Quote Originally Posted by OMEGA_HACK View Post
I just read the OP and a couple of people below him and I think those people are missing the point.

While it is nice to have NMs in the game (finally), they are always there on their own independent spawn slot (see FFXI wide scan for more information on this bit of game coding). It sounds like he is saying that he really doesn't mind the 10min respawn on the NMs just make the NM share a spot with a regular monster.

But with all this make the NMs only have small windows of time (ie no more than 30min-1hr for the HNMs; lesser NMs should only have windows of up to 10min before a forced spawn). That way you get the thrill of the hunt without the massive let down and discouragement from having to wait 1-2hrs for a regular NM.

I hope that makes some sense.
Makes sense to me. You got it. It's tabbing through monsters and seeing the unique name that makes claiming and defeating the monster rewarding. Kill a round of placeholders, you're anxiously waiting on the repop to see if the NM spawns, once the placeholders respawn the tension is released until the next respawn window when the cycle starts over again. Then, when you finally see the NM your adrenaline surges and you are either elated (victory!) or defeated (wiped/someone else got claim/no drop.) It's this elasticity of tension that makes for addicting gameplay. I hope S-E can somehow bring this to FFXIV.