Man, remember that one NM in Valkrum dunes that dropped some exceptional gear for that level? But you had to wait 6 hours for him to pop? And then you were 0/16 on that item? Boy that sure was fun!

This game does not need more time sinks. You FFXI players complained when getting a Chocobo in FFXIV was too easy (because it was so hard in previous FF games, amirite?) and we got an 8 hour series of fetch quests for a chocobo.

This is 2011, we don't need time sinks in an MMO, we need fun. I've had more challenging encounters in FFXIV than FFXI, it's not a matter of how much time you're putting into the game, it's actually got some hard as shit fights, without being an endurance run. Ifrit (Hyper) is really difficult to take down, but he's like, what? A 10-30 minute fight?

I'm happy with the 5-15 minute respawn, it's quick, and painless. Don't ruin a good thing.