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Re: What is HNM's
General consensus is that the H means "Hyper" or "High", they're basically monsters who are harder then they should be for their level or are just super duper rare. For example a regular ram in Konstach would be about lvl 25 and easily soloed by any 30 job, the NM ram is about lvl 35 and easily soloed by any lvl 40 job, but the HNM ram is lvl 55 but can still kill a lvl 75 player unless they're prepared.
"I have a forebrain, my ability to abstract thoughts allow for all kinds of things" - Red Mage 8-Bit theater
An HNM is a "Hyper Notorious Monster." One which usually spawns every 21-24 hours such as King Behemoth. Aspid or Fafnir/Nidogg. They're high level NMs with very lucrative drops for various jobs and they also drop abjurations, which are used to make certain pieces of armor.
"Hey, I'm not from around here, can you tell me which way the nearest gas station is?"
"Here's a phone book, find it yourself."
Win.
He wasn't asking for a walkthrough on an absurdly easy quest. He was asking what an 'H' stood for. Could've just answered the question like everyone else.
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Re: What is HNM's
Happy
Have
Hydrated
Hyper
Take your pick, it really doesn't matter. More of a community label, than anything.
Yellow Mage and Armando the Sig 3
Originally Posted by IM
Armando: Joyeuse makes for some delicious farming.
Armando: I should start coming /BLU for pure power.
Yellow Mage: Which sub gives you huge power?
Armando: That would be /WAR.
Yellow Mage: Ah, I see.
Yellow Mage: Would /Galka give you thick fat? XD
Armando: Yes, unless it's a Galka DNC, then it has a chance at having own tempo.
Armando: In Soviet Russia, L Cancels you.
Yellow Mage: Smashing like it's 1999.
Brawlers to the end.
You could've even answered the question then said, hey there's also a wealth of FFXI info here, it's a good place to look for questions like this in the future. When someone posts a noob question, you have 3 options: Answer it in a douchebaggy way, answer it in a non-douchebaggy way, or ignore it. Just plopping a link to the front page of a wiki, when as Cotners said, you know the answer easily, is in fact a douchebaggy way.