Highly Notorious Monsters

[DrekeLamorte]

lol highly?

In America we call it, "HYPER".

Ugh... OP you failed right at the start with the title of the thread.

Edit: Acronym Finder: HNM stands for Hyper Notorious Monster (Final Fantasy gaming).

Nuance. And completely off-topic. And you just embarrassed Americans by even mentioning that your American in a personal attack. Like we don't get enough shit from the rest of the world for being simple closed-minded pricks.

I'd definitely be down for more NMs and content. Tougher mobs, that roam around and take 4-8(or 11hatersbedamned 16 or 24) hours. As long as it doesn't follow the same pitfall of being a game changing, must-have piece which sets the standards for each players job in the game. Those things are important, and I really hate to agree with the "new generation" mentality that completely rejects anything old (even though everything is old, just recycled and combined in creative ways,) but HNMs should only be introduced if you can log on, and obtain a step-by-step process of obtaining a pop item, or have a guaranteed chance at seeing the mob in a 3 hour window, with a moderate drop rate.

I hate the aversion to camping PH NMs with a ~1.5% drop rate for 3 weeks 5 hours at a time. I EARNED that damnit. I PAID for it damnit. I also am part of the "new generation" as well as the old. So I don't get where these people coming in an demanding their frosting on their ice cream cake be designed with them riding a dinosaur on it in 17 different colors in less than 2 hours because the sign said any cake design is $12.99. This isn't BK. And before anyone says the typical response, niche markets are where its at. If you understood business, you'd understand that you have 2 choices. Appease the masses, as many as you can, and make instant profit. Or you make quality to a target audience and have it pay off in the long run. Where do you think Blizzard stands? What situation does SE feel like they're in now? They already have the cult following, and the fanboys. They've been giving us as much as they can for 2 years, and that's long time for an investment with hardly any funds in return. To assume otherwise, is XBOXish. Go throw your money at something else if you cant stand time sinks. That's MMOs and if it changes, the genre will die out in <10 years, or until someone revolutionizes it again.

[Rydin]

Nuance. And completely off-topic. And you just embarrassed Americans by even mentioning that your American in a personal attack. Like we don't get enough shit from the rest of the world for being simple closed-minded pricks.

Here in America we don't call it being a close-minded prick.... we call it being patriotic

[DrekeLamorte]

Here in America we don't call it being a close-minded prick.... we call it being patriotic

Patriotism is an excuse to be a terrible human being in someone/something else's name. Where have I heard of people like this before....

Ah, I'm probably just imagining things.

[Abhayaa]

There's always been disagreement on what the H stands for. It was an acronym created by Japanese players. Most people put in "High" "Hyper" or "Hard".
What it stands for is beside the point.

[Abhayaa]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Ca...rious_Monsters

[illriginalized]

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Ca...rious_Monsters

Oh Yaaaay lets depend on the wiki!

A direct quote from your source:

The name "Hyper Notorious Monster" is incorrect. The name Hyper was given the the abbreviation HNM when the new North American players could not figure out what else the "H" Could stand for. The term HNM given to certain Notorious Monster by the Japanese community that had been playing for many years prior to the arrival of FF XI in North America. The term HNM stands for "Honorary Notorious Monster"

Final Fantasy XI (ファイナルファンタジーXI Fainaru Fantajī Irebun?), also known as Final Fantasy XI Online, is a MMORPG developed and published by Square (later Square Enix) as part of the Final Fantasy series. It was released in Japan on Sony's PlayStation 2 on May 16, 2002, and was released for Microsoft's Windows-based personal computers in November 2002. The PC version was released in North America on October 28, 2003, and the PlayStation 2 version on March 23, 2004.

LOL

"HYPER" came from the JPs. Higher more than likely came from EU only because EU players play and label FF awkwardly, imo.

Btw I was in an international LS on FFXI.. I wouldn't be pulling this out of my ass. I speak what I know and know what I speak. Otherwise I stfu and observe.

Anyways, I'm done trolling with the facts.

kthnxbye

[Peptaru]

People, people please.... hentai notorious monsters, amirite? ...... can we get back on topic or let the thread go peacefully? lol

[Alerith]

People, people please.... hentai notorious monsters, amirite? ...... can we get back on topic or let the thread go peacefully? lol

[Abhayaa]

Man, the biggest thing wrong with this game is probably the level of rude people.

Read the rest of the damn page if you're gonna be a girl about it. Square has repeatedly referred to them as High Notorious Monsters in their news releases. I don't honestly care what you call them. What I do care about is that you came into the thread with nothing to add to it except negativity.

[Travesty]

Didn't read the whole thread, just responding to the OP.

I think HNM's and world bosses are definitely needed in a game like this. They just add another fun and challenging layer to the game. It makes it a more interesting world to have these huge mobs out there in the wild, ready to tear stuff up or be torn up.