Anyone actually like world HNMs?

[Obilisk]

For a long time i have been reading these forums, and one thought seems to crop up a lot; people just don't like world HNMs, they don't like camping they don't like claiming or killing- hell they complain about the drop rates. but for me; it seems like these HNMs are pretty much the best part of the game, Dragon's Aery, while filled with drama, is great; it has competition and teamwork all built into one.

Personally there is noting quite like the rush of claiming a contested HNM and killing it in front of everyone waiting to take it it moment you screw up- its an adrenaline[edit: thanks skee] rush that i have never had in any other MMO/ except for PvP in lineage 2.

For me, i cringe every time i here someone say they enjoy salvage/sky/sea/limbus/assault. That stuff is great, but only because you have the Ground HNMs to accent it. If they take world HNMs out of the game, then the LS competition is gone; the drama (which is actually very entertaining) fades, and all we are left with is a grind fest like WoW. I'm sure nobody wants that.

so what i'm asking is; does anyone here actually like camping/fighting Ground king? ie. Fafhogg, KB, Aspid, Khim, Tiamat, Cerb?


I do

[Yutuyu]

It's fun when you win. But with the influx of endgame players now adays, on my server at least, there are so many linkshells out there that no matter who claims 90% of the playerbase loses.

[Charismatic]

It's fun when you win. But with the influx of endgame players now adays, on my server at least, there are so many linkshells out there that no matter who claims 90% of the playerbase loses.

QFT

[Not Kuno]

I love standing in Aery for 3 hours each day accomplishing nothing. Truely, a pinnacle of enjoyment.


And before anyone says "well its a great time to do HW etc" I'm just gonna give a hearty "go fuck yourself" right now as I like playing the game to do stuff in game.

[Max™]

Does your shell Claim Kings regularly? Do you get your drops? I'm sure you enjoy it some, unless you've been just trying to max out the last few members, and have spent years at this now.

I do think it would be funny if they made the "Kings Fix" something like making Darters aggro, so much for AFKing between windows!

[Xajii]

Love Tiamat/Jorm. Funnest fights in the game imo.

Fafhogg gets boring. Killed it too many times to enjoy it, though. It's always a nice thrill to see a good drop, and claiming is cool.

Aspid is only fun for seeing how quickly you can kill it.

Cerb/Khim/Hydra maybe the first time.

[Kaisha]

I got tired of heading to their zones everyday, I got tired of waiting 3+ hrs (depending on how many LS camped that day) for no-claim thanks to botters (pre-claim delay days where bots ruled the game), and crap drop-rate on the stuff people *really* wanted from there, not to mention the drama that usually came of it due to the loot-whores coming out of the closet when they do actually drop.....

It drove me to join an LS that didn't bother with them at all, never been happier since.


Regarding ToA kings, I like doing them when they're randomly up, although that hasn't happened on Khim on Asura in quite awhile last I checked, since he's actively camped for ToD.

[The Blackrose]

I love standing in Aery for 3 hours each day accomplishing nothing. Truely, a pinnacle of enjoyment.

And before anyone says "well its a great time to do HW etc" I'm just gonna give a hearty "go fuck yourself" right now as I like playing the game to do stuff in game.

I'd post some epic long post elaborating on why I would QFT the fuck out of this, but it runs the risk of making BRP's bible asplode in a blaze of glory.

[Ryko]

Can spend 3 hours waiting for a mob to pop or you can spend 3 hours waiting for 3 diablo cage matches.

There are just some times where you'd have nothing better to do anyway. That said i hate the worldspawn system.

[Obilisk]

It's fun when you win. But with the influx of endgame players now adays, on my server at least, there are so many linkshells out there that no matter who claims 90% of the playerbase loses.

so if they made more of them/ like enough so that normally it would only be you and 1 other LS waiting for it, or more, so it would be more of a "xxx is up, hurry up before xxxxls gets here!!" kinda thing, would you enjoy them more?

