Noblegarden

Today is Noblegarden. Or easter, if you are more into the RL side of things.

Laura and I woke up early this morning because she had to go to work. But before that I.. err.. the Easter Bunny set up an easter egg hunt and a little easter basket for Laura. Boy, that easter bunny sure is nice.

After that we dyed some eggs. We used a really cheap walgreen's dye kit, and did not have any vinegar, so we had to substitute lemon juice, but they turned out pretty nice looking in the end:


Also this morning I jumped on WoW and did a little Noblegarden egg hunting for the first time in the 3 years I have been playing. And let me tell you, I was thoroughly underwhelmed. I rode around for about an hour while I watched television, and ended finding around 20 eggs, which seems like way too few. It would have been especially bad if there had been other people around, but fortunately for me I was up far too early for an average person on a Sunday morning. In the end I had 8 chocolate squares, 8 candy bars, 3 lollipops, and an elegant dress. And from what I hear that is not even a bad haul for Noblegarden. Supposedly the eggs only drop dresses and tuxedos 1% of the time.

With all the love for the other holidays, why hasn't Noblegarden seen any? It would be pretty easy to spice it up, I think. First step would be to make the foods better. Rather than the 61 health, make it 3% of health per second for 25 seconds, like the Hallow's Eve event candies. Next you can throw in some flavor items, like they tend to do with the other holidays. Maybe a vanity pet rabbit that has an idle animation of laying eggs or something. And if you really want people to go for it, throw some eggs in the outlands or after a boss in a level 70 dungeon, and have a chance for it to drop a nice ring/cloak/trinket in there.

I don't mean to hate on the devs so much. I really do appreciate what they are doing with the holidays. They are becoming a lot more fun than they used to be. Perhaps in due time they will fix Noblegarden.