The Classifieds: The littlest achiever
by Lisa Poisso 
Mar 3rd 2010 at 7:00PM
The Classifieds brings you weekly updates on guild happenings, raid progression rankings, player milestones and more. Have guild news or a Random Act of Uberness to share? E-mail TheClassifieds@wow.com.
We're always tickled when we run across a player who's found a new way to play the game. Check out the progress, then, of young Femortality on EU Blade's Edge. The wee level 1 blood elf paladin is so young that she doesn't even merit an Armory listing, yet she's already earned a whopping 1,500 achievement points. The offspring of experienced player Nylou, Femortality has permanently blocked her XP while she slaves away over her hot achievements.
Femortality's fervor was forged on a now-deleted character that she once hoped would become the lowest level character to hold the title The Explorer. "Once I got my title, I felt the thrill of doing something hard at an extremely low level, and it (was) addictive," Femortality admits. "So I decided to move on and get any achievement I can get without leveling up. I don't know how many achievements I can get in total. I do know that I want them all and that over 2,000 are possible. I am sure this character will never, ever level up." This may be the strangest toast ever, but ... Here's to never hearing that glorious ding!
There's bigger (much bigger) news in the progression category this week, as <Paragon> pops off a world-first hard-mode Lich King kill in 10-man mode. Let's crack open The Classifieds ...
Around the World of Warcraft
Discount for standup comedy If you happen to be in the San Francisco, California, area this weekend, stop by Castagnola's at Fisherman's Wharf to see fellow WoW player and standup comedian Jeff Reitman (featured last year in our 15 Minutes of Fame). Jeff will be performing his nerd comedy show, known as Cross Platform Comedy, this Saturday night (March 6) -- and we've got a special deal on tickets for WoW.com readers. Hit the ticket link and enter code 4THEWOW for an extra dollar off your ticket.
Happy fourth anniversary to The Risen of US Thorium Brotherhood-H. (And kudos, guys, on an enjoyable video that captures the essence of what looks like a fun group of players!)
Celebrating their own three-year milestone is Divine Alliance (US Mok'Nathal-A). The group is holding a Kara Karma Klear and other special events this week and would like to extend its appreciation to the allied guilds and players who form their extended family. Grats, DA!
Raiding progressionThe big news this week is <Paragon>'s (EU Lightning's Blade) kill of the Lich King in 10-man hard mode. They managed this world first with the 5% Icecrown Citadel raid buffs in action. The buff, which boosts player performance and opens up the field for guilds that are still struggling for a foothold in the ice, will undoubtedly push the progression categories forward exponentially. This may be one of the last weeks that a handful or so of guilds hold down top spots in each category.
- 25-man Progression The three guilds listed at the head of the world's raiding progression have merely shuffled their order this week. They're joined by 15 other guilds who've also snagged 44 points.
- 25-man Achievements <Wraith> maintains its position at the top of the world's ICC-25 achievers. Behind them this week are <undisputeD> and <Gentlemens Club>.
- 10-man Progression The floodgates have officially opened, with the number of guilds who are working on the very end of ICC-10 flowing off the Top 100 page. <Paragon> takes top honors with the world's first hard-mode Lich King.
- 10-man Achievements Top honors this week go to <noxa>, <Nero> and <Gong Show>, the only three guilds to have earned 1,435 achievement points.
- 10-man Strict Progression It's a four-way tie for top honors in 10-man strict progression this week.
- 10-man Strict Achievements Pulling ahead of the pack with 1,350 achievement points are the hardworking <From Chaos> and <Vox Immortalis>.
The ICC recruiting rush seems to have died down now that Icecrown's been out long enough for most guilds to map out their goals and the appropriate paths to reach them. All our recruiting requests this week take aim squarely at Icecrown 25-mans.
- <Knights Templar> US Boulderfist-A is recruiting a boomkin and a shadowpriest.
- <Aegis Doxa> (link not working, hopefully up by the time this post goes live) of US Elune-A is looking for all classes. (They're currently 7/12 in ICC-10 and 4/12 in ICC-25 via weekly PUG).
- <Skull Then X> (US Draka-A) seeks more for raids on Su-M-Th from 6:45-10 p.m. server (CST). Loot is distributed by EPGP in 25-man raids and by rolling in 10-man. DPS requirement: 7k DPS on Festergut.
- <Intrigue> (US Garona-A) seeks a feral druid, demo or destro warlock, ret or prot pally and a shaman, priest and hunter for raiding from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. server time.
Random Acts of Uberness
Hephaestus, US Khadgar-A "In this age of the endless PUG, I know I'm not the only one whose eyes have glazed over at the sight of yet another instance loading screen. We've all tried different things to lighten up the humdrum of running the same instance for the hundredth time. A common tactic is to run the instance as fast as one can, as if in an attempt to make the pain go away as quickly as possible. Other games include running an instance while wielding a fishing pole (intentionally or unintentionally) or while wearing a Lovely Black Dress. "But my favorite to date happened this last week when I zoned into heroic Halls of Lightning. I paused to glance over my party members and was immediately blinded by a glare of pure gold light, unlike anything I'd seen since my vanilla days. When I inspected the human-sized pillar of brilliance, I discovered that he was our tank ... and he was wearing the entire Lawbringer set -- all eight pieces of the paladin's Tier 1. As a healer, I was flabbergasted ... and excited! Unfortunately (or fortunately, as my common sense has since won out), Hephaestus then commented that while he could tank in that gear, it would hurt like hell, so he switched back to the mind-numbingly dull Northrend colors that we are so used to. But the damage was done -- he had our undivided attention, and for the rest of the run, he proved himself to be a very skilled tank who wasn't afraid to take a few risks while pushing our group only as far as our gear and skill could take us. I tip my Velen's Cowl of Conquest to you, Hephaestus, and I hope to be able to heal for you again!" (Keleili, US Khadgar-A)
The Classifieds brings you weekly updates on player and community news, guild recruiting, progression rankings and more. Have news, guild event screenshots or a Random Act of Uberness to share? E-mail TheClassifieds@wow.com. (If you're recruiting or seeking contacts from other players, please include your guild's web site address.)Filed under: Guilds, The Classifieds
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Prpleskilage Mar 3rd 2010 7:12PM
That's not a hunter, look at her action bars. She's a Paladin. I mean, it doesn't matter that much but still.
