Comments on: Do Holiday Events Only Cater To The Hardcore Player?

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:26:46 +0000

I agree if Direbrew dropped tokens it would solve the time issue. It’s obvious Blizzard saw an issue with the time needed to get the rewards, thus why they extended it. For some reason Brewfest has been the one Holiday that they have struggled to get right.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:47:00 +0000

There should be an achievement called [Epic Fail] which you earn after losing at Chess in Kara, and earning a title that you can display if you wish that has “Wipes on Chess” after your player name, or perhaps “Should stick to playing Checkers”. I mean, wiping on Chess is epic, and unlike most wipes that result in a repair bill, wiping on Chess is just funny, “OMG, did we just lose at Chess?, WTF, LOL, OMG, HOW?” Would be something fun to add to the game. Losing at Chess with all 80′s in the group would give, [Legendary Fail] achievement. And perhaps a title that says “Should stick to playing Tic Tac Toe”

By: Zulwiga

Zulwiga — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:18:41 +0000

Even if the individual holidays are easy to complete, just doing all of them on the same character for an entire year will limit how many people complete the holiday meta.

My main beef with brewfest was just how many tokens things cost when there were only two dailies plus the dwarf cog that was impossible to get after the first 3 days of the holiday. Buying the fire festival stuff was easier because there were many many more ways to get tokens. Easy solution for brewfest: Make Direbrew drop tokens. That’s 5 more chances a day to get tokens, more if you’re doing a guild alt rotate run.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:45:47 +0000

I would like to see some more silly achievements. An achievement for completing so many Ram Racing deliveries while completely smashed comes to mind as good example. I also like the ones Brandon suggested. Just adds a bit more flavor.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:44:32 +0000

I guess the bigger issue isn’t so much the amount of time you play but how it is spread out. If you could only get in 10 hours a day on the weekends, you probably would not have been able to get the title. The limitations on what you can do in a day pose a bigger issue in my book.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:55:38 +0000

I’d love to see harder achievements. They said that they don’t mind the meta achievements being available to only 80 players, so I’d like to see raids or PvP involved more, less grinding and more fun things to do.

Something like capping a flag in EotS while completely smashed, or defeating Malygos while wearing bunny ears.

By: Shieldbreakr

Shieldbreakr — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:01:26 +0000

I don’t believe Brewfest should qualify as a “hardcore only” holiday. My wife and I play semi-casual schedules (< 20hrs/week) and had our Brewmaster titles last Friday.

By: buffd.net

buffd.net — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:30:29 +0000

Do Holiday Events Only Cater To The Hardcore Player? : Raid Warning…

Are holiday meta-achievements leaving out the casual wow player, or do easier achievements cheapen the accomplishment….