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by Darren Brown 
Jan 6th 2011 at 8:00AM
World of Wacraft has a lot of major milestones, many of which are punctuated by achievements, cool titles or flashy mounts. When I first started thinking of this subject, I assumed reaching level 80 would be my proudest WoW moment, considering it was the first time I reached max level. I started playing WoW during The Burning Crusade and leveled very slowly, spending way too much time in PvP, which didn't reward experience at the time. I took a couple of breaks and didn't hit max level until the early months of Wrath of the Lich King. But in retrospect, I recalled my thought when I reached 80: "Okay, now the real game begins." My next thought was that the moments that my guild first cleared Naxx-25 or Yogg Saron or the Lich King might be the pinnacle of pride for me in WoW.
Then I realized the truth. The moment when I probably felt the best about my WoW self was when I finally matched (and eventually beat) the gear of my best friend who plays and could beat him in duels. I'd watched this rogue friend, from BC to Wrath, stealth around and slay countless foes in battlegrounds, arena, and world PvP. I'd seen him win 2 of 3 duels against the very best-geared rogue on our server, and I could beat him. That was awesome. Plus, a bit of friend vs. friend gloating didn't hurt the ego.
Has there been a point where you thought to yourself, "I have arrived ... at awesomeness"? What achievement or event is your proudest WoW moment?
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Reader Comments (Page 11 of 11)
Nareli Jan 7th 2011 10:49PM
Hm, tough one for me.
1) Getting the Insane title was a huge thing for me....then the next month they announced the nerf. /doh
2) Buying a Spectral Tiger off the AH....that mount was one of the main reasons why I started the game. Getting one of my own....oh my god. I never thought I'd have one!
Getting TLPD almost made the list, but it mostly ticks me off that I spent months camping it and only found it when I was logging in randomly. >
Frostly Jan 10th 2011 12:26PM
The moment I hid my UI and forced myself to use keybinds. Same moment I fell in love with the mage class (purely symptomatic, had I endured the learning curve with any other class I'm sure *that* would have been my favourite from then -> on)
Kevin P Jan 13th 2011 11:19AM
Personal moment- Embracing Shadow as the only spec I want to play... Doing heals just isn't my thing. and pre-dual spec I was doing a stupid hybrid build because I was expected to heal because I'm a priest... finally at Level 50 ish I just said screw it- I don't heal. That was the best moment from a character perspective- had fun ever since.
Guild Moment- Tie:
Gameplay -Downing pre-nerf Archie in 17 attempts when most guilds took 40+, Luck, proper group, and TONS of research and a little Karma helped!
Guild Unity Moment - Every member in the guild (that was online) getting their head shaved at the barbershop for a screen shot (Taurens had horns cut) because my wife was diagnosed with cancer and had to go to Chemo. A lot of them even stayed like that until after her Chemo was over and her hair started coming back. The best part? She doesn't even play, only says stuff in the background while I play over vent.