The World of Warcraft April Fool’s patch notes really are that good. Seriously, go read them. You may not catch all the references, but I think I just learned a lot about WoW culture from the mockery of it. Still, my favorite?
The Love is in the Air quest “Crushing the Crown†has been renamed “Crushing the Candyâ€. Bring it.
: Zubon
There is a large amount of “yes, we do hear what you say” to those release notes. Great stuff.
“New paid service: Character Bust. Pay to de-level any character back to 1, removing all items, mounts, and gold, so you can relive the good ol’ days.”
Pretty sure they could sell quite a few of those. I’d buy one if the price was right (in other games, obviously. It’s not like I play WoW)
“Upon beating World of Warcraft, a New Game+ option will appear on the main menu, which allows players to replay the game at a more challenging difficulty level.”
Another option that would be very popular if it could be arranged.
Actually, I’d guess 20-25% of the items in those notes would be well-received by a non-trivial number of players if they were ever to happen. The Pet Pet Garrison and the Calvin and Hobbes ones for sure.
In fact, the more I think about it, the more I’d like to play an MMO made by the guys who wrote those patch notes rather than play WoW…oh, wait a minute…
As a player, Character Bust is almost always an option known as “delete” or “buy a new character slot.” And you can always increase your difficulty by playing sub-optimally, which many people do (intentionally or otherwise).