Re: In the Zone Trophy

Hi,

first of all thanks for the reply. I contacted EA support several times but nobody actually knew what to say about this trophy.

I honestly think this should not even be a trophy because the user has zero control over it. It's just gambling about a team/driver and hoping to guess. No offense but it makes absolutely no sense. I hope you guys will remove this trophy or at least change the requirements.

Have a nice day.

Jeez! That’s awful. It’s complete luck. 

Yeah I agree.

It wouldn't be as bad if it was every week you could choose your team/driver but 8 weeks is ridiculous, especially as it's due to average amount of points so it makes it so hard as an individual to make a difference, especially if there are many players who have 0 points you have no control over. It just rewards picking the team/driver with the most amount of active players, which you have no idea when making your choices.

Having the most (or top 3) points in a fan room is a grind but at least rewards you for putting the effort and you can clearly see how well you are doing compared to other players. Either the trophy should be changed to that or removed entirely in it's current form.

I'm sure that the community is grateful for the information that you provided.  Any information is better than the random guesses that we have been making thus far.

A suggestion:

Please adjust this achievement to be the top 3 zones in a season.. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place Constructor and Driver Fanzones.

This will preserve the desired cooperative efforts and engagement, while still allowing it to be challenging enough to (potentially) keep a player engaged with the game for multiple seasons.  Assuming that the assets for the 1st place are already in place.. one would hope that making silver and bronze versions of the assets, changing the in game coding to allow for 2nd & 3rd. adjusting the achievement triggers in the various platforms, and QA testing the changes would not be an overly taxing redirection of resources.

I cannot speak for anyone else, but I can say that my desire to purchase further EA products (and especially pre-ordering them) is becoming increasingly based on the achievements.  I do not mind a challenging achievement list, but something like "In The Zone" which has a high luck factor is one that will seriously impact my future purchasing decisions.

No, this is completely unfair. You guys missed the mark on "achieve"ment. Trophies are supposed to earned not lucked into.. The Visa Cash App RB fanzone has like 3 rooms. Their average is so much easier to raise. It's BS. Fix it please so It's rewarded to people that are top 3 in their prospective rooms. Do the right thing. Forward this feedback along as well thanks. 

Hey folks,

appreciate all of your feedback, and I've passed it along to the team.

However, from my experience with other games, it's usually not always possible to retrospectively change achievements.

-Vendcera

Hi Vendcera,

I understand that changing achievements retroactively is probably not possible, I dont think thats the only option. You could for example change it from every season which takes 8 weeks to for example every week, greatly improving chances for people to get it. Or you could make it so that people get the achievement when they are at the top even during the season and they might go down positions later. Im sure theres something you guys could come up with to make this achievement possible to obtain for the majority of people.

would love to hear what you guys think about this

Hey @iRaezy and @jaegersch,

the team is looking into it, and they might come up with another solution. If that's the case, I will let you know, of course.

It's good feedback from you both. I'm just speaking from my experience with other games in the past, where even the slightest changes to achievements weren't possible once the games released, unfortunately.

-Vendcera

It's been 3 weeks and nothing has changed, honestly I grinded all season long to be in the top 3 of being in a fanzone room, and then to turn on the game and the achievement/trophy not unlocking is honestly heartbreaking the achievement/trophy description doesnt make any sense at all, it has to be changed... And the other thing is you cannot see the groups until you choose a Fanzone Drive/Constructer, which makes it even more RNG which makes people make a new account to go on an alt-account to check the standings, honestly why is this even a thing? people shouldnt have to go on an alt-account to look at standings.. 

This trophy "In the Zone" is by far the biggest nonsense and a kick in the * for those who really play.

Because the trophy description says: Be in the winning zone of either a Constructor or Driver Fanzone Room.

Any dedicated gamer will read from this that you have to be in the top 3 of the room in the fanzone chosen at the start of the season (Verstappen and RedBull in my case).
I racked up 54,000 points and was first in both of my groups by some distance. But no, hard work is not rewarded.

They reward those who, shortly before the end of the season, find out which fan zone is the most popular worldwide, log into it and receive the trophy without earning a single point. EA / Codemasters this is absolute *.

I'm really pissed off.

This is one of the most stupid things I have ever seen in a game, and that comes from someone who has been playing EA games for 20+ years.

Firstly the trophy description clearly points towards in being the 50 player room. This is also the obvious choice, rather than relying on a load of random people to play the mode.

Secondly I’ve spent the last 6+ weeks grinding to 42000 points so I would be an easy 1st place in both rooms. If this description was clear I could’ve saved myself 30+ hours on pointless gaming.

Lastly now myself and many others who want the Trophy/Achievement basically can’t play F1 World/Online for the next 55 days. What a stupid feature!

@EA_Vendcera I understand you have 0 say in this, but covering up for EA doesn’t put you in a good light. There is documented evidence of other games changing trophy requirements after launch. The reason it won’t be changed is laziness, not due to technical reasons. Please be clear when responding in the future.

I deserve the Trophy for being 1st in my room and grinding 55 days, and a lot others too, check the attached pictures, ea needs to patch this and give us the Trophy, till then i'm not voting for season 2 yet since right now we are tied to this global vote... i need 10000% confirmation first that the Trophy is addressed and once i vote it'll pop, and on a sidenote... there is still not a unique item reward in the season 2 podium pass, i do not wish to pay for the champions edition to get a unique item, provide a free method already!

I understand all of your frustrations regarding the issues with the achievement. I have passed this on to the CM and this will be escalated to the devs

Same here on Steam, was first on my Verstappen's room and 2nd in Red Bull's, wasted so much time for nothing. This achievement is plain stupid if it rewards people not playing instead of the ones who do. And of course I thought I'd get the achievements so I've already locked my choices for Season 2.

"Tough choices" also didn't unlock...

This better be changed asap, I kinda feel robbed of the achievement as I kept grinding to finish 2nd in both the Max Verstappen and Ferrari room and for it to be determined by pure luck makes it feel like a massive kick in the balls.

Yes the Trophy needs to change but don't make us redo it, simply make the game understand who was on top in their fanzone rooms in season 1 and have that Trophy to pop for those people, but again... we need guarantees by EA that this is done, because in order to check you need to vote for season 2 and as the Trophy stands right now i am not voting yet.

I grinded over 40k points to help Williams get 3rd after I was told top 3 would get the trophy. So much wasted time. Unfathomably annoyed at whoever decided this trophy was a good idea. I was 1st place in both of my rooms and for what? People have discovered you can cheat for it by selecting the 1st place room and driver at the very last second. Can't stress enough that this trophy should be removed or changed. After this season the masses are going to wait for this "winning zone" with 0 points contributed. people already tested on alt accounts selecting Tsunoda and VCARB at the last second to get the trophy. 

@Cpayne32 I was naive enough to believe maybe my trophy would pop after I selected my season 2 picks. So now Im screwed for 110 days 🙂 

You are forced to pick your Season 2 driver/team as soon as you try to play the game and it doesn't let you leave the screen. 

It's all a bit of a mess! Decent idea, poorly executed and not tested. If there is no real reward for this, then what is the point?

Was 1st in both my rooms (McLaren/Norris) comfortably and when the achievement didn’t pop I thought the same as you- that it might pop after going into the games menus more but to do so you have to pick so I did… so I am in the same boat as you.