Was looking on digg this morning and saw where GameSpy had written up some of the most worthless game achievements ever. What else can you be doing with your time?! Little did I know though FFXI was waiting for me on page two of the article.
Final Fantasy XI
Square Enix isn't into bullshit like "playing for fun," "doing things with your life," or even "pretending to work while we siphon your soul out through the controller." No, you don't get an achievement for reaching maximum level in Final Fantasy XI: You get it for reaching maximum level with each of the eighteen character classes.
It can take hundreds of hours to get even one character to Level 75 -- it would take years of your life to earn these achievements, and it obviously took Square about seven seconds to think of them. Add the fact that you're paying for the experience and you've got a deal an Internet video rentboy would laugh at from underneath a thrusting horse.
Here is the article:
http://www.gamespy.com/articles/104/1049294p2.html