Daggerclaw Dracos Bug

[Drofar]

So I was camping this guy for the Great Axe Magian Trial, killed all of the Raptors in the area for 6 hours and still did not get him to spawn. This has got to be a bug... I was the only one in Meriphataud Mountains, so someone else killing him was out of the question.

Why is he not spawning?

[Baudle]

Drofar,

We appreciate your bringing this to our attention. Please understand, that some monsters have significantly lower spawn rates than others and some don't have a guarantee that they will spawn. In the end, some spawned mobs do take a bit of luck. We advise further investigating the various factors surrounding Daggerclaw Dracos.

That being said, you are welcome to request a bug investigation. If that is how you wish to proceed, please provide us with the following information:

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Thank you, Drofar, for taking the time to let us know. I wish you well and good luck in your future hunts~

~GM Baudle

[Mirage]

I suggest that entirely random pops should just be removed, and that no NM that is required for a trial should ever have a longer pop time than 2 hours no matter what.

[Drofar]

You mean, it is a normal occurrence for a monster to take longer than an 8 hour work day to spawn? SE, this is a little much. It has been since the day you made the game. ;-)

[SMD111]

yes thay can takes between 1-24 hrs

[Drofar]

I suggest that entirely random pops should just be removed, and that no NM that is required for a trial should ever have a longer pop time than 2 hours no matter what.

Maybe SE could implement a change, rather than an elimination? Lottery isn't a bad idea, just the current system is extremely broken; and it has been for 10 years now. Why hasn't SE listened to us? It should not take longer than a work day to possibly see one monster to progress through this game. Here is my proposal for Lottery Spawn Notorious Monsters:

0-60 minutes: 10% spawn chance
60-90 minutes: 25% spawn chance
90-120 minutes: 50% spawn chance
120-150 minutes: 75% spawn chance
150+ minutes: 90% spawn chance

I don't think this is an unreasonable change. I think the current system is probably around 5-15% chance between 1hour-9hours.

With the implementation of VNM's and what not, the old notorious monster system is due for an update. ALL of them.

[Mirage]

That is also an acceptable solution. Some NMs should be drastically faster to spawn than others though, especially when their drops aren't even useful.

[Drofar]

If you do something like that, you would have to keep quests (such as Trial of the Magians) in mind. If Placeholders continue to spawn at 5 minutes, you get 12 chances to spawn the monster at 10%. In theory, if you kill the PH right after death, you should see the NM respawn within the first hour anyways.

[Drofar]

Platform: All
ISP: All
Type of Internet Connection: All
Internet Connection Speed: All
Date & Time: Since the game was made
Frequency: Pretty often
Character Name: All Users
Race: All
World: All
Main Job: All
Support Job: All
Area and Coordinates: All
Party or Solo: Either
Monster Name: Lottery Spawn Notorious Monsters
Steps:
1. Kill NM
2. Kill placeholder monsters for 8 hours
3. Don't profit