So you think you have alot of wow 'achievements' ?

[Vyndree]

- first level 80
- first level 80 Gnome
- first level 80 Warlock

...

- first Heroic Naxxramas
- first Heroic Obsidian
- first Heroic Malygos

These are pretty much synonymous. For guilds that formerly were doing Sunwell, it was basically a "race to 80" to get enough raiders to get into the raids first. The guild with first raid group to 80 was pretty much the first to clear them.

Suvega was more dedicated with leveling (plus the fact that I started at level 60 on wrath launch with my group, rather than 70), so he's got much of the "server first" raid achievements.


I didn't catch up until Twilight Vanquisher from 3-drake about 2 weeks after ding'ing 80. I had 2-drake achievement 3 days after hitting 80.

[Bovidae]

They are preying on the handicapped. I suffer from obsessive compulsive gaming disease (OCGD) and cannot quit until I catch them all.

[Caspian]

They are preying on the handicapped. I suffer from obsessive compulsive gaming disease (OCGD) and cannot quit until I catch them all.

You may joke (or not - can never tell for sure on the internet) about this but for people that are really OCD this system is a curse. The 'First' achievements not so much - for me at least - but just about everything else I am beginning to plan for on my current "main". And she was the last of my 70s so is starting further in the hole then all my other ones. I have no idea how I am going to handle it on my other teams, it already haunts me on my solo rogue.

I knew I should never have started playing this damn game 3 and a half years ago.

[Skuggomann]

ok, maybe i'm just missing something... and please, fill me in if that's the case... but what good are achievements? are they able to improve my pvp? improve my melee/defense/spell stats? better gear?

seriously, why does it matter except for something you get along the way?

is it just for bragging rights? (which is my current thinking... and ranks up there with bank posing in my book)

(cowering in my corner awaiting the noob-slap)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

btw i hurd you can kill a man if your e-peen is big enough :S

[Gadzooks]

I don't put a lot of emphasis on achievements, but they're handy for a few things - I'm pacing my journey through Northrend by not leaving a zone until i have the quest and exploration achievements. It's worked pretty well - I get all the quests, and a lot of them are worth getting to, my latest favorite is the laying of mines in Storm Heights, and riding the rocket - fun stuff!

I may go back and get all of the instances in Outlands, but I can't see taking 80's to Wailing Caverns.

However, I'm going to be starting some new toons soon, so I'll make sure to run them all through all of the instances on the way up!