Hydra/Cerberus/Khimaira

[Afania]

We would like to carefully approach these adjustments as they offer valuable rewards and strong equipment that could affect the overall balance.

The balance was already gone for past 5 months when log in campaign hand out defending rings

[Tamarsamar]

The balance was already gone for past 5 months when log in campaign hand out defending rings

Um. Beg pardon?

[Renaissance2K]

We agree that the current condition of FINAL FANTASY XI doesn't fit to have users wait 3-4 days to encounter NMs and we would like to adjust this phase by phase. The reason why we are not currently adjusting NMs that are requirements for RME weapons is because they are directly linked to the difficulty of their creation.

I'm giving the team the benefit of the doubt and assuming the "valuable rewards and strong equipment" to which you're referring are the Mythic weapons that require these HNM kills. Considering you still need to collect six gazillion Alexandrite to get these weapons, reducing the overall build time by a few days through the shortening of the Puppy/Draggy/Kitty spawn times is negligible. It's just trying to remove yet another "aw, come on" game mechanic.

And, if I'm mistaken and by "valuable rewards and strong equipment," you mean the Algol and Seveneyes, well, that's just silly.

[Edyth]

There are a lot of NMs that we would like to address but since there are so many, it would be difficult to adjust them all at once. The purpose of the recent NM respawn and drop rate adjustments were aimed to increase the avenues for obtaining equipment in starting areas only.

We agree that the current condition of FINAL FANTASY XI doesn't fit to have users wait 3-4 days to encounter NMs and we would like to adjust this phase by phase. The reason why we are not currently adjusting NMs that are requirements for RME weapons is because they are directly linked to the difficulty of their creation.

We would like to carefully approach these adjustments as they offer valuable rewards and strong equipment that could affect the overall balance.

Khimaira, Cerberus, and Hydra have nothing to do with mythic weapons. Are you getting them mixed up with Tyger, Sarameya, and Tinnin? Spawning the mythic NMs is not an issue currently. In fact, they are far easier to engage in battle because you can spawn them with your own items. I think these users are complaining about the not-very-useful, just-plain-outdated, why's-anyone-camping-them-the-drops-aren't-worth-it-and-it's-easier-to-learn-blue-magic-on-Nyzul-floor-100 timed pop NMs.

[Anjou]

Khimaira, Cerberus, and Hydra have nothing to do with mythic weapons. Are you getting them mixed up with Tyger, Sarameya, and Tinnin? Spawning the mythic NMs is not an issue currently. In fact, they are far easier to engage in battle because you can spawn them with your own items. I think these users are complaining about the not-very-useful, just-plain-outdated, why's-anyone-camping-them-the-drops-aren't-worth-it-and-it's-easier-to-learn-blue-magic-on-Nyzul-floor-100 timed pop NMs.

Speak for yourself, I'm trying to get my hands on Haute which is horrendously outdated. Khimaira's horn is no longer very valuable, and RMT will not overcamp him. There is no excuse as to why it can't be lowered, 3-4 days is uncalled for and quite frankly I cannot understand why we can't just lower the respawn timers since you graciously lowered the repops on lottery NM's needed for super weapons, but you can't lower a 72 hour repop for an outdated sword/club.


I love the 'logic'

[Luscia]

The reason why we are not currently adjusting NMs that are requirements for RME weapons is because they are directly linked to the difficulty of their creation.

Yet the RMEs are weaker than the Delve counterparts. That aside though, the 3 kings for Aht do need adjusting; mainly khim. Unlike cerb and hydra, a blu can't learn their spell from Abyssea.

[kwehhhhh]

There are a lot of NMs that we would like to address but since there are so many, it would be difficult to adjust them all at once. The purpose of the recent NM respawn and drop rate adjustments were aimed to increase the avenues for obtaining equipment in starting areas only.

We agree that the current condition of FINAL FANTASY XI doesn't fit to have users wait 3-4 days to encounter NMs and we would like to adjust this phase by phase. The reason why we are not currently adjusting NMs that are requirements for RME weapons is because they are directly linked to the difficulty of their creation.

We would like to carefully approach these adjustments as they offer valuable rewards and strong equipment that could affect the overall balance.

Uh, pretty sure that does imply that they do think it's involved in RME creation. Relics have no time spawn NM requirements, empyrean already had those NM timers reduced, and mythic has 3 NMs with obscene repop timers(one is likely bugged, hello gulool jaja my friend). This post didn't ask anything about RME, so it's obviously a mixup.

[Kaeviathan]

The reason why we are not currently adjusting NMs that are requirements for RME weapons is because they are directly linked to the difficulty of their creation.

It's not difficult, it just plain tedious and unpleasant. There is nothing challenging about the process of their creation nowadays.

[Demon6324236]

Yet the RMEs are weaker than the Delve counterparts.

This is incorrect. Their DMG may be lower that does not mean they are weaker, they are stronger, but in a balanced way that makes them close enough that we should not have to deal with the RME Only issues we suffered in the past.

It's not difficult, it just plain tedious and unpleasant. There is nothing challenging about the process of their creation nowadays.

100% agreed!

[Glamdring]

There are a lot of NMs that we would like to address but since there are so many, it would be difficult to adjust them all at once. The purpose of the recent NM respawn and drop rate adjustments were aimed to increase the avenues for obtaining equipment in starting areas only.

We agree that the current condition of FINAL FANTASY XI doesn't fit to have users wait 3-4 days to encounter NMs and we would like to adjust this phase by phase. The reason why we are not currently adjusting NMs that are requirements for RME weapons is because they are directly linked to the difficulty of their creation.

We would like to carefully approach these adjustments as they offer valuable rewards and strong equipment that could affect the overall balance.

you still have that difficulty, it's just the other people camping it and trying to get claim.