This is probably the worst way to go about it. I get wanting to limit the amount of spamming of these HNMs but seriously you are making doing these HNMs exponentially difficult to do partially because of the fact that most high level players are no longer obtaining Kindred Seals.
Also are the trophy items being removed from the KS99 BCs? Do the NQ Kings drop HQ King pop items all the time (ie 100%)? All of this on top of making black belt harder to get by taking away the 100% from the HQs.This system is so convoluted now - pop-HNM are worse. Is there any upside? Will Ridill and Defending ring and Abj. be 100% now?
Am I the only one who find this unacceptable?
Edit: On the note of seals and farmablity;
a) You can only have 1 KS in the pool per party in an alliance (Approx 1 every 5 mins)
b) This pool is shared with High KS and Kindred Crests
c) Assuming one gains all the possible KSs and it drops every time, it takes 8hrs 15mins to gain 99 KSs...
Edit #2:
Another problem is going to be just getting people to do the KSNMs... nothing about this changes offers anything - we need to pray for altruistic friends. If I really wanted an egg I could have solo'd Adam - with this change I'd have to pray and beg people for help and to achieve anything. Forgoing all the gd running around we'd need to do...