Highly Notorious Monsters

[Exni]

Open world HNM's ARE and have ALWAYS been fair to all who want to participate.
You're on a server.
An HNM pops on that server.
You try to claim it.
You try to hold it.
You try to kill it.

It's the same for everyone.

Agreed.

I appreciate all the ideas and discussion on different ways to implement HNM, really I do. I'd like to see some of that in XIV. But also, I'd like to see them in the way they were presented in XI too because there was nothing actually wrong with the system. Whether or not you liked the system is up to you.. whether or not you like to compete with other LS's is up to you... whether or not you want to camp for hours is up to you... whether or not you want to attempt to claim is up to you... whether or not you want to get a ToD is up to you... whether or not your in a Linkshell that has a clue what they're doing, also up to you..

Just because you didn't like XI or XI's HNM system doesn't mean there was anything wrong with it. Plently of people loved it obviously (there was always alot of healthy competition on my server) and it never bothered me or my LS mates if we didn't claim Sandworm for 2 weeks straight.. or missed Niddhogg abuncha of times back to back.. Alot of you guys like to complain about XI's HNM and its pretty obvious you never had much experience doing it in the first place. Especially when you go straight to 'no open-world HNMs because of "unfair" claim wars'.. really? I played XI on 360.. and got a claim on EVERY HNM we attempted at some point (multiple times in most cases... although I only ever remember claiming KV and Tiamat once each..but that was likely because I'd usually fall asleep on those windows..). I never got why some people tried to use claim bots anyway.. unless you were just AFK or didn't know the ToD, it was faster to just spam claim at the actual ToD (starting a few seconds b4 it). But, if you actually went out to these 'claim wars' on a regular basis, you'd already know that..

The actual 'war' would begin after the intial group claims... They'd try to hold it with whatever few members they had camping, basically a low-man kite.. while the other groups would watch in suspense watching if their tank(s) go down. If they did, the other groups would start trying to spam claim getting ready for the other group to lose hate. Another group picks it up and then attempts to hold it, meanwhile most of the new groups LS has now shown up and they start buffing up and engage. But then oh shyt!! Mob got turned, spike flail, wipes half the group!!.. Now the other LS are trying to spam claim it when that LS loses hate!! Group 3 picks it up at 50%, already buffed they go in and wail it on down for the "W" and the LOOTS!!! NOW THATS HOW YOU MMO!! Good show for all 3 groups, yet group 3 wins it today. Man I miss having fun in open-world...