User:Joshmaul/Personal Victories

Personal Victories

 * Saavedro: General Drakkisath, Upper Blackrock Spire - I like to tell this story a lot. Back when he used to drop as little as one of the Blood of the Black Dragon Champion, I went with a group of guildies on Medivh to take him on. The hunter we had with us - who was not a guildie - was a complete egotistical imbecile. He did not kite Drakk at all, and it was amazing that we were still able to defeat the guards. With Drakk down to about 15% and the rest of the party (except for the aforementioned idiot hunter and myself) dead, I was forced to tank him myself. I only had mostly greens, a couple LF pieces, and the Ice Barbed Spear from AV. I managed to kill him, and the three of us who needed the blood got it.
 * Saavedro: Obtaining the Charger. Like most things with me, this required a hell of a lot of trial and error - and a loan or two from friends. I was almost always broke, never having more than, say, 20 gold at one time. I somehow was able to get all the mats, and made all the money I could (and took out loans when I couldn't) to get through it. The first run, we wiped on Darkreaver, which pissed me off immensely...but we were able to get him on the second go.
 * Saavedro: Slaying Onyxia and obtaining her head.

BC

 * Joshmaul: Reaching Outland. Though I knew Saavedro would, Joshmaul was a little iffy. I had never been able to level him all that fast. Perhaps it was something about 1)obtaining my epic and 2)getting better gear than this Sunken Temple crap I had on was more of an incentive. I did my levelling in Silithus (killing bugs) and Eastern Plaguelands (wiping out Scourge).
 * Joshmaul: Obtaining the Dreadsteed. Though it was said that it would be more expensive and more difficult than the paladin mounts, I had surprisingly little difficulty in obtaining my warlock epic. It took me several months to obtain my paladin epic, but within about a week of hitting 60 I had managed to get my warlock one. Me and three other locks joined with a hunter to run Dire Maul - East to get the key, and West for the mount. Doing the ritual to get the mount was easy. Getting to the ritual circle (Immol'thar)...that was a little bit harder! We had quite a few wipes, our gear was slagged, and I thought, "Hell, I'm not gonna get this in one run, no way, no how." To my surprise, we did.
 * Saavedro: Reaching 70.
 * Saavedro: Transferring to Eonar to join my friend and his guild, and with their help, obtaining both the Master's Key to Karazhan and the Key of Time for Heroic Caverns of Time. Finally.
 * Joshmaul: Reaching 70.
 * Saavedro: Finally clearing out Karazhan! Still need to work on getting me some gear, though...
 * Ordevaas: Reaching Outland.
 * Ordevaas: Obtaining my paladin epic mount with a blood elf paladin. Which is far better, considering they get a tabard for it - and it was also much, much easier. The Alliance epic took several months; this one took only two days.
 * Joshmaul: Three biggies: My first 25-man run, my first official raid with Joshmaul (outside of the Zul'Aman PTR), and my first piece of Tier 4 ( from High King Maulgar). Not long after I joined Stacked Deck, we cleaned out Gruul's Lair.
 * Joshmaul: Exalted with the Mag'har, got my own talbuk mount.
 * Saavedro: My first clear of Gruul's Lair. No T4, though. Pity...
 * Saavedro: My first paladin Tier 4: from Prince Malchezaar.
 * Joshmaul: Finally obtaining the key to Karazhan. Took bloody long enough.
 * Joshmaul: Wasting Magtheridon - and getting his head as a trophy. Saavedro can keep his -  FTW.
 * Saavedro: Wasting Magtheridon. No head, though...
 * Saavedro: Obtaining a new title - "Saavedro of the Shattered Sun"!
 * Saavedro: Obtaining my epic flying mount, after about a month's worth of Sunwell dailies and a last-minute 500g loan from a guildie (thanks Gnasha). Now to see if I can get my nether drake!
 * Saavedro: Two weeks after the flying mount, got the nether drake!
 * Saavedro: Exalted with the Kurenai, another character with a talbuk mount.
 * Joshmaul: Completed the Jenkins achievement and in the span of about six hours! LEEEEEROOOOOY....arr....
 * Ordevaas: Participated in the second Scourge invasion and got a tabard out of it!
 * Joshmaul: Finished off Zul'jin and cleared out Zul'Aman.
 * Ordevaas: Hitting 70 and wasting Gruul, Prince Malchezaar and Hakkar - all in less than 24 hours!
 * Ordevaas: Earned the title of Ambassador by becoming exalted with the whole Horde.

