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Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 550 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 550 Donate  | Maintenance and NM spawn timers I have searched up and down on the major sites and I can't find a single thing that's specific about this, so please forgive me if its redundant. I have been after the Western Shadow for about three weeks now. Currently I am 0/7 and I took the last week off from camping it so I can clear my head. When the maintenance ends today, is the window open or does it act as if the NM was just killed? I found a few posts that say it goes either way, but they are all pretty old and I was wondering if there was a current view on how this would work.
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Thanked 61x in 43 Posts Gil: 2,615 Bank: 14,722 Total Gil: 17,337 Donate | Re: Maintenance and NM spawn timers From what I have been told, when the server is restarted all mobs behave as if they have just been killed. Which means that all respawn timers reset from this point. However, I bolded this text for a reason. When the server is restarted and when we actually are allowed on to play are two different things. We have no idea how long the server has been up and stable since restart, so it's really hard to guess when windows will be open based on this. It might have been up for 4 hrs by the time we're in, or it might have had a problem and been restarted 20 minutes before we're allowed to log on.  | Originally Posted by Igor | | You know, I'll never forget my old dad. When these things would happen to him... the things he'd say to me. | | Originally Posted by Dr. Frankenstein | | What did he say? | | Originally Posted by Igor | | What the hell are you doing the bathroom all day and night. Why don't you get out of there and give someone else a chance? | | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 03-10-2008, 11:04 AM | #3 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 0
Thanked 0x in 0 Posts Gil: 550 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 550 Donate | Re: Maintenance and NM spawn timers Well, that helps for sure. The window is 16-32 hours and I was just worried about it having the potential to spawn as soon as the servers came back up (let's hope they aren't performing maintenance for 16 hours). At least I will know a general time to start looking tomorrow then. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 03-10-2008, 11:17 AM | #4 (permalink) | | Pointy Stick Brain of Knowledge Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,866 Style: Dark - Version 5 My Mood:  Thanks: 413
Thanked 323x in 199 Posts Gil: 6,441 Bank: 28,310 Total Gil: 34,751 Donate | Re: Maintenance and NM spawn timers I've always been under the impression that the server reset essentially opens the window for the NM. That's why there's always a mad rush to get to Aery or BD etc. Some NMs act differently though. Most of the COP 21 hour NMs will pop 21 hours after maintenance. I remember that was how it worked with the Tortoise Shield NM at least.
I would recommend trying to camp in FeiYin just in case. 
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Thanked 159x in 106 Posts Gil: 9,429 Bank: 5,583 Total Gil: 15,013 Donate | Re: Maintenance and NM spawn timers | Quote: | | the Tortoise Shield NM | I ran into that NM one day omw to Beadeaux. Slayed him, got drop went on my way with a smile on my face for killing a 21hr mob. Next day, run into the same NM. Was just as exciting because, well, it's a 21hr mob. That's a fun story for me. | | | ::Quote Selected:: | | | 03-10-2008, 02:45 PM | #6 (permalink) | | Pointy Stick Brain of Knowledge Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,866 Style: Dark - Version 5 My Mood: Thanks: 413
Thanked 323x in 199 Posts Gil: 6,441 Bank: 28,310 Total Gil: 34,751 Donate | Re: Maintenance and NM spawn timers speaking of maintenance and NMs, Faffy was hanging out and unclaimed for quite a while after servers came up today since a lot of people couldn't/can't get on
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Thanked 19x in 13 Posts Gil: 11,446 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 11,446 Donate | Re: Maintenance and NM spawn timers I was going to camp Eastern Shadow, but with this update taking forever, I honestly don't think I will be able to claim him. =/.
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