This is why Hardcore Content SUCKS.

[Mega]

When the OP finally gets the claim/drop it will make the rewards that much more satisfying.

[Yellow]

200 ping? Hello? That essentially screws me over, lady. :P

200 ping??

Are you SERIOUS?

¬_¬ I. Don't. Think. You. Know. How. Lucky. You. Really. Are.

200 ping is amazing for me and most players not from the US :|

[Valerien]

if time is precious, don't play video games. they are time sinks. I understand your point about the fast resapwn rates but do not defend it with your personal constraints because it means shit to the rest of the mmo community. You're not the only person with a wife and career.

[Visch]

if time is precious, don't play video games. they are time sinks. I understand your point about the fast resapwn rates but do not defend it with your personal constraints because it means shit to the rest of the mmo community. You're not the only person with a wife and career.

Quoted for truth.

[Gun_Anam]

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

Yes, YOU wasted 2 hours of your life. SE never wasted 2 hours of your life. You could have easily gone to the NM spawn point, seen it was busy, then decided to come back at a later time. Instead it's your own greed to get the item asap that is causing your grief. Most people won't even have logged on to try the new content yet and you're crying about not having gotten a new item within the first couple of hours of it being introduced to the game.

It's not about being casual or hardcore, it's about having a little bit of common sense

[Shiyo]

LOL @ THIS THREAD HAHAHA. OP, you are an idiot, go play WOW or rift. If they listened to you I would quit this game instantly.

I want everything instanced so I feel like I'm playing a FPS or single player game and not a MMO teehee!!

[Kallera]

I must say, this is the funniest bout of rage I've read on this forum. And ironix, in a tragic sort of way, that he claims he wasted time while playing a game(which wastes time).

There is an Aesop here, somewhere.

[quantumsaint]

You don't need really need that item, so don't feel like you have to camp NMs. Personally, I like contested claims and they were one of my favorite parts about FFXI.

This is going to sound condescending but I really don't mean it to. If you want everything instanced you should play Free Realms, OP.

[Arcell]

Woah there OP, what you're asking for is just as unreasonable (yet on the opposite end of the spectrum) as the "hardcores" asking for 24 hr spawns and .0000001% drop rates to make their items (rare).

If it takes you over an hour to get a drop, tough. That would be making things way too easy. If I didn't know any better I'd expect you've never played an MMO before. Getting a rare drop in the same day as your first attempt is usually quite lucky, and usually pretty unusual. You don't need those drops though. They're certainly good but you can play effectively without them. You decided it was worth your time, attempted it and were not satisfied with the results. That's how drop rates work, there's absolutely no guarantee.

The game is pretty "casual" friendly, at least more so than XI was. As much as I hate that term though, the game isn't built for the people who want to race to 50 and the best gear playing 18 hrs a day. It most certainly caters to people who may only have a few hours to play some days and that's fine.

[Jinko]

Somewhat agree that instanced monsters would have been better, but was on for 2 hours and managed to kill the Doe 8 times and the Boar like 7.

Nobody else was around and this was an hour after maintenance so I think your exaggerating a bit or just very unlucky.