Posted by Juggynaut on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 - 12 Comments
Tags: Achievements, delay, eggs, kisirani, noble gardener, noblegarden, patch 3.1, proto-drake, walstib, what a long strange trip its been
Most people know by now that I love Achievements. I also love world events. Adding new and interesting things to do during world events and tying them to achievements sounds just great to me. Initially when I saw that Patch 3.1 would add achievements to Noblegarden, I thought that must mean 3.1 will come out before the event, which is currently scheduled for April 12-18. Makes sense right? Well, I was wrong.
Kisirani has let us know via blue post that the developers’ plan is to simply delay Noblegarden should 3.1 not be ready before then. That makes more sense. What has me excited, though, is that after the patch, Noblegarden will be a true world event, Blizzard style. Looking at the list of Noblegarden Achievments and seeing a hint that egg hunting will be “a wee bit different this year,” the event seems like it is going to have much more interactivity than in previous years. Before, players would have to find eggs hidden in the starting areas in hopes of finding a dress. Not a great reward, but something that is good for collectors and roleplayers.
According to the achivement list, this year’s Noble Gardeners are going to hide eggs, place rabbit ears, plant flowers, find love, and of course eat chocolates as part of the event.
As the meta-achievement for Noblegarden is going to be part of the meta-meta-achivement, What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been that rewards a 310% speed Violet Proto-Drake, I’ll be ready to hunt down eggs all week long, whenever 3.1 comes out.
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By Varren on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Great news! Only 2 achievements for a holiday was kinda poo.
By Gerandor on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
hmm.. was hoping 3.1 came out soon =/ ah well
i’m quite behind on the ‘What a strange trip its been’ meta achievement, but im going to start it up with this world event
By Dulica on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I’ve only been playing since summer, so I’m excited to see what world event brings. This Noblegarden thing looks fun!
By PatrickD on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Bunnies are awesome!
For the record, I have never killed a single rabbit in World of Warcraft…but probably hold some sort of record for slaughtering squirrels.
By Eugen on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Nice..Really nice … Looking forward to it
By Slarty on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Also, not mentioned, they are changing or removing requirements for the meta-meta-achievement. Brew of the Year is being removed from the requirement list, and Be Mine! (the stupid candy bag for Valentines) had its number reduced from 6/8 candies rather then all 8. Good news for people PO’d at the horrid drop rate of candy bags!
By Alayea on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
@Slarty
It still won’t be enough of a reduction for me to get “the Love Fool”, sadly.
By the way, Juggynaut, I thought that there was a previous blog on this website that said that the Violet Proto-drake reward was going to be removed (or something).
By Balius on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
I’ve been playing since almost the beginning, but have never even seen Noblegarden run. One day only, on a day I’ve always been busy? Yeah…
They can delay it all they want, I just look forward to actually seeing it for once.
On the topic of the Long Strange Trip…I just hope they remove the BG requirements for the Children’s Week. It just encourages people in the BGs to do things that are contrary to the nature of the BGs themselves, like acting like a prima dona. I doubt they will, so I’ll probably be right there with everyone else turtling on defense in WSG and not fighting intruders so I can recapture a tower.
By Kladius on Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I hate Blizz, they’re putting noble garden in the meta-achiev just to make you play one more month
By Deidare on Friday, March 13th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Ugh the less achevements then better for me… thanks blizz…
By Daveyjones on Sunday, March 15th, 2009 at 9:48 am
@ Deidare
QQ
By Nightwisher on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 at 8:09 am
tank god they fixed the candy bag acheivement ._. i had 7/8 i’ll have to check my acheivement log tonight , i dont remember seeing that title , but i wasnt really looking for it lol