WotLK

 * Ordevaas: Completing the achievement by defeating Vladof the Butcher in the Amphitheater of Anguish.
 * Saavedro: Accomplishing something I have been wanting to do for a long time, and now had a really good reason to: Slaying all of the leaders of the Horde and obtaining my black war bear. For the Alliance!
 * Ordevaas: Within about 24 hours, I hit level 77 and obtained the achievement!
 * Artimus: Technically this is a pre-BC achievement, but it was done with a death knight - defeated C'Thun in AQ40. (I spent most of that time flat on my face, but let's not get technical.)
 * Ordevaas: Last pre-WotLK 70, first 80!
 * Ordevaas: My first WotLK raid - defeating Sartharion in Obsidian Sanctum! (And all I got out of it was this ...rolled 100 for it, so I did!)
 * Saavedro: At last! Flight in Northrend!
 * Ordevaas: My first heroic raid - again, Obsidian Sanctum! No loot this time, though...
 * Saavedro: A second clear!
 * Artimus: Got my death chicken...er,.
 * Saavedro: That's level 80 #2...
 * Saavedro: First Wrath raid with this guy - Vault of Archavon, and the priest legs and warlock robe dropped. One priest, and no lock...you figure out how this worked! *grin*
 * Saavedro: First real raid with potential for gear: Naxxramas 10-man. We tore that place apart - three whole quarters in the span of about four hours. Here's hoping I can finish this sucker off...
 * Saavedro: Did OS25 - and actually got stuff out of it! Which is more than I can say for Ordevaas...
 * Saavedro: Naxx10 continued...Kel'Thuzad is dead! WOOHOO! Two-and-a-half frickin' years...
 * Saavedro: and  - good Lord, I have more mounts than I know what to do with!
 * Saavedro: My first Tier 7 (the pants from Gluth) - from heroic Naxxramas even! Also almost killed Kel'Thuzad in that....he and the Military Quarter are all I need to finish off 'roic Naxx.
 * Saavedro: has claimed his rightful title...
 * Artimus: My first DK title - and my first Alliance Bloodsail!
 * Saavedro: Malygos has fallen to the power of the Loremaster!
 * Artimus: Third top level, second Alliance (ever) and first top-level character created entirely during this expansion - hit level 80 in Storm Peaks! WOOHOO!
 * Saavedro: Killed Kel'Thuzad in heroic Naxxramas, and got another T7 (this time in healing gear!) - so now I've killed all the (main) bosses of the pre-Ulduar raids. Now to do Sarth with some drakes up...
 * Artimus: First death knight Tier 7 from slaying Sartharion in OS10.
 * Artimus: My personal dream realized - a character with Deathcharger's Reins!!!!!
 * Saavedro: FINALLY! ! NO MORE OCULUS! HOORAY!!!
 * Jaedenlaek: My first non-pally/warlock/DK character in Outland, and the first who actually had to pay for his epic mount (no, I didn't wait until the patch came out - SPEED, MORE SPEED!!!)
 * Saavedro: A BC achievement, but nonetheless - defeated Archimonde in Hyjal. Now for Kael, Vashj, Illidan and Kil'jaeden, and that's all the BC raid bosses.
 * Artimus: Another successful Naxx clear! (And I got a hell of a lot more out of it in one lockout than I did with Saav in about three!)
 * Joshmaul: Fourth level 80 character (I termed this an "ABOUT F%#$ING TIME" achievement, heh)!
 * Joshmaul: And what better way to celebrate your first full day as an 80 than to go into Naxxramas and clean the place out in a single evening?
 * Saavedro: Attained the title of Crusader and exalted with the Silver Covenant. Finally, some dailies to fill the gap left by the loss of my Valiant's dailies...
 * Saavedro, Artimus and Joshmaul: Getting a taste of the Trial of the Champion - on the first day, no less.
 * Saavedro: Fighting the first boss in Trial of the Crusader (in the first week, it's the only boss in Trial of the Crusader). Well, bosses would be better, considering there were three different encounters for this one fight...
 * Saavedro: An almost-total clearout of Ulduar, and not one, not two, but three pieces of Tier 8!
 * Artimus: First taste of tanking Ulduar. Too bad the group sucked...
 * Jaedenlaek: The Farseer has arrived in Northrend.
 * Saavedro: Killing Onyxia - again!
 * Saavedro: Cleaning out the Crusaders' Coliseum - all the bosses in ToC10, all but Anub'arak (we'll get back to him) in ToC25, and an attempt (at least taking down Gormok) in ToGC10.
 * Saavedro: Got some more head from Onyxia. Heh heh. Heh heh heh. *ahem* Seriously though, got her head to bring back at level 80.
 * Saavedro: After successes (and lots of loot) in ToC10 and 25, returned for a little fun in some old instances I hadn't finished yet - cleared out AQ40 and BWL (finally, Nefarian is dead, woot woot).
 * Saavedro: His last hurrah: Killing Kael'thas in Tempest Keep, something I've wanted for years.
 * Ketiron: Replacing Saavedro as of December 18, 2009, Ketiron now continues the fight in Icecrown, and what a fight it was - defeating Lady Deathwhisper, the Gunship Battle, and Deathbringer Saurfang in ICC10!
 * Joshmaul: My second - and once again, a Nexus instance (this time, Malygos) was the stopping point. But we got him, by gum - and I had 21 stacks of fire on the SOB before he died. Yay me!
 * Ketiron: Quite a few - clearing all but Lich King in ICC25, getting OS10+3D, downing the first two bosses in ToGC10, restoring all those damned titles from the Argent Tournament, and getting a couple of holiday achievements done.
 * Jaedenlaek: Finally hit 80 with him...now I have an 80 blood elf and an 80 draenei. Woot!
 * Ketiron: Finally cleared Zul'Aman and obtained the . And there was much amusement.
 * Devaneaux (formerly Artimus): Moved to Medivh on June 5, 2010; within the month, I got my third - and again, it was Malygos that was left. Good thing it was the weekly raid that week. *chuckles*
 * Joshmaul: Something that's long overdue - finally obtained epic flight. Yay discounts. *grin*
 * Devaneaux: Another epic-flighted soul!
 * Joshmaul: That's another who's exalted with Netherwing...God, it's so much easier when hardly anyone is doing it, wouldn't you say?
 * Devaneaux: Another rare mount - this time, The Horseman's Reins!
 * Devaneaux: Got OS10+3D. No mount, though.
 * Joshmaul: Third OS10+3D. Again, no mount...
 * Jaedenlaek: Fourth OS10+3D...need I mention the result? *grin*

