Achievement System

[Mordred]

I'm sure everyone has suggested this multiple times, and yet I'm just doing it to ask peoples opinions.
An achievement system can make a server gain many more regular players by allowing people to gain points to buy different things from the store.

For example, any weapon that people would consider taking skill on (Snipers, winchester rifle, pistol snipers etc etc) there would be a goal to reach. Such as 20 headshots with the Winchester 73, killing people with every type of trap in the traitor menu, or clutching a round with the last bullet in your mag. Things that wont take 5 minutes to complete but actually need to work on over days and weeks.

Something you may be wondering about is now that it will be easier to receive points, peoples outfits and stuff wont be unique anymore. A lot of people will have a lot of things. This can also be fixed by raising prices for everything, to actually make it so you need to complete a lot of achievements to get something nice. This includes prices for taunts.

Pros:
More regular players
Keeps the regular players motivated
Makes it so you don't rely on the continuous 50 points or random drops for your point income.
Obviously makes the game more fun and addictive 

Cons:
More and more people will be getting hats, skins, trails etc etc.
This can lead to people (not regulars) not caring about the game all that much and instead going for points.
This may create more rules and give the admins more things to look out for.

I apologise if this is already in the works. This will take awhile to make I reckon if you do it custom.
But anyway I just wanted opinions on what you would think, and what you would want some achievements to be if it were to be added.

[Radox12]

In my humble opinion, it's not really worth having, because the players that we like to stick around already stick around.
Sure it'll keep people motivated, but we already have a bunch of regulars who play the server just cause they enjoy it. I think anybody who would be a regular is already a regular, and if not, it's just cause they haven't found the server yet.

[Mordred]

I just realised I put it in the wrong suggestions section. Ugh

[Joesmyname]

I like this idea a lot actually and think it'd be awesome to work on if there isn't already a pack that can be automatically added without some coding, albeit a lot of work. I think a good way to eliminate the issue of more people getting hats and costumes would be to maybe add a heaps of various other costumes and hats.

[Seathed]

I have looked into adding an achievement system before but the ones I have tried had broken databases that reset on rejoining or would involve creating every achievement from scratch. If you can point me in the direction of a working achievement system that contains some achievements by default then i'll look into it.

[Some Random Gamer]

Yeah, like Seathed said; it didn't work too well last time.


TTT: January 12, 2017

Added:

Removed:
•Removed achievement system due to database issues.

Updated:


TTT: January 9, 2017

Added:
•Added achievement system including pointshop trails, accessories and perks.

[Mordred]

I have looked into adding an achievement system before but the ones I have tried had broken databases that reset on rejoining or would involve creating every achievement from scratch. If you can point me in the direction of a working achievement system that contains some achievements by default then i'll look into it.

Just to be clear I have no idea what your taste would be and what your vision is. Plus I don't know what you've tried already but I can try and find some to list below. 

https://scriptfodder.com/scripts/view/1954
You'll either love it or hate it, you'd also be adding a prestige system which isn't bad but idk, might not be what you're looking for.


https://scriptfodder.com/scripts/view/162
Just a different type without prestige. Has an admin section aswell it seems. It does come with inbuilt achievements, but most seem to be shit so lucky it gives you can option to customise if you have knowledge of lua.

[WILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL (2)]

The 2nd one is the one we had before.

[Mordred]

Oh good to know, I've been at work so I haven't done much looking. I have a few mates who have done this type of thing for gmod before so I'll ask them their opinion.

[Seathed]

If we were to add the first one it would need a lot of interest in the community. On top paying for the server and webhost, purchasing an addon here and there really adds up. It's even more depressing when we have to remove it because people decide they don't like it.

If there is enough support from the community that this is a feature they would enjoy, I will consider adding it to TTT.