Task Mar 3rd 2010 7:15PM
Congrats Paragon, here's to hoping you getting the 25 man hard mode on Arthas!! :D
chaoslux Mar 3rd 2010 7:18PM
Damnable Paladin! I was on my way to getting there but she beats me to the punch
I have a level 1 human mage with a mere 1200 achievement points, currently walking the world again to grab elders.
Camo Mar 3rd 2010 9:04PM
Got the 25 drinks achievement a few weeks ago on my lvl 1 rogue.
I still need to farm more rep and explore the world outside of vanilla wow and maybe continue with some more honorkill farming.
Basicly I'm waiting for Noblegarden to come around to get the last stuff for the title.
MusedMoose Mar 3rd 2010 7:18PM
I once had something vaguely similar to that happen - the tank showed up to the PUG naked.
...things actually managed to go downhill from where. @_@
slythwolf Mar 4th 2010 12:33PM
You're sure it wasn't just the naked bug?
cendrekai Mar 3rd 2010 7:31PM
I run PuGs on my orc in Orgrimmar Grunt gear. I am still able to get at least 1k DPS, heck of a low better than some geared players I PuG with.
Fletcher Mar 3rd 2010 7:55PM
Man, that full Tier 1 makes me envious ... I levelled my shadow priest all the way to 80 thinking "won't she look so good when she's geared up" ... turns out the set I was thinking of is actually Tier 8. Bleah.
For my paladin I would love a full Tier 7 (what Tirion Fordring wears outside ICC). Best pally plate ever.
And my rogue would kill every Alliance faction leader - twice - for a pair of the Warglaives of Azzinoth. Rogue tier gear tends not to look so good, alas, particularly our hats - although having said that the Tier 9 Alliance gear looks very pretty. It's a pity that PUGing Black Temple these days is pretty much a Feat of Strength just to find a raid group, let alone get anywhere.
chaoslux Mar 4th 2010 2:55PM
Tirion is wearing Paladin Tier 6, from Black Temple/Hyjal
artifex Mar 3rd 2010 9:25PM
I admire not only the sheer sexiness of that tier set, but also that the person managed to keep enough bag space open for it. ☺
Eyhk Mar 4th 2010 2:37PM
Bannana shoulders? I hated that set the moment I set eyes on it (although I do have some of the pieces still on my now 63 paladin). T2 is still my favorite set of paladin gear.
Cetha Mar 3rd 2010 10:00PM
Thought the Risen video was fun and LOVED this weeks random act of Uberness. I am so over the color scheme of northrend.
MusedMoose Mar 3rd 2010 10:44PM
At least WoW (usually) shows us a variety of colors. I played Dragon Age for a good long time last weekend, then went back to WoW, and I was like "Whoa... COLOR!" That's the problem with most games that try to look realistic - they end up with all the colors of the dirt spectrum (if I may sorta-misquote Yahtzee).
Carson Mar 3rd 2010 10:01PM
My rogue still has full tier 2 plus Vis'kag and Maladath swords in the bank. Never finished tier 1 though (MC was too boring to keep running once we reached BWL)
Cetha Mar 3rd 2010 11:15PM
yea one of the turn-offs of Warhammer for me was that the colors were so muted it wasn't really interesting enough to make me want to spend my time looking at it. "all the colors of the dirt spectrum" is an excellent way to describe it!
Hephaestus Mar 4th 2010 12:53AM
Fletcher- I always appreciate being envied because of "shiny" armor, what can i say, its a weakness :o)
Artifex - The sentimental value of that set is why i kept it all these years, and ill never get rid of it, TY for the comment.
And last but not least, Keleili. I very much appreciated your post and comments. Getting recognition for being a good pally tank, as well as a sharp dressed one was the furthest thing from my mind, but it sure made for a great birthday present!! If only you were healing me on the eve of the BC expansion when I was getting the best of both worlds!! I'll gladly run with you as my healer anytime, you too are a skilled player, and a bacon saver!!
~Hephaestus of Khadgar
Jennifer Mar 4th 2010 8:45AM
*LOL* You are very welcome. It made my day. I had only just started to think about raiding on my then-60 when BC came out so I never got to actually see the vanilla raid content (if I remember correctly, I was always doomed to have 7/8 of the tier .5 set). So, you are totally awesome in my mind.
-Keleili
zulkie Mar 4th 2010 4:25AM
how is it possible for a level 1 to explore the whole continent of azeroth, outland and northrend without gaining any xp?
do i smell hack?
Sargenus Mar 4th 2010 6:25AM
"The offspring of experienced player Nylou, Femortality has permanently blocked her XP while she slaves away over her hot achievements. "
It's in the first paragraph!
loop_not_defined Mar 4th 2010 8:47AM
Yeah, Blizzard added the ability to turn off XP gains awhile back, so people could continue to do Battlegrounds on twinks without levelling (they added the function when they added battleground XP).