Originally Posted by
Siiri
I agree its a big improvement. I personally got my black belt at lvl 75 before the level cap rise and the bandwagon monk era, but I never found the KSNM99 drop rate that bad. I received 2 out of 3 items from KSNM99, going with friends mostly, and we usually ran a 25-50% drop rate. Just a few months ago we were 2/4 on the Turtle KSNM99. I do remember going for my Behemoth KSNM99 though and getting no tongue and crap drops. I would have been thrilled with a key item/trigger item to pop Behemoth.
Realistically most of the people on a server never had a chance at claiming a land king. If it was so easy why don't you already have your black belt? I know when my best friend was going for his black belt, as 2 working adults we found it hard to camp the land kings due to work schedules, etc. So we ran a KSNM99 event for our social linkshell and got 2 beards and 2 eggs out of 4 runs at each. Now it is even more incentive to do a KSNM 99, which serious monks were doing all along. Even if you get a bad drop on your orb, you will get another chance via this system. How is this not a positive?
As for those without people to help them get the items, this game has been out how long? People seriously don't have friends who will throw in an occasional orb and want a chance to fight a HQ Land king? Not everyone is a bandwagon monk, although it does seem like it at times. I understand many of the new monks are former SAMs who thought they could buy a Hagun and be the King DD, but unfortunately for the these players a black belt has always taken some work. Also, 99 seals is hardly an obstacle for a serious monk intent on getting the best item for their job.