More than 5 years of waiting, just for a single, complete toy. World of Warcraft thought this was a good idea – apparently the fans did not.
In World of Warcraft, many of the holidays have been revised and equipped with new rewards. This pleases the fans – or at least it should. Because one of the rewards from the Noble Garden event is now causing frustration. Blizzard has confirmed that one can only complete one after 6 years of the Noble Garden event – so not until spring of the year 2029. This leads to confusion.
What kind of toy is it? We are talking about the “Duck Disguiser” toy. You receive it at the end of a relatively short quest line after you have chased away the ducks and investigated the origin of the duck plague.
In addition to the toy, when you turn in the quest, you choose one of 6 different “modules.” These modules determine what type of duck you can transform into.
This means: Those who want to have all modules must complete the quest a total of 6 times to experience all duck transformations.
Blizzard confirms long duration: The catch is that you can only receive one of the modules per year. This was also confirmed by Blizzard in the official forum, as Tryskorn from Blizzard revealed there:
[That there is only one color], is not a bug and the purpose of the other color variations is that they will be collected in future events.
In total, you have to participate in 6 different Noble Garden events over a duration of 6 years.
Why are the players upset? Dissatisfaction arises for two reasons, especially on Twitter/X. On the one hand, many are disappointed that Blizzard apparently has not learned the lesson of “respecting players’ time.” They find it simply cheeky that something as simple as a toy is not fully available over such a long period.
At the same time, many criticize that the game does not warn that you can only choose a single transformation per account. Because when looking at the rewards in the quest, one inevitably comes to the thought that you can either earn all transformations or unlock them on secondary characters. However, this is not the case.
In the official forum, Blizzard has already recommended that players give feedback if they believe that this type of reward should be changed. Exactly that many have done.
In WoW, there were just major nerfs – now every guild should be able to defeat the final boss!
