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Why Do You (Or Don’t You) Track World Boss Spawn Times? (self.diablo)
submitted 11 months ago by Strangle to c/diablo
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I have been thinking about this quite a bit today.

Why do people put up with and actively seek out world boss timers? It seems to me like a mechanic that I would only engage with (world bosses) if I happen to be online and notice one while I have my map open.

I have read a thread over on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/1595555/i_have_played_25_hours_of_season_1_and_have_yet/

And a lot of posters seem to be tracking and scheduling their real life around these timers and spawns.

Do people like this kind of thing in their games? If not, why do they do it?

I can’t imagine anyone enjoying having to do this, and I would think the only reason it’s in the game is because people begrudgingly do it, and fall into this behavioral domination where they plan real life around a video game timer.

This is extremely intrusive to me, and I wholly reject it and refuse to participate in tracking spawn times. Wouldn’t the devs change this if no one interacted with it?

Why do you (or don’t you) track world boss spawn times?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

When I log in I check the Helltides site to see if a boss will spawn while I'm on. If so, I'll keep an eye on the timer. If not, oh well.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

The duality of man

[–] omfgkarlmarx 5 points 11 months ago

I usually leave the timers up on a secondary monitor while I'm playing, but I don't schedule my play time around it. I find it to be more convenient than the notifications (that I sometimes miss) or hunting for things on the map.

[–] kemsat 3 points 11 months ago

I did at first, but then I realized you only get a reward for it once a week per boss, and the drops from the boss itself are usually not better than doing a quick nightmare dungeon or tree of whispers.

If it’s up when I log in, or soon, I’ll do it, otherwise I don’t give it any thought.

[–] half_built_pyramids 2 points 11 months ago

Some of you have actually beaten these things? When I show up it's a bunch of level 16s all 1-shot dying and rezzing each other in a chain.

[–] ronniethicclegs 2 points 11 months ago

I don’t, there’s enough for me to do in the game outside of these events and I’m actively trying to resist my tendency to optimise for numbers over enjoyment.

I used a similar tool for Destiny 2 a couple of months back and it definitely contributed to feeling like playing was a chore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I've never bothered tracking it because I don't want the game to dictate when I play the game.

If I was invested in this season, I might have to look up a timer to get the season journey done.

[–] ProIsh 1 points 11 months ago

Same as above. I only did early on when I was looking for loot and didn't have time to be on. Jumping on for 5 minutes was much easier

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I did for awhile because there’s nothing else to do in the game