Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
The windows in XI were usually 30 minutes. Too long considering there were 6 of them and like 90% of the time they spawned on the last one anyway. Do you really want to sit around and do nothing for 2-3 hours
Two points. a) you wouldn't be doing that if you didn't know the last spawn time, and b) the thrill of claiming a nm that has a longer spawn window is very exciting.

Please let's not just make the spawn time of all of these nm's super narrow. That's fine for some, but not all. NM's with a narrow window turn into commonplace mobs that offer no thrill of the hunt at all. You don't get claim? That's fine because you know it's spawning in 5 minutes. The stakes are so low. When you raise the time in between spawns, the stakes go up, and with that go the level of excitement, and frustration. But I'd rather have extreme highs and deep lows than just middle of the road all the time. Middle of the road is boring.