[SotA] Little help with achievements

[zimieri]

Hie everyone !

Was a little bored in BG, farming SotA marks, and figured out (like many of you have I'm sure) it would be funnier to try and get the achievements.

Most of them are really simple, you'll get them by just standing in the BG minding your own business.

I know there are guides about achievements, therefore only have I tried to complete what they allready said (and not repeat it)

However, I thought I would write a word or two about the most "original" achievements in SotA, I know many people must have got them now, still I met many others who could just not figure out the "how to". Just trying to help these lasts have more fun in this battelground

- Defense of the ancients ( Defense of the Ancients - Achievement - World of Warcraft ) :
Split the raid in two. Each half is going to the shore in front of the four starting siege vehicles. You either need 1 or 2 heals on each side, or a focus dps. Name an assist dps on each side, and proceed to destroy the siege vehicles before the opposite faction's boats arrive.
When the opposite faction gets off the boats, you should have the 4 vehicles down. You now need to defeat the ennemy players, and run fast to their respawn point.
Have a few people check on the respawning vehicles on each side, and destroy them once you got the opposite faction's players under control.
This achievement is not so hard to get, even in PUGs, it mainly relies on your raid being organized enough to surprise the others, leading them to stop acting as a team. You then just have to pick them one by one until the fight is over.
This is from horde side, meaning you have to hold on for 9 minutes, alliance is easier since you just have to storm the first round, and then have only 2 minutes to hold the beach on the second round.
If you feel you are at some point getting outnumbered (partly because we sometimes lack healers), send 2 guys to the defending cannons and have them bomb the whole beach (assuming they aim well).

- Explosives expert ( Explosives Expert - Achievement - World of Warcraft )
This one is kinda easy, but I've met people not being able to complete it. I just advised them to wait for a battle where their faction storms one door on the beach. Then they just plant seaforium on the other door, which hopefully will have been abandoned by the defending faction.

- Not even a scratch ( Not Even a Scratch - Achievement - World of Warcraft )
This one might seem hard, but you just have to play it right.
First you need to fight people who don't consider destroying the starting vehicles a good option (otherwise they'll burn one or two even before you could make a move to protect them).
Once you are in such a fight, DON'T TAKE ANY VEHICLE !! I insist, if you take vehicles to destroy the first gates they WILL be destroyed.
Instead, destroy the first gates with seaforium. Then comes the hard part.
You have got to start attacking the next gates with seaforium, and carefully put some people in ONE vehicle (on the side of the gate you've chosen to pass by). You should have a few people going with seaforium (the ranged dps), make them take down the defending cannons, while the vehicle comes to the gate, then they jump in the vehicle and assist protect it.
The challenge will toughen before the yellow gate. There you need to maximise the efficiency of seaforium while handling the opposite faction (therefore it is vital that you capture the flags to respawn - and prevent them from doing so). I had the achievement done by destroying the yellow gate and last gate with seaforium only. Protecting a vehicle in the last court is just way too hard, you can try but don't count too much on it.
Once you understand that the best way through all gates is seaforium (whith a little help on the seconds doors with one vehicle), you should get your achievement quite fast.
It's just harder in PUGs because not everybody listens.

- Steady hands ( Steady Hands - Achievement - World of Warcraft )
This will require mainly luck, eventhough you can push it a little. First of all, never skip the first gates, because ennemy players often put seaforium on those without staying close to it to prevent you from disarming it (which they WILL do at the yellow and last gates). As a druid it was easier because I would instant cyclone the opponent, and safely disarm the charge.
I got the achievement by disarming 3 charges in a row at the blue gate, just because ennemies did not pay attention, and no player of my faction was there to disarm it instead of me. So my best advice is to pay carefull attention to those first gates. The closer the ennemy gets from the end, the more he will try to prevent you from getting your achievement ! So play it safe.
I also recall being able to disarm through the door, safest position ever, but since I don't have pics to prove that, I'll let you test it !

Well that's it, these are the achievement known to me to be the most difficult to complete in Sota. Again, depends on the player, I'm not claiming everybody needs those advice, but I've met many who did.