Kikuchiyo's Hyjinx

Ramblings of a would-be samurai

19
Aug 2010
Posted in Uncategorized by Kikuchiyo at 4:28 pm | 1 Comment »

I may be nuts about faction reps but today I won’t be talking about the kind of reputation you can farm mats, mobs, or run instances to increase. This kind of reputation comes from the way you interact with other people; both within the guild and more importantly with non-guild players. Reputation is important and [...]

26
Jul 2010
Posted in Uncategorized by Kikuchiyo at 5:04 pm | 2 Comments »

When last we saw our hero he was just a few turn-ins short of Shen’dralar exalted…. Thanks goes out to Glynnda, Aiwa, Prettydead, and Karpathian. With their help I was able to round up the last of the Pristine Black Diamonds needed to close this rep. It’s done. I never have to visit DM again. [...]

7
Jul 2010

Not 15 minutes after downing The Lich King I headed back to Dire Maul to knock out the last of my Steamwheedle rep. Those little green buggers really love me now. Being the anal for details guy that I am I had to farm it to 999/1000. Steamwheedle done, 42 exalted reputations, “The Exalted” title [...]

Ok so.. maybe WreckList didn’t make Garrosh popular but I’d like to think we have. Last Friday the second 10-man group headed back into ICC to beat our heads against the Frozen Throne some more. Hey wait, what’s going on here? Why am I standing in front of the the Lich King and not behind [...]

25
May 2010
Posted in Uncategorized by Kikuchiyo at 2:17 pm | 3 Comments »

Too much time has passed since my last post but it was a long semester. Now that school is over I have time to pickup where I left off on a particular achievement: Insane in the Membrane (info). I’ve put a fair amount of time into it since my last update and I’m happy to [...]

3
May 2010
Posted in Uncategorized by Kikuchiyo at 1:04 am | 1 Comment »

Much like picking scabs, there is something satisfying about knocking off these world events on the same day that they start. Today was no exception and a small group of Wreckies formed up to complete the [School of Hard Knocks] PvP achievement. I scheduled a guild event for 9pm and we wound up with 10 [...]

23
Mar 2010
Posted in Uncategorized by Kikuchiyo at 2:14 pm | 2 Comments »

I won’t be posting on every achievement I complete here, just the ones worth noting about. After doing this achi, it’s really not worth posting about except that it looks much worse than it is so hopefully people won’t be so put off from trying it. After knocking off my random last night I decided [...]

21
Mar 2010
Posted in Uncategorized by Kikuchiyo at 7:40 am | No Comments »

I’ve seen a number of comments about my seemingly excessive drive for old faction grinds and achievements. I’d like to just take a moment and give some background. In the 0-60 days I did my share of group play. I ran just about every instance, at level. They weren’t like they are today. There was [...]

21
Mar 2010
Posted in Uncategorized by Kikuchiyo at 7:12 am | No Comments »

Tonight I closed the doors on a couple long achievement grinds. After 1344 Dreadfang Venom Sacs, 360 Marks of Kil’Jaeden, 352 Marks of Sargeras, and 72 Fel Armaments I have finally switched from Scryer to Aldor faction and with it “Hero of Shattrah”. Grinding the Dreadfang venom Sacs was by far the worst part. They [...]

19
Mar 2010
Posted in Uncategorized by Kikuchiyo at 7:09 am | No Comments »

Last night I had the opportunity to jump in a Stormwind City raid late in the evening. Seeing that King Varian Wrynn was the only leader I needed to down yet, I went along. These pug groups tend to often fail and if not they only clear one boss before it falls apart. That night [...]