Quote Originally Posted by Amage View Post
I am as hardcore as it gets
You lost all credibility right there.

The Wards are the least of what they should be concentrating their efforts on. I can go to them, search for an item and get the item with little difficulty. Implementing an AH now would just set back other content at this point.

We do not need more anima but alternative transportation methods would be much appreciated.

As for NM's/HMN, the ONLY way they should be implemented is with non-riduculous spawn timers and a large enough spawn radius that it would render even the idea of claim bots to be laughable. For those of you who don't think that claim bots would come about if HMN were done FFXI style you are kidding yourselves.

Also OP, you like many many others on this board are living in the rosy-tinted memories of FFXI past. Seemingly forgetting the many headaches that game threw our way over the years.

Like many of my fellow players I just don't have 8+ hrs to play every single day anymore, people have jobs and responsibilities that things like staying up til/gettin up at 4am to try and wrestle with an HM that moved into that time slot basically becomes a bad idea. The ability to roam around one place for hours waiting to fight over a claim does not equal skill or challenge. However I'm all for NM's that requires tactics and organization to best in combat.

Also you aren't hardcore, no player is. It's merely a delusional status one gives themselves to justify spending a borderline unhealthy amount of time gaming which many of us are guilty of doing at some point in our lives.