[dev1009] New Trigger Conditions for Notorious MonstersFollow

Ok, so kings have moved from one sort of tediousness to another. Yaaaay?

Edited, Apr 20th 2011 8:05am by Fynlar

Very true. Although, if they were in their "easy as possible" mindset, surely they'd have just let the items be 100% drop. Still, not /shouting that the sky is falling yet... but I just imagine this is a Classic SE moment.

I was thinking that, bit late now but nice addition I think - about time the HNM LS's no longer dominated these... oh wait no one cares about them anyway... :(

I actually have like 500 KS's and almost 1k BS's still, have not done a major burn for about 3 years and only minor runs since then.

^^ This *2 ^^

I think it was silly for people to assume they were going to make BB items super easy.
I'm still a brown belt monk and this makes me happy

Not so, I have like 4 stacks in storage We can use them to get your black belt if you want, I can't imagine I would use them for anything

I know people are saying this is just turning one form of tediousness to another, but isn't it always better to be fighting something than standing around?

I can't stand timed spawn NM's. My work schedule doesn't allow me to sit around waiting on spawn windows to open. At least this way fights could be scheduled with others so as to fit into peoples real lives.

And at least you are always battling something which is far more interesting. And if any MNK's want to but some KS99 orbs off me, I've got 100's of seals sitting around doing nothing.

How does that make things different from how they were before?

Pretty sure he's saying that before you could stand around for hours and still walk away with nothing if you are out-claimed, which I'm pretty sure you knew

... Fynlar, who the **** taught you how to read?

... why?! Even if it's a 50% drop rate on the HQ trigger... and a 50% drop rate on the item... that's only a 25% chance that your original kill was even worthwhile. So, unless it's a higher rate than that, we're looking at this being all about luck. Sure, JoeBlackMage is going to get it on this first try. YOU, and you know who you are, won't be so lucky... and it will take you 10 kills or so for that 25% outcome to kick in.

UGH.

One of the worst parts of HNM was camping every day and continually watching others fight the NM, even fighting was fun...even if you didn't get the drops you wanted.

I wonder if they will remain active if people wipe lol If so there will be quite a few free Nidhogs from people overestimating themselves cause of Abyssea.

Did you conveniently ignore where exactly that snippet was placed? Don't you think that if it were meant to apply to both sets of items, it would have been placed above or below both of the sets, and that the two sets of items wouldn't have been separated after the edit (compare it to the original version quoted in the OP)?

Given that the snippet is attached to the first set (the KS99 -> NQ pops), I would think that the "always at least one drop" only applies to those items. And therefore, the mere fact that they saw fit to point that out at all is a heavy implication that the Niddy pop won't be 100% off Faffy.




No, because that's exactly how they wrote it (following the edit). And that's what's being complained about.




Ground kings were a frickin joke at 75, they're obviously even more so now. Nobody is going to go after these guys because they're challenging or fun or whatever, and I imagine very few people ever did in the first place. They're going to do it because the botters will finally be out of the picture.

Course, with all the drop rate ******* they're pulling, it's still questionable to me whether or not the BB is going to be easier or harder to acquire than before. I imagine this change might be universally good for people who want items like Defending Ring, I'll admit that, but even then I'm not holding my breath at a chance to get one.

Edited, Apr 20th 2011 10:32am by Fynlar