The Truly 'Elite' Player

[Karbuncle]

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I think they should be 1-20 Day spawns, and in order for it to spawn someone has to be actively camping it for at least 15 hours. Furthermore, I really think to make it enjoyable, the NM should only have ~0.5% Drop rate on its good items. So its really really hardcore, So when I'm in town, I can feel like I'm cool. I need a Bigger E-peen.

And they should spawn in the middle of Soul Flayers and Imps, True-Sight mobs, SO while you're actively camping them you're forced to fight things. and if anyone dies it resets its spawn timer, regardless of it being killed or not. That'd be super fun. Also, At least 2 Souflayers and an Imp need to be killed every 10 minutes in order for the HNM to pop, if it doesn't happen, the Window Resets back to 1-20 days. That'd be SUPER Hardcore.

They should also make sure it drops the best items in the game, So people are forced into those Soulflayer-Imp camps to get these items, for at least 1-20 days. That way the armor is really exclusive and rare. It'd be so much fun if you ask me. Days of the Casuals need to end.

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I didn't feel like retyping this so i'll copy it here from the NM thread. Also, If you want challenge and not just an NM you can horde E-peen gear over, Try getting people you know to do Abyssea without Atmas, That'll rip you apart quick. You can even work your way up. Start in Visions zones, to Scars, then to Heroes, See how many things you can kill with no Atmas. That'll be an accomplishment worthy of an "Elite".

Truthfully though, I never liked the term "Elite" though. Cause its inaccurate. People all have their own meaning of it. some people think you can only be elite with the best gear. Some think you can be elite by knowing the game, how it works, and gearing to your best. There is really no base-line outside of Opinion. Some people feel you can only be elite if you like Taking a hammer to your Genitals daily (A.K.A Camping Kings).

I think games can present a challenge without a Gimic involved. But the problem is the challenge won't last forever. once a strategy is had, once you get a Rhythm the challenge will be gone. There is no way to make an "Absolutely always challenging mob" Without making it on the level of "Fk" as AV, where it was just a bunch of gimics and impossible-to-deal-with AoE damage, amongst other things.

Basically, [corny], I feel an Elite is someone who knows the game, Experiences it the best way they can, and Actually Enjoy the game without needing to make multiple complaint threads on how terrible the game is and how bad the direction its going. I think Elite players are those who can play the game for what it is, With friends, And enjoy every minute of it. [/corny]

I'm elite