WRUP: I loathe/love achievements edition
by Elizabeth Harper 
Dec 19th 2008 at 9:00PM
Daniel "BigRedKitty" Howell: Cramming guildies through heroics, running 10-man Naxx and Satharian, putting down the tools after getting leatherworking to 450, chugging through Sons of Hodir, and trying to find the one quest I need in Borean Tundra to get that zone done, thus completing the achievement for getting all zone-quest-achievements done. I loathe achievements.
Daniel Whitcomb: Trying to ding 80 on Death Knight and get revered with both Wyrmrest Accord and Argent Crusade while also finishing up my Winter Veil achievements. I love achievements.
I think this is the start of a beautiful argument. For the rest of the team, read on.
Adam Holisky: I've been contemplating the extremities of guild existence, why leveling my shadow priest is boring, and why my griffon needs to beat it's wings forty-three times every second in order to maintain the necessary air-speed velocity to deliver myself and coconuts to Dalaran. I have yet to find an answer to any of these, yet I suspect it will have something to do with the number 42.
Alex Ziebart: Working on getting all of the 10-man raid achievements done with my 10-man crew, and when I'm not in a raid at all I'm leveling my DK or Paladin.
Chase Christian: Leading my guild's first 10-man Naxx this weekend.
Dan O'Halloran: Finishing the last of the Howling Fjord quests in Gjalerbron to get the quest achievement for the zone. Then heading to Dragonblight to start questing there. Hopefully sneak in a 5-man.
Elizabeth Harper: Should hit 78 or 79 on my Holydin this weekend, to the great excitement of guildmates needing healers for level 80 dungeons.
Elizabeth Wachowski: I'm working day shift this weekend, so I won't be playing much. I'll probably be spending time mining obsessively in Icecrown on my brand spankin' new epic flyer. I'll also try to finish up my questing in Zul'Drak and help out my level 58 boyfriend with the early quests in Hellfire Peninsula.
Jennie Lees: Shooting for the last few raid achievements on my Druid, while running heroics until the wee hours to gear up my Warrior alt for raiding.
Lisa Poisso: The delicate balance between getting the inside scoop for WI and indulging my habit of making making list after list of things to do and get in game, versus the sheer delight of pwning content I've never seen, researched or really have the gear for yet with my friends.
Matt "Matticus" Low: Respecced Discipline. Will attempt to survive more than 5 seconds against other plays in BGs and arenas.
Manda Miller: This week I'm finishing the Winter Veil achievements when I'm not working through our guild's first run at 10-man Naxx, which we're hoping to beat before it resets. Currently farming materials for several frost resist pieces of gear.
Matthew Rossi: DPSing Naxx, Satharion and Malygos (all 25 man) on my warrior, leveling my Shaman.
Michael Sacco: Running Naxx on my Death Knight, mustering motivation to play my Rogue again.
Mike Schramm: 79 and headed to 80 this weekend, questing through Storm Peaks and then Icecrown.
Robin Torres: I just got my Mage, my new main, to Outland level -- so now I'm only 2 years behind! I'll be spending the weekend in Hellfire Peninsula.
Zach Yonzon: Wintergrasp, Wintergrasp, Wintergrasp.
Filed under: Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Raim Dec 19th 2008 9:07PM
im playing an 80 hunter, have 2 achievements left for winter veil, trying to do as many heroics as possible and doing 25man naxx with the guild.
p.s. achievements is spelled incorrectly on the post title lol, thought id point it out since i have mild OCD.
Waryor Dec 22nd 2008 7:46AM
It's not OCD, it's CDO. Very similar to OCD, but with the letters in order like they're supposed to be. :p
Danca Dec 19th 2008 9:14PM
Finishing up the last remaining Winter Veil achievement I can get atm. Preparing to snag the title on the 25th. Proto-drake is in my heart.
I love achievements.
