Highly Notorious Monsters

[Alhanelem]

think we're all starting to think the camping part isn't fun- for some of us it is! If the NM wasn't cornered into a small spot on a map it could be really cool to have your LS running around on the hunt.

The few examples of where camping an NM required you to be actively playing the game are the few examples where camping was actually good. But I'm speaking for the bulk of HNMs in XI where all you did was go to his spawn point, go AFK, and check every 30 minutes to see if it pops or not.

For most of the camps, most people did not enjoy the actual camping process. The only exciting moments are 1) the rush that occurs as the NM pops and you scramble to get it and 2) the rush of fighting the NM itself (to me, by far the most important part). You can have these things without stupid nonesense like 30 minute random spawn windows.

Honestly, if you love sitting at a mob's spawn for a few hours waiting for it to pop, I think you should stick to FFXI or another MMO of its era, and let FFXIV try to implement it in a different way that's less about not playing the game and more about actually playing it.

FFXI isn't going away anytime real soon, considering another expansion is on the way. The games are different enough for both to keep running and both to have a distinct player base.

I know some people are going to react that "go play another game" isn't a good argument. But, in case it matters, I'm playing that other game right now. I may even keep both subs running for a while. There are things about both games I like, and sometimes I'll want to play one and sometimes the other.