Lottery NMs and Leves

[giftforce]

Maybe it could do with changing, but some degree of notoriety is needed for the NMs to earn their name (they are notorious after all).

How infamous would they be if they never killed any newbs and suchlike?

[Adol]

Lottery NMs? Yes please.
Forgive me for sounding insane for a moment, but I actually enjoyed hunting down the Valkurm Emperor in XI because there was actually competition for the claims and often people would team up to make the process a lot more enjoyable.
Competition is a good thing.
Teaming up is a good thing.

[Leenk]

I hated camping NMs like that. Those fights were based more on shear patience than any actual skill. Having much shorter respawns isnt like we have now allows you to test your strength against the mob, not against your schedule.
Shorter spawn times like that of leaping lizzie wouldnt be a bad idea tho.

But that still doesnt have any bearing on the fact that some NMs in 14 conflict with the guildleves in the same zone

[Shiki_Lockhart]

Or you can do simply this: Do your locals or leves when isnt the time of NM window. If you dont know which time they pop ask or search. So knowing when they aren't there is useful

[Raze]

This is a pretty good idea, Alux is in a very annoying place, it's like you're either there to kill him(rarely) or just doing your leves(i.e Moon's Mistress), no need for him to be a pain in the neck most of the time you run across him :x It's too mean even for an imp.

[Leenk]

Most NMs in this game are on five minute respawns making it so that they are almost always up.
And notorious or not, they cant make one portion of gameplay totally unplayable. Alux is a good example. If you're of the proper lvl to be doing leves in his zone, you cannot solo him. If your leve leads you into his room, you have essentially no way of completing your leve. I realize this placement was just an oversight, but it does need adjusted.