Since Kevin threw down the gauntlet I have been hard at work on getting achievements and what a weekend I’ve had on them!
I got myself exalted with Argent Crusade, also netting me the achievement for being exalted with Argent Dawn and the one for being exalted with the major Northrend factions. I finished the Argent Tournament quests for the Orcs (netting me two achievements because I am also exalted with them), moving onto the final: the Trolls. Then I downed the bosses available in the 10-man Trial of Champions and also General Vezax in 10-man Ulduar for the first time (no achievements for that unfortunately). After that Oui reminded me that you can purchase a mount from Wyrmrest Accord if you’re exalted so I also got my 50th mount and my albino drake!
That was Saturday and we even went to the gym that day, so I was having a productive day!
Here’s the list so far:
- The Argent Crusade
- The Argent Champion
- Northrend Vanguard
- Champion of Orgrimmar
- Exalted Champion of Orgrimmar
- Leading the Cavalry
We were sort of lucky to get General Vezax down since the instance servers were restarted 45 second after we killed (and looted) him. Too close for comfort though.
Sunday was also productive.
- In His House He Waits Dreaming
- Drive me Crazy
- The Descent into Madness
- The Secrets of Ulduar
- There’s Gold in That There Fountain
- The Coin Master
This was my first time seeing the Yogg-Saron encounter so it was very nerve wracking. I suspect that most other groups get stuck on the second phase because it’s sorta tricky. We actually spent so much time on it that by the time we got to the third phase I had completely forgotten what would happen and what I was supposed to be doing so I stuck with the tank and helped him kill the adds. During our multiple attempts I was also switched from being a person who helped with the tentacles to a person who went inside and killed his brain (and yes, I know that sounds a little unusual).
Virtual high-fives were shared and there was much rejoicing. We then went and did The Iron Council and Ignis because we’d forgotten to do them before and out of both nights I got a very nice cloak off the last boss we killed on Sunday (Ignis). I am very, very happy with the cloak, but even more pleased with what we achieved.
To top it all off Oui was in the other 10-man group attempting to down Yogg-Saron for the first time, but they were not so successful. I enjoyed using this point as the reason for everything and anything for the rest of the night :)
That’s a wonderful weekend haul Ben. I’m very jealous about the Vezax / Yogg double. I’ve only ever had 3-4 attempts on Vezax so far, and I thought we were making good progress, but we called it.
So, is Oui racking up a few also?
Gauntlet?
Wh wot?
Oh bugger.
well, you are 15 points away from beating me, well done! All the more impressive (or very very sad) for being a DK as opposed to a three year old character!
The only decent ones I’ve done lately are:
Arachnophobia (25 player)Kill Maexxna in Naxxramas within 20 minutes of Anub’Rekhan’s death in 25-player mode.
Momma Said Knock You Out (25 player)Defeat Grand Widow Faerlina in Naxxramas without dispelling or preventing frenzy in 25-player mode.
Funny, I still remember when my goal was 4000 points.
The challenge has consumed my life :)
I don’t have either of the ones you’ve mentioned, mainly because my guild never wants to go into Naxx anymore. I’ll need to wait until the next expansion and Naxx is considered old-world for them to revisit it probably.
My continued attempts to get Oui hooked on achievements have failed. He doesn’t mind doing them if they’re convenient or with the ‘oops! I got an achievement’ way, but actually going out of his way to get them isn’t going to happen.
Also, don’t worry Darren, Fletch was saying that if we’d had you we may have gotten the achievement for killing Yoggy in 7 minutes or less.
I just pug naxx every wednesday, for badges mostly but also because some of my gear does suck – though in 1.5 weeks I’ve already managed to collect 130 Conquests, which aint bad.
I still do a bit towards Loremaster but… boy it’s slow. Especially as my dr00d is now 78 and takes up more time.