Poe achievement all ears question

[vmxa]

I got to 497, which is the last one in the story line. I foolishly ran Plaguemaw and that did not trigger 498. I ran anarchy's end (first one the list) and that did not trigger one.

Can anyone say for sure that you must run the prophecies in a specific order? I do not want to make another attempt, lest I know that will work. Thanks.

PS: why are the prophecies even part of the achievement, they are not part of the story line.

[Grumpy]

cant answer the first question but regarding the 2. question:

the achievement is "to listen to all optional NPC dialogues" therefore the prophecies are included.

[vmxa]

Did prophecy exist when this achievement was added? Many NPC dialogues are not include. Anyway, I will soon know as I am running at it again. Thanks

[Balsa]

Did you do only the last prophecy in the chains that are needed for the achievement?
1 or 2 prophecy did not count for me as i was doing only the last mission in the chain.
After that i bought and did the whole chain for each prophecy needed.
That worked for me.

[vmxa]

That is good to hear. Originally I tried to do the last one first, but that did not work for me. This time I was getting missions in each act and sealing any that were on the list. That could be a mistake as well, hope not. It sounds like it should be ok, as long as I do them in the order in the guide.

I am around 400 in so far.

[vmxa]

I finally did the first prophecy in the list (per the guide). I did it I-IV and I did not get my all ears count to change. Two full runs, both failed after 497 of 509.

The guide says the prophecies can be run at anytime. The only caveat is the Pale Council. I figured my first attempt failed, due to running some of the chain, prior to Anarchy. The second attempt, may be due to running prophecies all the way through.

I sealed any of the ones in the list. I ran Anarchy, as soon as I got to maps, but it did not trigger the counter.