set respawn times/locations for highly contested targets

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Originally Posted by Maner [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or you can just do exactly the same thing they do and get the timers and log in to kill the minis. The quest item you're talking about is also extremely rare.

Except that most don't let their lives revolve around monster spawn timers in a 17 year old MMO. That's the whole point. Stop making it so easy for people who can log in at all hours of the day or night to control the spawn timers of highly contested targets.

Originally Posted by Lowako [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If we're going with non classic solutions, why not a fun one? Currently. some of the hate mini's can be solo'd by a monk. Why not give them 100k+ HP, let them flurry, rampage, banish, grav flux. charm people etc. You've now eliminated the ability to solo/duo farm them for platinum, and made raiding them a lot more interesting and entertaining.

I would have no problem with that but even with that..if you have set timers you would still have people sitting on spawn points at the exact time they will spawn to control them. They need to be randomized in some way and if possible tie it to the original intent of actually raiding the zone (IMO). Any raid that is clearing the bulk of the zone should have a reasonable chance for catching some of the mini bosses like was intended.

Originally Posted by Mead [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sweet another thread about suggestions for spawns on p99 that aren't going to get implemented and nobody gives a fuck about.

I will acknowledge that you are probably right that nothing will get implemented but I disagree that nobody gives a fuck. Also, it's not inconceivable that something could change (even if unlikely). Other things have changed here over time for better or worse.