Quote Originally Posted by Mirage View Post
Abyssea shows that the dev team agrees with this, considering the respawn timers there are either really really short, or the NMs are force popped with easily available items.
They sorta had to agree with it. Abyssea is a time restricted zone, and when you have an entire server fighting for pops because it's the only end game right now for cap levels and because it's far more accessible than previous end game you kinda have to give in and lower respawn timers.

If Abyssea taught us anything, it was to appreciate long respawn timers and low drop rates. Everyone wearing basically the same exact gear is getting pretty tame and boring to look at everyday. It's spoiled people to the point that they get all pissy when they have to assert themselves to farm Empyrean feet which is like the only difficult thing to farm in all of Abyssea aside from a few odd ball NMs that are a major pain to low man.

So, ya know, I agree. It blows to wait around for hours at a time. It's a huge waste of time. But ultimately the rewards are worth it, at least in the game world. Just don't get high hopes over them lowering respawn timers in the "real world" because they've been doing it in Abyssea. If HNM changes taught us anything, it's that they rather make us farm seals than lower respawn timers. So you can make an incredible and passionate plea to them to make changes and it can sound all great and stuff but their bottom line is this: this content has been around for 9 years. Countless players have gone through these NM camping trials. Why slap them in the face?

They changed Dynamis but really things like Dynamis needed to be fooled around with so people will want to do it again. And it doesn't count as "real world" anyway. Maybe they should ease up on NM timers. But consider this: Who the hell would play long term if they could get anything they want with ease? Look at WoW. God. I can think of multiple friends who have played that game on and off over the years because they will constantly quit it with nothing to entice them to stick around. I know one person who defends it to death, bragging that it's so good that they've lol "came back to it 5 times" yeah it's so good that you quit it 4 times already.

Anyways, it's something to consider. Whether we like it or not the time sinks with nice rewards are what keeps us playing. Maybe it's a pro. Maybe it's a con. Depends on the person. Personally I feel the timers should stay as is. The content has been established for ages now. But hey, SE doesn't seem to have a problem messing with HNMs or their payment methods after 9 years so they might as well throw in NMs in general to boot.