There's a lot of bitching on the forums about this, but I don't really see the huge deal. I see mostly positive consequences since many people I know sit on KS's. Granted, yes the BB item drop rate adjustment stinks. But hey, now we can do more KS99 LS events and pop Nidhogg/KB/Aspid whenever we want. I guess that's the SH side of me, seeing potential for new events from revitalized old content.
RIP Land Kings competition, 2001-2011
[dev1009] New Trigger Conditions for Notorious Monsters
* Trigger conditions for following notorious monsters will be adjustedto spawn by trading specific items to the “???” in the respective area.
Fafnir / Nidhogg: Dragon’s Aery
Behemoth / King Behemoth: Behemoth’s Dominion
Adamantoise / Aspidochelone: Valley of Sorrows
- The ”???” will respawn a minute after the battle is over.
- The NM will despawn if unclaimed for 90 seconds at the spawned location.
- The feature wherein the level of these monsters will increase after battling them for a period of time will remain unchanged.
* How to obtain the trigger items:
Fafnir: Treasure from “Early Bird Catches the Wyrm”
Behemoth: Treasure from “Horns of War”
Adamantoise: Treasure from “The Hills are Alive”
* At least one of these items will be dropped in every battle.
Nidhogg: Treasure dropped by Fafnir
King Behemoth: Treasure dropped by Behemoth
Aspidochelone: Treasure dropped by Adamantoise
* The treasures dropped by the following notorious monsters will be adjusted as follows:
Fafnir : Wyrm Beard removed
Nidhogg : Drop rate of Wyrm Beard decreased
Behemoth : Behemoth Tongue removed
King Behemoth : Drop rate of Behemoth Tongue decreased
Adamantoise : Adamantoise Egg removed
Aspidochelone : Drop rate of Adamantoise Egg decreased
Unless SE is planning to upgrade Abjuration with synergy or magian trials (as they have implied they are planning with Limbus/Salvage), I pretty much concur with Strange. Outside of Black belt (which is why the outrage), D Ring and situationally E bodies and certain Heca pieces, I dont really see any king drops being worth it at our current level. With 9 levels to go, the gear will possiblly become even more irrelevant here on out.