[Kaslo]

I love standing in Aery for 3 hours each day accomplishing nothing. Truely, a pinnacle of enjoyment.


And before anyone says "well its a great time to do HW etc" I'm just gonna give a hearty "go fuck yourself" right now as I like playing the game to do stuff in game.

Yeah I gotta say I am getting tired of that cause I have tried studying durring windows but 20-25 min isn't enough time to get hardly started on my readings :/

[Khalil]

At this point and time, it's either you quit or just suffer with these poorly-designed HNMs.

[fantasticdan]

so what im askying is; does anyone here actually like camping/fighting Ground king? ie. Fafhogg, KB, Aspid, Khim, Tiamat, Cerb?

No.

I'm sure most like fighting them, but standing around for hours just trying to claim against bots, or just hundreds of other players? No, that's not my idea of enjoyment. The challenge should be the fight, not the claim.

Would much prefer if these monsters were just force popped somehow, or had much shorter respawn times. My LS does not do kings, nor do I have any interest in camping them. If you could just go fight an HNM, that would be awesome, but I pay to play the game for fun, not fight with other players over the right to experience content.

[Vinen]

I love standing in Aery for 3 hours each day accomplishing nothing. Truely, a pinnacle of enjoyment.


And before anyone says "well its a great time to do HW etc" I'm just gonna give a hearty "go fuck yourself" right now as I like playing the game to do stuff in game.

Really, the only reason to do kings now is D.ring & Ridll. Better gear can be obtained via Salvage for everything else QQ

[TB]

Cerb is one of the most fun things to tank in this game.
Tiamat is getting quite repetative but still fun. Same goes for Jorm.
Khim is boring as fuck.
3 Kings are meh.

[Rocl]

I always enjoy Fafnir camps.
Gives me time to catch up w/ my friends, bullshit, and gossip

If we actually get Fafnir, good golly gee, that's awesome

[Ryko]

Yeah I gotta say I am getting tired of that cause I have tried studying durring windows but 20-25 min isn't enough time to get hardly started on my readings :/

... 29 minutes and 59 seconds (30 if you wanna be safe) and you hit enter twice and go back to reading, are you really that ADD?

[Obilisk]

I always enjoy Fafnir camps.
Gives me time to catch up w/ my friends, bullshit, and gossip

If we actually get Fafnir, good golly gee, that's awesome

this is another thing, why dont people just use camps to actually TALK to thier linkshell, its not very boring if you pick up a discussion/ you only have to stop talking once every 25 mintues, and you can get some sweet rewards when you do it.

[The Blackrose]

It's fun when you win. But with the influx of endgame players now adays, on my server at least, there are so many linkshells out there that no matter who claims 90% of the playerbase loses.

so if they made more of them/ like enough so that normally it would only be you and 1 other LS waiting for it, or more, so it would be more of a "xxx is up, hurry up before xxxxls gets here!!" kinda thing, would you enjoy them more?

Clearly that's the solution.

http://webpages.charter.net/ltship/b...t/facepalm.jpg

Salvage/Sky/Sea/Limbus/Dynamis/Assault, hell even Einherjar works because it allows a playerbase to do what they want on their time, not a predetermined time slot where you're guaranteed to get nothing except the experience of holding your dick in your hand for 3+ hours while random people shit talk each other and have a grand old orgy in /emotes.

Hi, I logged in to play. I don't call that playing.

[fantasticdan]

I always enjoy Fafnir camps.
Gives me time to catch up w/ my friends, bullshit, and gossip

If we actually get Fafnir, good golly gee, that's awesome

this is another thing, why dont people just use camps to actually TALK to thier linkshell, its not very boring if you pick up a discussion/ you only have to stop talking once every 25 mintues, and you can get some sweet rewards when you do it.

Yeah, because I definitely can't talk to my ls at other in game events where people can actually play the game and have fun at the same time, or god forbid outside of the game.