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Playfire Rewards Discussion Thread
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Cheers dude. Oh well 3 down, 3 to go.
Submitted a support ticket several days ago for both missing rewards and lack of deposit as GMG credits (wallet balance has stayed at $0). No response.
I think this is a neat idea, but they probably should have done a closed beta before releasing this to the public. Seems very buggy.
I think this is a neat idea, but they probably should have done a closed beta before releasing this to the public. Seems very buggy.
I unlocked all the listed Typing of the Dead achievements besides Nifty Fingers (£0.50) last week, a shame really, but I managed to get the Nifty Fingers achievement today.
How to easily unlock the Nifty Fingers achievement.
How to easily unlock the Nifty Fingers achievement.
Pick the Hard difficulty setting and toggle Hardcore Mode on (which allows you to intentionally make mistakes to make a new phrase appear). Pick the last level and then keep playing until you reach the segment in which a couple of mutants are throwing knives at you. Kill one of them, keep making mistakes until you get a phrase with thirty characters. The remaining mutant will keep throwing knives at you, make sure that you shoot them down.
Piercedveil
Member
Does this count for things you've already achieved in the past? It says I've earned rewards on Fez, but I haven't played Fez in months. Right now Portal 2 is up but I've completed most things in Portal 2 before this.
My credit says $0 at the moment (even though it lists I got credit from Fez).
My credit says $0 at the moment (even though it lists I got credit from Fez).
chrominance
Member
Generally speaking, no, though other people have mentioned old Fez achievements working for them. At the program's introduction some of the achievements had retroactive rewards (dunno if intentional or not) but they've always had the proviso that only achievements you unlock during the eligibility period are, well, eligible.
As an aside, lately the rewards have been tracking and transferring to GMG much more regularly, so kudos to the dev team for that!
managed to get three single-player portal 2 achievements.
Portal 2 - unlock Preservation of Mass - £0.25 (Chapter 2, Chamber 7)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNdLr3ZzeJI
Portal 2 - unlock Schrodinger's Catch - £0.25 (Chapter 6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u352hsMuB38
Portal 2 - unlock Door Prize - £0.25 (Chapter 6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pV_GUZtzHs
Pit Boss also seems manageable, but I haven't gotten that far in the game.
Portal 2 - unlock Preservation of Mass - £0.25 (Chapter 2, Chamber 7)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNdLr3ZzeJI
Portal 2 - unlock Schrodinger's Catch - £0.25 (Chapter 6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u352hsMuB38
Portal 2 - unlock Door Prize - £0.25 (Chapter 6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pV_GUZtzHs
Pit Boss also seems manageable, but I haven't gotten that far in the game.
Shorty11857
Member
Got the Papers,Please achievements yesterday but it doesn't look like it's giving me any credit for them
MMBosstones86
Member
Last Baron
Member
60% of the time, Playfire Rewards works 100% of the time.
fluffydelusions
Member
So is there any point in downloading the client?
How long from earning the achievements does it take for it to show up at playfire.com? Just went after my first two playfire achievements today.
Edit: Oh. Every 1-3 hours according to the OP.
Hmm. My recent achievements tab is all fucked up. Is it supposed to be valid? "Games" lists a bunch of things all on the same date 2 months ago, and achievements lists a bunch of random games with no date last played.
Edit: Oh. Every 1-3 hours according to the OP.
Hmm. My recent achievements tab is all fucked up. Is it supposed to be valid? "Games" lists a bunch of things all on the same date 2 months ago, and achievements lists a bunch of random games with no date last played.
TuckingFypo
Member
Their guide for it is 1-3 hours, but it's really anything up to 24. Did you link your account 2 months ago? If so, that would be why.
It doesn't track Steam activity yet, so probably not.
Blue Ninja
Member
Got all the Portal 2 co-op achievements for the rewards, but they haven't updated yet. It's been over a day.
Gonna wait until tomorrow, and might submit a ticket for them then.
Gonna wait until tomorrow, and might submit a ticket for them then.
The one I did for Papers, Please hasn't popped yet either. Maybe there's something up with that batch, still plenty of time left.
TuckingFypo
Member
I've experienced my first bug with the system. My Sonic achievements have a tick but it hasn't transferred. I'll wait a couple more days before submitting a ticket.
No rewards today because of the bank holiday. Maybe there will be double tomorrow?
No rewards today because of the bank holiday. Maybe there will be double tomorrow?
Nabs
Member
Papers Please and Portal 2 have been added for me it seems.
Just got my stuff for Portal 2, Castle of Illusion, and Poker Night 2.
DunderHassan
Member
I got that achievement earlier today in a few minutes, was really lucky.
Found a server with a bunch of other guys already playing in the second last wave, joined in on the final wave and boom, achievement received.