Thiosion Dec 20th 2008 9:48AM
This one was probably the hardest so far, what with the high cooking requirements and Ogri'la quest for those that never leveled cooking/got the Ogri'la attunement done. Other than that, the only other hard one I can forsee is is "Elder", because it requires you to enter instances. Not exactly hard in the sense of that horrible Hallowed one because of the drop chance (I thank the loot gods for that one), but probably one of the most time consuming.
Stormsinger Dec 19th 2008 9:16PM
LOVE the heroic and raid achievements. Clever way to add variety to encounters without having to reprogram anything.
LOVE the surprise achievements. "Hey! I got an achievement for something totally unexpected... cool."
AMBIVALENT towards all the quest count/exploration achievements. Just seems trivial to me. I do the quests I need, sometimes I get a sparkly for it. I think I only looked for it in one zone and that was to tease a guildie.
This weekend is our second trip into Naxx. Hope to clear at least one wing. Got my second toon to 80 and he needs from gear loving.
Chris Anthony Dec 19th 2008 9:17PM
Hitting 80 so BRK can cram me through Heroics. >_>
(Hi BRK! -Theande)
Chris Anthony Dec 19th 2008 9:43PM
Also, I love achievements. Just for the record.
ROB13 Dec 19th 2008 9:18PM
Trying to get past Comcast's horrible connection is all the Christmas I need >
Ego Slam Dec 19th 2008 9:32PM
I had to laugh at the stretch of the column name.
I work for a classic rock station with the call letters WRUP. And I have to wonder why random letters were used in the accrnym. Did WAYP just make no sense where as the random WRUP was so much more acceptable?
Chris Anthony Dec 19th 2008 11:17PM
Upper Peninsula, huh? And you ask these guys to make sense. ;)
I find WRUP more wieldy than WAYP, but that's just me. :)
nbcaffeine Dec 19th 2008 11:33PM
Joystiq (WI's parent blog) already does a WRUP, been an established thing there, it's just making its way to here.
vanye111 Dec 22nd 2008 10:05AM
Big shout out from a former Yooper (now a troll) to another. Grew up in Escanaba. No moonlight, tho.
Megi Dec 19th 2008 9:38PM
I've been doing some of the quest achievements and I'm currently working on getting my 50 mounts...
I don't really like the exploration achievements. Mainly because there are no "achievement" to them. http://www.wowhead.com/?achievement=2186 is an achievement!
Masarah Dec 19th 2008 9:40PM
Random achievements FTW
Its always worth a laugh to be doing something and not even realise there is an achievement/not even realise your about to get the achievement.
This week alone I have suprisingly got achievements for First Heroic Badge, First Stonekeepers Shard, 500 HKs and explore Zul'Drak, Borean and Storm Peaks.
Otown Dec 19th 2008 10:13PM
You could be carried by an African Gryphon! Of course, African Gryphon's are non-migratory, so you wouldn't see it in the Northrend.
Amaxe Dec 19th 2008 10:50PM
Achievements are interesting, though I think some of them are kind of stupid. It would be interesting to see them as a sort of marking significant achievements in WoW, a sort of indicating how much of a Hero you are in the eyes of Azeroth.
But they give you something a little extra to do, and they are mostly a plus to the game...
http://www.crispygamer.com/_img/comics/ding/Ding-2008-11-20___Selected.jpg
Wakleon Dec 19th 2008 11:05PM
I'm playing my Prot Pally. I'm running Azjol and Pinnacle to try and get two more dungeon drops before Naxx. I'm hoping to do Naxx in a few days. And I can't get a Winter Reveler to give me mistletoe.
AlmtyBob Dec 19th 2008 11:36PM
As noted in her earlier column, "Manda Miller" should be "mandy Miller". Please fix this ASAP before we have to read a blog about how she gets no respect here.
Robin Torres Dec 20th 2008 4:11AM
No, Amanda Dean goes by mandy. Amanda Miller goes by Manda.
Matthew Rossi Dec 20th 2008 9:05AM
You can also call me mandy if you really feel the need, but I don't recommend it.