Demon's Souls
Penetrator's Trophy
Slayer of Demon "Penetrator"
"Sounds like you're fighting a porn star" were the words of encouragement from my significant other. I suppose it did.
It was good to get back to Bolatarian Palace, which I found to be relatively light compared to the dark, moody settings of underground mines, old prison cells and diseased bogs. Working my way up to this boss, I realised that Demon's Souls no longer held its power of trickery over me. I now know this game too well to be deceived by its traps. As a result, I had no trouble in reaching the boss of world 1-3, who would have been pretty terrifying had I not been helped by an NPC I rescued a moment before passing through the fog gate.
Biorr fought valiantly, and very nearly died while drawing the Penetrator's gaze away from me as I let loose with the usual barrage of arrows.
Leechmonger's Trophy
Slayer of Demon "Leechmonger"
I think it's safe to say that I was a tiny bit over-leveled for world 5-1, as I cruised on through without so much as a grazed knee. As far as I could tell, this boss didn't even see me. From a high up place I was able to shoot at it with no threat of retaliation whatsoever.
Dirty Colossus' Trophy
Slayer of Demon "Dirty Colossus"
At last, a boss gives me a reason to return to my melee roots. There was no way this guy was going to succumb to puny ranged attacks. Once again, though, I think I was just too high a level for this to be challenging. His melee attacks were fairly strong, but easy to recover from, and his habit of covering me with swarms of flies was merely an annoyance.
This is the problem when you're given freedom of choice in which order you complete the levels in; by the end, you're going to be left with some encounters that pose no difficulty. Had I ventured into world 5 earlier on, it might have been quite an enjoyable experience, but I get the feeling that another world would have suffered in its place. Perhaps some sort of level scaling wouldn't have gone amiss.
Maiden Astraea's Trophy
Slayer of Demon "Maiden Astraea"
It's becoming all too familiar now that I'm given somewhere to stand that a boss can't reach. There's honestly nothing I can say about this encounter because once again, I just shot arrows at her until she was destroyed. The only thing that might have stopped me was her healing spell, but the damage of my bow easily outweighed it.
One boss left to go (three if you count the optional bosses that I'll probably have a crack it).
World of Warcraft
Character: Grimtoosk
I've Toured the Fjord
Complete 105 quests in Howling Fjord
I have indeed toured the Fjord, and I'm going to stick to my controversial opinion that Borean Tundra is far, far better. The story arcs there are just a lot more Horde-ish.
That said, Howling Fjord comes out the winner in the category of environment presentation. The way that the frosty green slowly turns to snow as you venture further away from the coast is a great introduction to Northrend. It's as if it's easing you into the harshness of the frozen wastes before you travel deeper into the continent, to the treacherous Dragonblight. I may have enjoyed the quests of Borean Tundra more, but there's no denying that its broken up landscape was much less characteristic of the icy northern continent.
Got My Mind On My Money
Loot 100 gold
Nothing to see here, just a milestone to make you realise how many times you've right-clicked a corpse.
Team Fortress 2
Spy Achievements
Fyi I Am A Spy
Backstab a Medic who has healed you in the last 5 seconds
So much for 'quitting' the spy. There were many situations during this weekend's TF2 session in which a heavy just wasn't going to cut it, due to either a lack of medics or too many enemy sentries to be cut down by. Like a fool, I chose the spy once again.
It actually went better than it ever has. I'm still pretty easy to suss out as spy, but I managed to get a fair few backstabs in.
And as for this achievement, I'm happy to say that it wasn't accidental. I spotted a lone medic and decided to act as if I was waiting for him to accompany me for some ubercharged fun times. He took the bait, began healing me, and as soon as he ran on ahead, I sent him to meet his maker. When it all goes exactly to plan as it did here, the spy is a very satisfying class to play.
Spies Like Us
While cloaked, bump into an enemy cloaked Spy
Oops. At least it wasn't a pyro like it usually is. Perhaps we had some form of mutual spy respect, because we both continued on our merry way, choosing not to engage each other in pistol to pistol combat. Mostly it was because I panicked and ran away immediately, so as to not be given a taste of my own backstabbing medicine.
You Only Shiv Thrice
Backstab 3 enemies within 10 seconds
You see? That's a lot of backstabs for little old me. Sniper perches are one of my favourite places to hang out.
Slash And Burn
Backstab an enemy, who then switches to Pyro before they respawn
Pyro being the anti-spy class of choice, it's good to know that I managed to make someone rage enough to make this switch.
Spy Milestone 1
Achieve 5 of the achievements in the Spy pack
And there you have it. After almost giving up on the class altogether, I managed to have a really fun evening playing as the spy, collecting a handful of achievements which will act as my encouragement to continue.
My reward for this achievement is the Ambassador, a pistol that's suited to someone who makes a lot of headshots. Not me, then.
Engineer Achievements
Frontier Justice
Have your sentry kill the enemy that just killed you within 10 seconds
Should've been aiming for the sentry, pal.
Engineer Milestone 1
Achieve 5 of the achievements in the Engineer pack
As with the spy, it was another semi-successful evening as the engineer. A few of the token sentry spots were free, so I was able to set up and join the battle for once.
The reward for this achievement is the shotgun known as Frontier Justice, which grants you revenge crits for every kill by your sentry, following destruction of said sentry. I see no reason why not to switch to this, as I barely rely on the base shotgun for damage. The chance to dish out a little revenge sounds good to me.
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