It lacks obvious features such as hovering over boss and seeing "needed for achivs 1,2,3" etc.

Instead of whining to them and getting a "do it yourself" treatment, I want to say to coders of addons, here is your opportunity to become as huge as Questhelper was.

..at least before Blizzard takes over.
You're implying that there is an incentive to getting famous. And not everyone wants to be famous or known.
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05-02-11, 12:08 PM   #7
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You could also just install RaidAchievement.
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05-02-11, 05:25 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Xinhuan View Post
You're implying that there is an incentive to getting famous. And not everyone wants to be famous or known.
It's also implied that there is incentive to achieve. I'm quite content in role playing my font decisions with Goldshire NPCs.
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05-02-11, 05:48 PM   #9
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Do achievements even have this sort of information available in the client?

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05-02-11, 06:18 PM   #10
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Showing which achievements apply to which bosses? RaidAchievement does it by printing to chat when you target a boss.
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