This is why Hardcore Content SUCKS.

[SilvertearRen]

Cut it out with the "your party sucks, you suck, etc" sort of statements. Those aren't helping the issue I'm trying to bring up. There will be some NMs in the future that will be camped 24/7, just like it was for FFXI - and I want to AVOID that scenario. PERIOD.

I updated the OP with a more thought out statement at the header.

I wasted two hours of my life, and Square Enix is not going to refund that to me. That makes me upset.

Btw, what I described is typified as a "hardcore-casual"...basically, gamers who are hardcore, but have VERY LITTLE TIME to invest in their games...therefore, they want to maximize the returns on their efforts. If two hours is going to pay off with nothing, it's gonna piss us off immensely.