Wandering horses are back

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Yes, the Wandering horses are back on Howrse and as before, there are some great prizes to be won. However, like the last time, achieving all the objectives is both difficult and expensive.

When the Wandering horses contest last appeared in the game, many players were upset because they felt it favoured players who could afford to buy passes. Well, it looks like it could be the same this time round. We shall have to see if Howrse offers a helping hand to ensure more players get a chance to complete all the objectives.

Some of the objectives are pretty straightforward, such as the one to win Cochise. You simply need to be congratulated a number of times. So simply congratulating players should mean that they will return the favour. Other objectives include entering competitions, logging on and getting your horse to play with its companion.

Strangely, some objectives are adjusted so that the number of horses you have, affects how many points count towards that objective. Whilst others don't. For example, on the 'taking lessons' objective to win Columbus, it doesn't matter how many horses you have - you get 3 points per lesson. I have 79 horses but LucyLou has 7237 horses. However, on the 'playing with companions' objective to win Lucy - the number of horses does matter. I get 0.3 points per hour of playtime but LucyLou only gets 0.08 points. Strange.

Aside from that, the objectives are fairly straightforward, if a little daunting. As for the objective that means you must buy passes - well all we can say is that a lot of players will feel that is unfair. Others will say that Howrse have to get people to buy passes in order to make money, because they are a business. We can see both sides of the argument so we shall let you have your own say on that one!

If you manage to complete all the objectives you will win one of the new Divine horses - Jade. The first 65 players to finish get a Jade, with the runners-up winning a Ruby.

Oh and for the duration of the contest, there will be two extra Unicorn breeding times at 10.58am and 9.58pm. Remember that these are both game times! And of course the current breeding times of 6.23am and 6.23pm game time, are still there for you to use.

We will post more information as we get it. In the meantime, let us know how you are getting on and ... good luck!

Patsy