Spawn time on rares?

[Finnmicghoo]

Last night at around 9 P.M or so my guild and I 5 manned Mobus and then Xariona (both have 30m hp)... Well about 5 hours later at 1 A.M I saw in chat that there was a group forming for another rare elite in Twilight Highlands. Is it just a random chance they spawned so close together, or do all rares spawn like that?

[Alfador]

Some rares have timers as small as 45 minutes. Others seem to pop up maybe once a day, if that. I don't really know. Some (like time lost proto) share timers with other rares (only one will spawn each time) so it can be longer for them. The ones you mention are specifically meant to be "boss" rares killable by a group. This was pretty much stated in either a blue post or a blizzard interview, I forget which. It would stand to reason that they would be on a relatively short timer in that case.

[Jaelian]

Some rares have timers as small as 45 minutes. Others seem to pop up maybe once a day, if that. I don't really know. Some (like time lost proto) share timers with other rares (only one will spawn each time) so it can be longer for them. The ones you mention are specifically meant to be "boss" rares killable by a group. This was pretty much stated in either a blue post or a blizzard interview, I forget which. It would stand to reason that they would be on a relatively short timer in that case.

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The time lost proto is currently the rarest spawn in game - as it shares a spawn time with other rares it can range from 6 hours to 6 weeks.

Others are not so long and can be as little as 30 mins or so.

NPC Scan is a useful tool if your thinking about rare hunting.

Good Luck!

[Mufasaprime]

ugh, im not enjoying this "world boss" jazz blizzard is trying to work out, this is FFXI QQ'ing all over again, 1 team gets the inital pull, another group calls said team a ninja since they spotted it first, then they spend 2 hrs screwing each other over to rip the mob off to force a reset to steal it again

[Avatar Killer]

ugh, im not enjoying this "world boss" jazz blizzard is trying to work out, this is FFXI QQ'ing all over again, 1 team gets the inital pull, another group calls said team a ninja since they spotted it first, then they spend 2 hrs screwing each other over to rip the mob off to force a reset to steal it again

not sure if more needs to be said about this topic than this statement.

this was exactly how it was at 60 and world bosses have always been an issue like this. i understand anyone can do whatever they want to each other based on game mechanics but there is a way to fix it but i don't see it being implemented.
they could put a "buff/debuff" on players and the boss engaged in combat with the target that cannot be targeted or effected while in combat with each other or something of the like. for instance:

"said name buff"
while in combat with "other target with the same said name buff" you cannot be targeted with abilities by any player without this buff.
this buff is raid wide.

and the target "boss" could have a buff that only allows it to be targeted with abilities from players with the said named buff.

that way on the pull you get this ability that pulls you from normal play but can still be seen. and if you die then the buff resets and the next group can engage the target.

[Finnmicghoo]

ugh, im not enjoying this "world boss" jazz blizzard is trying to work out, this is FFXI QQ'ing all over again, 1 team gets the inital pull, another group calls said team a ninja since they spotted it first, then they spend 2 hrs screwing each other over to rip the mob off to force a reset to steal it again

Well, I actually didn't have any competition with the 2 rares we killed last night. As for the third one, I'm not sure if he ever got killed, even. He's the only difficult one. His name is "Julak-doom" or something.