Wingo Hunt

Stava's EO - link on the right hand side. He's got a quest for the Wingo Mask. It requires the slaughter of 2,000 less than innocent Wingoes. (By the way - the proper spelling of the plural of Wingo includes the "e").

Challenge accepted. There are 17 wingoes that spawn per lap of the field. It takes about 5 minutes to make the lap and get the respawn. That's about a half-hour per hundred. 200 in an hour if you're uninterrupted. So 10 hours to finish the quest.

Now - I don't mind long quests like this. It's one of those chip-away deals that over the course of time can be accomplished without grinding it down. There are only two things I would say about it:

1. Not every quest should be a 10 hour grind. There have to be quests that you can do in a sitting. If you have to grind out every piece of equipment and every quest achievement then it gets boring real fast.

2. The end result of a 10 hour quest should recognize that an average player will take about 3 weeks to accomplish it. The reward for completing such a quest should be a 10 hour reward. Otherwise you lose your player on the #whydidiwastemytimeonthisshit

So note to Stava - as you're balancing for the future make sure you add in a solid mix of short quests - and make sure to balance your long ones to equal the effort.

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