Achievement hunting question

Personally, I only go for achievements that are unlocked by playing the game or are skill based, like finding all secrets or completing the game on the hardest difficulty. I don't bother with garbage like "play for 1000 hours" or "kill 1000 players", or with dead multiplayer achievements. The way I see it, those are simply a matter of time, not skill, and time is the most precious thing we have. It's not worth squandering on lazy developer tricks to keep people playing. You can find a bunch of people online and farm those multiplayer achievements, but what's the point? My opinion is that if you want that 100%, you should just unlock achievements that do not require skill and move on with your life.

For the tougher achievements, check out some guides, or just practice until you get them. They say, practice makes perfect :)

i have 96% AVGC but i dont care much about it. i like to finish games, but i dont finish all. Kill 100k mobs in a game where nearly ~7,5k was required in a full walkthrough? NO THANKS! But i still wanted to play that game so played it but not went for 100% like a maniac (in this case it was Incredible adventures of Van Helsing 1).
There is a coop game i want to play together with IRL friend? I was sure i cant never reach even 30% on Card Hunter, still played it because i wanted it.

I have a few other games like this, i still perfected many hard ones, but only because i loved those games or liked to play it. Also, easy perfect games could increase your ratio, but i play them only if could be earned very fast and i must say i like to experience even bad games to check it so its not always total waste of time:-)

So the most important part: achievement hunting is good, but dont make it to a second job, do it only if you enjoy it and dont do it on games you dont enjoy. If you would enjoy getting back to an older game its fine, but dont do it only to increase your ratio.

It has already been suggested, but I recommend you use a site like AStats. This site has a ranking of achievers, you earn points given to each achievement based on its difficulty. To motivate yourself you can 1) go for easy completions or 2) try hard achievements.

To improve your completion rate, go for games with easy achievements. AStats show how many hours are needed to 100% a game. Some games can be completed in less than 2 hours. Just go to your game list and sort it by "Hours to 100%".

Or you can challenge yourself and go for hard achievements. Look for achievements marked in orange which give you lots of AStats Points and climb up the leaderboard. Can you reach top 1000? Can you reach top 1 in your country? You set your own goals and motivation will come easy.

PS: after writing the post, I saw your profile in AStats and it looks you are already a well established member of the community. Anyway, I will leave the post for fellow hunters who need some advice.

how do you offset the rogue 5% completes to increase your average?

Relock those games with SAM.

I'm a BIG achievement hunter - huge! it's my preferred way to motivate me to game - and I have maybe twenty or thirty games I'd like to return to to get more achievements/complete, and another dozen games that I have about 12% in but probably won't play again.

To keep things fun n fresh:

1. Draw your hard lines. I hate speedrunning, so I just Will Not care about achievements that have to do with speedrunning (example: I won't 100% Broken Age, bc there's one speedrun achievement)
2. Know when to let go. I try to play only a few games at a time (one VN, one other game) and if I find myself wincing and hesitating over picking up a game again, then it's come time to decide whether it's time to move on, whether permanently or for now.
3. It's just as important to get new 100% as it is to go back and replay. Play new games you're excited for until you forget games you've left unfinished, then go back and try them again!
4. If you're not having fun, then it's time to change how you play.
5. Joining communities (like BLAEO! You're on BLAEO? me too!) helps keep you motivated!

Just keep looking forward and you'll reach your goal AND have a fun time.

Just seeing everyone finish games in BLAEO makes me wanna play everything. That and self hate. "Really, you won and got that game but haven't finished it yet? shame. SHAME."