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Re: ME2 lost achievements, no advanced training available

I have also lost a few achievements in ME1, haven't started 2 yet.

I lost 'Complete Bring Down the Sky' and 'Use Neural Shock 25 times', as well as Paramour 1. I tried using neural shock 25 times again, but the achievement is still locked. 

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  • ocarr225's avatar
    ocarr225
    4 years ago

    2 support cases later and the consensus is "oh well" "just restart everything", so helpful...

  • apexkrab's avatar
    apexkrab
    4 years ago

    I lost 5 in-game achievements in ME1 including Paramour and Insanity and it's kinda killing my desire to move onto ME2. Was so looking forward to it.

  • Most of the in-game achievements that I know I had have been re-locked as well. I even have a handful where the progress bar is complete, but are still locked. I also can't obtain bonus powers in ME2, at all. The advanced training takes my eezo, but doesn't let me select a power. My play-through of ME is also put on hold like many others here and it's a shame because I planned to play it during my days off, but ended up having to drop the game for the time being.

    I just want to add, and I hope EA and Bioware actually read this, but it's absolutely shameful that your re-release of a somewhat old game started out so buggy and you ended up breaking it more with your update. I just don't understand; is there no quality control from this company anymore? I rarely buy EA products full priced anymore and the one time I do, this happens. I'll be sure to discourage my friends from spending money on EA titles even more after this.

  • @apexkrab same. I am almost done with my second ME1 playthrough, and I wanted to 100% everything before I moved on to the next game. Also have a couple days off coming up that I was hoping to play on but I think I'll just play something else. Gutted since ME2 is my favourite.
  • apexkrab's avatar
    apexkrab
    4 years ago
    @TheRealDaemon Interestingly, the others that I lost were the same as you - Bring Down the Sky and Neural Shock, so maybe it's only particular achievements not random.
  • @apexkrab Definitely not random. This is happening on all platforms to all sorts of people. There will be tons of player that don't realise it at all.
  • StonesBonez97's avatar
    StonesBonez97
    4 years ago

    I lost those same ingame achievements in me1 as well but I'm also missing the get 250 kills one ,happend to me after my game crashed 

  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
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    4 years ago

    @StonesBonez97 

    If it happened after a game crash it is likely that your profile file got corrupted in this crash. 

    I am afraid that there is no solution for that if you don't have a backup of your save folders. 

  • @holger1405

    You’d know more than I as it concerns the PC version of this game. My question for this happening on PC is: Can a save editor be used to add achievements back into the game that have been lost...? Ive seen a video that demonstrates how to fix issues like the Conrad Verner “shoved a gun in my face” issue so, is this an alternative to more problematic issues...?
  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
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    4 years ago

    @dominolabustier 

    AFAIK no. The achievements are stored in the profile file inside the save game folder, but not in the save games files itself.

  • devSin's avatar
    devSin
    4 years ago

    @dominolabustier The in-game console allows the manipulation of achievements.

    But even if this were an issue that affected the PC version, the impact would be minimal. You can just delete the profile, and it will re-sync with Origin (restoring any unlocked achievements) the next time the game is launched. (While fine in ME and ME2, it would cause you to lose bonus powers in ME3 since they're not tied to achievements anymore, but there's a console command for that too.)

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
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    4 years ago

    Hey everyone,

    Just to give you a heads up, it looks like we're aiming to get the patch out to correct this issue early next week. I'll update the solution when that goes live.

    This will just patch for Xbox since this issue wasn't affecting other platforms. Thanks for the patience with this one, especially those that had playthroughs on hold in the meantime!

  • I sure hope there's a patch. I knew something was amiss, as I don't even have the option of advanced training and bonus powers showing up at all. My achievements are also not being recorded, and are blacked out, too. And yes, I'm on Xbox One, also. Definitely would help having my achievements being recorded and saved, and have access to the bonus powers, y'know!

    Still having a blast, and this trilogy, all three, are to this day my favorite games. But it does take away a lot of good having glitches like this. :-(

  • Hi, 

    Just to ask if you could clarify, is there a general patch coming for all platforms next week and this one fix is just specific to the xbox patch?

    or just the Xbox is getting a patch?

  • troytali's avatar
    troytali
    4 years ago

    Oh yes, I know. I'm just saying I hope it does actually come this coming week, I guess now it'd be. I think they've been good so far addressing issues, with the first update(s) and all. I'll still keep on having a great time with it. :-)

  • I think this is a patch that addresses this specific issue so just the xbox would be getting the patch to fix it since other platforms do not require it.

  • @EA_Mako:The 6/7/21 patch did more than break achievements.  It also broke shields to the point where 2-3 hits shreds them entirely.  This DESPITE my playing ME3 on Normal difficulty.  This issue is also present in ME2 for the record.  I'm playing ME: LE on PC.

  • This is their garbage response to everything. It’s obvious that the Legendary edition is just a cash grab, only changes I’ve noticed is visual and in ME1 the use of weapons. Everything else Is the same. Fix the game without making me sink another 40 hours into this. 

  • Is that for real. I was wondering why my level 30 Adapt shields would always pop almost immediately with all upgrades on a normal playthrough. Bioware never fails to disappoint. How's the Anthem rework going devs? Bunch of liars

  • FF7-Legend's avatar
    FF7-Legend
    4 years ago

    @BulletTO0TH: The issue with the near-instant shredding of shields is present in BOTH ME2 & ME3...  I've only encountered the issue in ME3 since I was fortunate enough to complete ME2 prior to the 6/7/21 "patch" being deployed.  The 6/7/21 "patch" broke more than achievements on X-Box.  It also turned shields into mere paper machet & no amount of upgrades on Liara's terminal fixes said issue.

    @EA_David: If you/any of the devs/staff are listening, please FIX THE MESS created by the 6/7/21 "patch" & stop forcing players to update their games to a game version that does more harm than good...  At the very least make it an option for players to downgrade their game version to one that actually worked before the patch broke the game like CD Projekt Red does for their latest game releases.  I've had to put my Normal difficulty ME3 playthrough on hold until this mess is fixed.

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