Quote Originally Posted by Alhanelem View Post
Except einherjar doesn't offer all the same rewards as the HNMs, and einherjar required a LOT more people when it came out. I never "blacked out," I ignored it because it wasn't relevant. Also, FFXIV doesn't have any "einherjar" event at this time. You know, if they make one, I'll probably play it. But right now there is no knowledge of such a thing.

I don't really want there to be an "alternate" event. My perference would be one single event that is well designed rather than one that is and another that isn't, just for the die hard old school fans. IMHO, some people here are seeking FFXIV to be something that it isn't- a sequel to FFXI with the same feel and content as FFXI.

So while I would accept an alternate means of obtaining the same items, to me it's such a waste to build two different events to the same ends. I would rather have HNMs implemented in a well designed manner, than have them implemented in a shitty manner and having a good alternative. What ends up happening is everyone does the latter and nobody does the former- thus all effort spent in created the former is wasted.

Or here's a better idea- get rid of the spawn windows, because they're stupid, and involve the player in the NM's spawning by making things in the area affect the spawn time or make it lotto pop style (but it would be any of several mobs, not just a placeholder because that would be more abuseable).

FFXI had many different methods of popping NMs of all shapes sizes and strengths. It just so happens that the method employed for most HNMs is the worst one they came up with.
Einherjar had every abj. that HNM's and many many more beyond it, Ein required more people, yes, because it was an actual event where HNM's are "filler" content, they had far lower drop rates and where Ein was every 3 days, actual HNM's had a chance to spawn 3-7 days, Einherjar was a huge advantage over HNM's and neither piece of content was ignored in any way/shape/form. Explain in full how this is not relevant, it 100% destroys your argument that its not fair for you to have to put up with 30min windows, when you never had to in the first place, the fact that an Ein-like event does not currently exist in 1.0 is irrelevant considering neither do HNM's, and the rest of us are even asking for an Ein-like event to be added in terms of drops so you can 100% avoid your hated windows.

Your preference is to only have something that you would like and that works 100% around you because you fail to realize other people play the game, your being presented with options that would keep both sides happy and your responce is honestly that it would be a waste to create both sets of content. Just to fill you in, the entire reason HNM's are still being discussed is because they are considering puting them into the game, the content would already be there, the only extra work the developers would have to do is the windows.

You can have all of those types of spawns, but HNM's/windows should be there too. You do not have to understand how people can like it or like it yourself, theres can easily be content for everyone.