Stretch Goals is becoming easier to get!
On the 23rd of March there will be a change to the "Stretch Goals" achievement from Champions. This rewards the /stretch emote, an emote that is different per race and is really cool. It's very animated and great if you're into screenshots of your character.
You may have overlooked this achievement in the past as you may have seen all the Challenge Mode (CM) versions of Dragon Response Missions (DRM) that you have to do and gone "YEEEUCH" Well the requirement for the emote has been reduced from 31 to 26.
You are gonna have to run some DRMs for the Tyrian Seal currency, but you can do this in regular normal mode either public (pugs join you) or private (solo / your party only). Don't need to tryhard it and grind it out, just do a bit each day when it takes your fancy. A DRM takes about 10-15 mins to run. If you've got any support marks left over you can turn these into seals.
So here's a quick little guide on getting those 26 achievements.
4 from just doing story : Primordus Rising, Defending Tyria, Rising Flames, Jormag's World
7 from just doing a DRM for the first time: Metrica, Brisban, Gendarran, Fields of Ruin, Thunderhead Keep, Lake Doric, Snowden
7 from getting the commune mastery point from the above DRMs
4 from Supporter: Crystal Bloom (150 Tyrian Seals) , Ebon Vanguard (150 Tyrian Seals), Deldrimor (200 Tyrian Seals), Exalted (200 Tyrian Seals) - Use Tyrian Defense Seals to buy 10 supply boxes and open them
1 from Dragon Slayer Arms Master - Cheap recipes to unlock. 5 seals each - 16 weapons. 80 seals total.
1 from "Swift cleanup" an achievement in Primordus Rising. I didn't even try for this one it just sort of ... happened. So it must be straight forward :D
So that's 24 accounted for. Nearly there!
3 of the boss CMs are pretty simple. You just need to active the boss CM, so you don't need to worry about doing it in any time limit.
Fields of Ruin - Make sure you're in the green circle every time during the final boss fight.
Lake Doric - Break the breakbar every time it comes up. Putting down a portable waystation and taking the EMP skill will help a lot and then make sure you have some decent CC to take down the other half of the bar.
Gendarran Fields - Don't get hit by the end boss's big attack. Take your time and play at range. It has a pretty clear wind-up tell before the AoE on the ground is actually going to be a problem and just run away while that happens. Don't panic, take it slow and you'll get through the fight. If you're not sure of your skills, maybe skip this one.
If you do want to work on some of the Top Responder achievements, which are doing the DRMs with all 3 CMs active, five times each, then some of them really aren't so bad. Metrica, Caledon, Lake Doric are all pretty straight forward. And Fields of Ruin isn't too bad but if you can bring a friend or two along to help, great. You're going to want a solid build, a decent chunk of CC for the boss's breakbar, and bringing along a United Legions Waystation for the EMP CC is always a good idea.
As always, if you need me to babble more, I'll be happy to!
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