Cataclysm

 * Ketiron: I in Uldum, lol.
 * Ketiron: First level 85.
 * Devaneaux: Second level 85.
 * Joshmaul: Okay, technically it's a classic achievement, but still - went to Blackwing Lair with a couple of my guildies and got the to bring home to Orgrimmar. Woot woot!
 * Zherron: Once I got to 80, I made it a point to get Master riding - the first with any of my characters. Now he's the only one soaring around with 310% flight, lol.
 * Zherron: Third level 85.
 * Joshmaul: Fourth level 85.
 * Eaglespear: Race-changed from Ketiron April 1, 2011. (Holy cow, man. *grin*) And what he's done - a few heroics, and his first raid, clearing out Baradin Hold (all one bosses of it!).
 * Eaglespear: Cleaned out AQ20 (now AQ10) and got the Head of Ossirian the Unscarred to add to my trophy list!
 * Eaglespear: Did OS25+3D with 12 people and got my Twilight Vanquisher title; also managed to get the Black Drake from OS10+3D with five people.
 * Eaglespear: FINALLY, after a lot of help, I finally made my Mechano-Hog. WOOT!
 * Eaglespear: Got the Swift White Hawkstrider from Kael'thas in heroic Magisters' Terrace. Gotcha, bitch!
 * Eaglespear: What A Long, Strange Trip It's Been - ain't that the truth! Children's Week was probably the most annoying of those achievements...but I got it! Now I've got another 310%, all the holiday titles...I'm in business, man.
 * Joshmaul: With the most unlikely fellow, six months late but it still counts: The Lich King is DEAD! Joshmaul is now a Kingslayer!