Obviously a lot of people hate the idea of HNMs but it's honestly some of the best experiences I ever had in FFXI. This is my outlook on it.

-Make it so that some of the gear you get from HNMs you can get in other places. Example Einharjar in ffxi and HNMs you can get the Adamant Hauberk etc from both.
So people who don't want to sit in an area for 3 hours at a time don't have to they can get the gear other ways. But people who are more dedicated to getting gear
and helping other people out have more of a chance to get the gear because they will go hunt the HNMs as well as do the dungeons. Reward those who put in the time.

-The skill factor, getting the people who know what they are doing, claiming it, setting up within a few seconds and getting in position is also extremely challenging and fun.
A lot of open world events never take a lot of skill, a lot of MMOs that have these you just go in zerg and watch random people die over and over.

-The satisfaction of getting a drop from a monster that spawns once a day is unmatchable. The NMs in FFXIV that spawn every 5 minutes are stupid and the most unrewarding thing
ever. I can see making some low level NMs that spawn every half hour or less but 5 minutes is pointless for higher level gear.

-48-72 hour spawn HNMs were a little to much I can see at least shortening it to 21-24 hours. I enjoyed it, though doesn't matter.

-I understand everyone thinks any time anyone gets claim they immediately botted. The shell I was in didn't bot(which I know you will all try to say I'm lying about)
and we beat most of the botters because they couldn't claim nidhogg with their bot they could only get fafnir. It's not impossible to beat the botters especially
if you get the timing down. People say "it spawned claimed" but after I upgraded my computer this is completely false. I began seeing every HNM unclaimed because my
computer can actually load it fast enough.


-It's an open world large group event which are hard to come by. Gathering an alliance of 12+ people and waiting for a Dragon to spawn is nerve wrecking. After camping HNMs
for 3+years I still got nervous during the windows.

-People always complain about MPK but they fixed that in FFXI by making it so the monster can't hurt other alliances as long as they don't have hate(excluding kings). Just copy this.

-How often are you standing in down waiting for events and crafting or just talking? It allows for more events to take place during "down time" for people who are restless
like me.

-Doing dungeons is great but it does get boring. It's nice to change it up!

A lot of the "hardcore players" want HNMs as well as the casual people who are into big boss battles. Imagine if in FFXI that Fafnir spawned every half hour, everyone would
be running around with ridills. It's what seperates elite players and people who want everything to easy.

-Everyone says use BCNM or KSNM just do them all! That's what made FFXI so good because there was so many things you could do. Why combine things when you can make
a ridiculous amount of content. I know people are gonna cry and complain and say "Oh you used bots you are a liar" and whatever else they want to say well you don't have
to believe me I know we never did. People who drop real money for in-game purposes are sad.


So keep in mind the people who will keep your game alive when everyone jumps ship when blizzard puts out some other garbage expansion, implement HNMs. This is my experience obviously and my opinions so take it for what it's worth.
You can never have enough content! The more gear the better, happy hunting!