Might be worth looking for servers in the final waves if you don't want to waste more time than necessarily.
Awesomenauts have really easy achievements as well, you can get them in offline mode, except for Slimer's Evil Twin (just go to their area and kill them when they respawn).
Should take a maximum of 30-60 mins if you know exactly what to do.
Now I just need to get my two last co-op achievements in Portal 2 and get on with Sonic Gens and Doom 3.
How are the achievements on Sonic and Doom, time-consuming to get?
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Dark Souls II practically guaranteed for rewards?
Also will this give me credit for games I already beat, like Portal 2?
Also will this give me credit for games I already beat, like Portal 2?
MMBosstones86
Member
I would say the chances are extremely high. Question is only how many will we get.
doubtful. There is a bug when you initially signed up some would retroactively activate, but other than that..nope.
That's actually what I did, I joined in one of the later stages of the level. Don't know why we had such a hard time with the boss when he was pretty easy in another level. He even got hit by like 20 C4 mines in one of the tries after we already got him good. He just shooked it off, lol.
Unfortunately, there aren't many populated servers playing the map with 10 waves in normal. Thought it would be more popular due to Playfire.
Widdly Scuds
Member
Has anyone else credit balance not updated on GMG?
My balance is up-to-date on Playfire
But GMG hasn't updated since thursday/friday
My balance is up-to-date on Playfire
But GMG hasn't updated since thursday/friday
Last Baron
Member
I just completed Lego Marvel Superheroes so that means we're probably getting credit for it tomorrow.
Yeah, mine's in about the same situation. Finally got one more credit posted now, though, so maybe they're working it out? Hope the Customer Service is able to work out the issues with delayed achievement recognition missing the cutoff date on the reward, though. :/
I had that problem where my rewards showed up correctly on my Playfire profile (and even had the tick mark) but weren't showing up in my GMG balance. I guess that GMG doesn't show you as being "active" if you don't purchase things regularly, since I noticed a pattern of people getting their Playfire balance transferred right after they made a purchase. So all I did was buy a free EVE Online trial, which made my rewards to show up in my GMG wallet, and I got Dark Souls 2 for $25.25. Hooray!
Blue Ninja
Member
Still nothing. Gonna send a ticket tonight if nothing has shown up by then.
This has never worked for me - I never even got 50p credit for linking Steam
Edit: I just checked the rewards page, and apparently it has been tracking stuff (even stuff I didn't know). I have £8.30 earned to date... but it still says £0.00 in the "Balance" box.
Edit: I just checked the rewards page, and apparently it has been tracking stuff (even stuff I didn't know). I have £8.30 earned to date... but it still says £0.00 in the "Balance" box.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You need to log into you GMG account as well.
masterkajo
Member
Has anyone else credit balance not updated on GMG?
My balance is up-to-date on Playfire
But GMG hasn't updated since thursday/friday
Same for me.
I have done - as far as I know, they're all connected. I just raised a support ticket - here's the page.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It took a day or so after I logged into my GMG account after my balances got updated anyway.
Happened to me too, but it's been sorted now. Not sure if it's because I raised a ticket or not though.
Widdly Scuds
Member
I bought the free trial and now my balance is correctly displayed on GMG.
That's odd that's the first time my balance ever got stuck it used to always reflect the credits that were deposted from playfire. I guess it's probably because of the downtime GMG had over the weekend.
Thanks for the protip
mercenar1e
Member
you can't earn rewards for achievements unlocked months ago? just seems stupid that the Rewards program isn't tailored towards each individual Steam profile
Well, from a business standpoint it makes sense. It'd be pretty costly for them to a) hand out a huge amount of credit to people for retroactive achievements and b) tailor rewards to individual people's accounts with the amount of time that'd take. They're doing this to get people to buy games rather than award people for having played them. That's why most of the rewards are for games that are on sale on the site.
MMBosstones86
Member
new rewards for Tuesday :
seems there's a nice special for DS2. you also get a bonus if you play it between April 24 and April 30.
http://blog.playfire.com/2014/04/playfire-rewards-beta-dark-souls-ii.html
http://blog.playfire.com/2014/04/playfire-rewards-beta-dark-souls-ii.html
i got this from support today
i submitted a ticket i think the day before yesterday and it got fixed almost immediately (seriosuly it was pretty cray), but this gives a bit of context that they might have been having issues which is why it was taking too long to show your rewards
i submitted a ticket i think the day before yesterday and it got fixed almost immediately (seriosuly it was pretty cray), but this gives a bit of context that they might have been having issues which is why it was taking too long to show your rewards
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I had no idea Always Remember Me hit Steam. The devs are giving out keys if you bought it in a bundle, so that's nice.