Monster of the Day adjustments
Description
The current MOTD list is heavily outdated, and, in some cases, nonsensical.
Rationale
Old Bans: With the introduction of new maps, and the monster number adjustment made to others, some banned monsters should be removed.
New Bans: Following the same rationale as before, some monsters should be added.
Respawn Time: Some monsters, even though they might provide a high reward, their respawn time make them far from good. Monsters with a high respawn time should also be removed from the list. Basically, anything that has over 5 minutes respawn time on their most populated map, should be removed.
Additional Information
Old Bans that need to be reintroduced into the pool:
- Bathory: Used to be a good spot due to the mix of Anolians and Bathories, plus being the better source of Witch Starsand. Now, Demon Fungus are better for WSS, and Bathories themselves are not great experience in their current amount.
- High Orc: I think Clock Tower B2 used to have more High Orcs, making it a more enticing leveling spot for parties. With reduced numbers, the spot is not a hotspot anymore. And Geffen field 14, is a map so big, that it shouldn't create any issues.
- Majouros: Comparatively speaking, Majos is not a great leveling spot, plus the map being so difficult to get to, I don't see a reason to keep them on the list.
- Biolabs 3: Considering the party bonus change, I don't see a reason to keep these monsters on the ban list. Each of these monsters account for roughly 17% of the experience. If some of them should remain on the list, first Cecil, because she is the most common, and then Katheryne and Margaretha, because of the current Sonic Blow farming that exists on these 2.
New Bans that need to be introduced:
- Skogul and Frus: Sonic Blow farming of these monsters is really common, and also parties tend to fight over mobs during MOTD of these 2.
- Geographer: During MOTD, the small island becomes a blood bath and almost unplayable.
- Incubus and Succubus: They give good experience already, plus their insane amount of money per kill.
Monster with long respawn times that need to be added to the list:
- Evyl Nymph: 60 mobs, 10 minutes respawn
- Bloody Butterfly: 55 mobs, 11~17 minutes respawn
- Harpy: 40 mobs, 10~15 minutes
- Strouf: 50 mobs, 10~15 minutes
There are probably more of these, but they are hard to find through the CP, I just add them as I remember them