Turkinator is broken - Blue Tracker

#0 - Nov. 23, 2009, 12:34 p.m.

They need to fix or increase the spawn rate on turkey hunting because the achievement is near impossible to accomplish.I know these arent meant to be easy but when you got like 500 ppl in 1 area all hunting turkeys and the spawn rate isnt as fast as the chickens or rabbits around goldshire.then it tends to get hectic cos even in an area with no other players around ive soon found myself out of turkeys to kill thus making this acheivement not only frustating but impossible.im sure being a new festival there will be glitches however its only a 7 day holiday counting the downtime for tuesday maintaince we dont get that time to get that achievment therefore i feel they should try to correct the issue or at the very least extend the fest accordingly

Bornakk

#137 - Nov. 23, 2009, 11 p.m.

So far the people I know who have tried to do this have completed it fairly quickly. Yes, it's possible that you can run into an issue and run out of turkeys to kill, but if we wanted to avoid this we would have made the buff last longer than 30 seconds.

An important part in completing this, at least to some degree, is picking a path to take before starting. If you just run around randomly you may hit an area that doesn't have many of them or just run into a dead end.

Bornakk

#180 - Nov. 24, 2009, 12:12 a.m.

Q u o t e:

Bornakk I usually aggree with what you got to say, but this time...

Seriously man, the problem is that the amount of turkey's are only a problem with a condensed area in which to kill them. That means that there are going to be people there for a while, with alts and all.
Picking a place to run still doesn't solve the problem of other players. After all it only takes one player to ruin the whole process, and they can do it quite often.
Please reconsider the buff length, hell even 45 seconds would be better. I highly doubt that this will ease considerably over the next few days, because of alts, and then those who haven't been able to due to work and school. Holidays are coming up and people will be online even more so.

We put the turkeys in the whole zone to help create space. Yes, this is still just one zone and you may run into other people doing the achievement and get stopped, but it is still very do-able especially with a little perseverance and patience. Plan your route, try to stick to it and if you get stopped, start over from the beginning or work out alternate route to take if you run into (enemy) contact.

I guess we could always change it to be like Love is in the Air candy bags... thoughts? (Yes, this is sarcasm.)

Bornakk

#212 - Nov. 24, 2009, 1:22 a.m.

Q u o t e:
This does need to be fixed. I have gotten it on 3 characters, but on another character with 5 tries, I've been as close as 35-39 each time. Too many other players in area and not fast enough respawn. It must be so bad in Elwynn that they have been coming over to Tirisfal and stealing our turkeys. This is ridiculously frustrating.
Blizz needs to either, increase the amount of turkeys, shorten the repop timer, or increase the turkey kill buff duration. One or a combination for both areas would be a good solution...

I don't see how it needs to be fixed when you point out that you have done it three times already. It sounds like you are having a few issues on the fourth character but you have proven that it is definitely doable.

Bornakk

#215 - Nov. 24, 2009, 1:23 a.m.

Q u o t e:

Bornakk, you know I respect you. If I ever meet you in game, I will kill you because you are a filthy stinking orc, but that's business.

My concern here is that you haven't mentioned Tracker Snacks. They turn this achievement from a horrible waste of time into something relatively quick and simple, and you should at least mention their existence when you tell the frustrated peeps that they need to L2P.

Tracker Snacks.

Done.

:)