Post launch CA thoughts

My goals have been to reach max runescore, followed by rank 1 on the runescore hi scores, and then every achievement except for 1 beyond that (RIP unobtainable mobilizing armies).

When it was announced that master and GM wouldn’t have runescore attached, I felt that max runescore and rank 1 should still be obtainable, but when the GM timers released I thought I’d be giving up on every achievement

Now that they’ve launched, it looks like Master and GM do have runescore attached…but I’m not mad about it. Achievement hiscores have always felt a bit more like “who can grind the hardest and invest the most time”, but now it truly feels like a ranking of skill level and accomplishment.

Even if the GM achievements include things like solo BM or are 2.4 secs off the world record like 1:00 seiryu that a literal handful of players have achieved, I hope to get there one day but they’re better than me and deserve the higher rank. Given how few players have achieved these also means many capable of 1 or more aren’t necessarily capable of all, so theres room to climb and rankings are no longer a 150 way tie for first until the next content release.

I may never reach rank 1 now, but given how much CA has shaken up the definition of rank, I’m actually okay with the change.

On another note, I broke into the Top 100 on achievement hi-scores today, that was a huge milestone for me