There is no excuse for the FUD-spreading by the petition linked by OP.
That petition was made 1 day AFTER the official FAQ-thread (and the FAQ has not been updated since).
The FAQ is clear...
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.co...hievements-q-a
Q: Are there plans to track individual character progression or identifying which character completed an achievement first?
A: Completed achievements will display the name of the character that first completed the achievement, as well as the date it was first completed. The initial account achievement merging process takes this into account and will auto-update the achievement to display the earliest completion date and character.
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In other words:
- There is no data loss. Log into every character after the change. It will merge all the data into the account-wide storage and updates the database's "earliest character name and date" fields as you log in each character and it finds earlier dates.
Here is more confirmation that this is how it works:
Q: How will Account Wide Achievements work with meta-achievements that require multiple achievements to unlock?
A: All meta-achievements should still work as usual under Account Wide Achievements. Multiple characters can now contribute progress to account wide meta-achievements.
Q: What happens with achievements that have some portions completed on one character and other portions completed on a different character? Will they combine?
A: Partially completed achievements will have their progress combined. If the combined progress unlocks the achievement, then the character that supplied the completing progress gets credit. For example, let’s say there is a Skyshard achievement with 18 Skyshards. If you first log into character A who has completed the first 15 Skyshards, then log into character B who has completed the last 3 Skyshards, character B will get credit for completing the achievement.
Q: What happens with kill-related achievements that have partial completion on one character and a different number of kills on another character? Will they combine?
A: Yes, total kills will combine.
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Read the full FAQ linked above for even more details. I've only quoted some of the most relevant parts.