Odin Spawn Timer

[TheRogueX]

I have never, ever had to do something so irrationally, infuratingly stupid in any MMO as I have waiting for this absolutely stupid world-spawn raid boss to show up. I've played MMOs for almost 20 years, including games with world-spawn raid bosses, but each and every one of them had a RELIABLE timer for its respawn so that if you missed it for whatever reason, you knew exactly (give or take maybe 30-90 minutes) when it would spawn again.

This completely inane 24-72 hours BS is absolutely ridiculous. We can't sit on the game 24 hours per day just to guarantee we will get this spawn. Many of us have jobs, families, and other responsibilities, so there's no way for us to spend hours and hours on the game just in the CHANCE we'll be around when this boss spawns.

I just found out that I missed the spawn by around 1 hour while I did chores around the house and ate dinner. I've been waiting for this boss for over a month, usually to discover I missed it by minutes or hours at most. This is totally unacceptable for rewards that amount to consolation prizes. I could totally understand if the gear was iLvl 90+ or otherwise extremely special... but it's not. It's practically useless. Hell, you can't even glamour the armor!

One of two things needs to be done to fix it:

1. A set respawn timer. If you don't want it to be exactly the same each time (to allow for a procession of the respawn, for instance), have it be something like xx hours +/- up to yy minutes, or something. That way people would know about when to log on and would only have to wait yy * 2 minutes at most.
2. A way to see the estimated time of the next respawn. Again, this could be approximate, with a small amount of variability around the respawn (E.G.: 'Odin will spawn again on 5/24 at approximately 10:13pm' with the 'approximately' being a buffer of +/- some amount of minutes).

Fix this, and fix Behemoth while you're at it, too. Seriously.

[DoctaruRavenbe]

Funny this exact time frame was ok for Behemoth, King Artho etc back in FFXI. the only difference here is he walks the entire shroud.

[TheRogueX]

I just thought of an obvious 3rd option though:

3. Make the FATE rewards tradeable. If you want the furniture to still be rare, have it be a different drop from the FATE that is untradeable.

Funny this exact time frame was ok for Behemoth, King Artho etc back in FFXI. the only difference here is he walks the entire shroud.

I didn't play FFXI. I wouldn't have been OK with it then either. Though I was younger then and had about 100% fewer responsibilities, so I probably wouldn't have cared as much.

[Barboron]

Why even bother with Odin? His drops are worthless. If you were on the Odin server I would be more than happy to assist, I run a very successful LS there. I have absolutely everything and too many mantles left over. The stuff is complete crap with exception to the sword. You're even admitting the worthlessness in your post and yet you complain? It's just odd. Either way, forget the stuff and move on unless you want to cling on to some hope that something decent is released later on. Personally, I would love a Sleipnir mount (not the shit barding). It's vanity and bragging rights crap and even then the braggings rights aren't worth it. I obsessed over Odin for some time too and then found myself quite disappointed with the gear.

Again, just move on. Not worth it.

[TheRogueX]

Why even bother with Odin? His drops are worthless.

Again, this is precisely why I think the spawn timer is beyond ridiculous. Why are they making worthless rewards so rare?

Personally, I would love a Sleipnir mount (not the shit barding).

See, now that would be something that, to me, would make the difficulty of catching the spawn make more sense. Though, just making the gear higher than iLvl 50 (or somehow upgradeable) would be a step in the right direction.

[Huntington]

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Are you wearing a High Allagan helmet?

What he said though, some of the stuff like the sword and barding is nice for having, but you can't do anything with the body armor and by this point it isn't as relevant. Unless you really want it to make a set for showing off in low level roulettes and such then there isn't much point to it.

[Kaze3434]

im not sure how either of them need "fixing". both have ways to know they are there. behemoth has his blizzard and odin has his mist. other than that, you have the massive amount of pf groups and shouts that will start filling the chat log. not paying attention to those things seems like a personal problem that could be fixed a lot faster than doing anything to these bosses. if you have been waiting a month for one thing that seems kinda insane seeing as how they have both been spawning like crazy. back when they first started, it seemed like they were on a weekly/biweekly timer, and that timer wasnt for sure. they could spawn early or late.

[Barboron]

Are you wearing a High Allagan helmet?

What he said though, some of the stuff like the sword and barding is nice for having, but you can't do anything with the body armor and by this point it isn't as relevant. Unless you really want it to make a set for showing off in low level roulettes and such then there isn't much point to it.

That's the goldsmith gear, the pics are slow to refresh since I only wear it for like 5 minutes.

Anyway, even the barding is terrible. The barding was the first thing I bought and THAT is when the disappointment kicked in. I should have went with the sword. It is the only good looking thing to come from Odin right now. If Odin is up, I still go for the fight. I have more mantles than I need.

[TheRogueX]

im not sure how either of them need "fixing". both have ways to know they are there. behemoth has his blizzard and odin has his mist. other than that, you have the massive amount of pf groups and shouts that will start filling the chat log.

Both of which require you to be on the game precisely when they occur, without knowing in any way, shape, or form when they will occur.. just that it will happen sometime between 24-72 hours after the last time it was killed. I'm sorry, but that's a 48 hour window, and I don't know about you, but I can't just sit around, awake, on the game, for 48 straight hours waiting for the boss to spawn.

not paying attention to those things seems like a personal problem that could be fixed a lot faster than doing anything to these bosses.

Err, it's sorta hard to pay attention to all of that if you aren't in game, isn't it? Unless you mean it's a personal problem that I don't play 24/7, or something.

If Odin is up, I still go for the fight. I have more mantles than I need.

See? Why can't they just make the Mantle a tradeable object, and have some other Odin drop untradeable for the furniture? Same for Behemoth, of course.

[Kaze3434]

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true, but seeing as how they both seem to spawn during high time on the servers, its not hard to be on when they spawn, baring working during said high time. not like anything from them is useful.