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Hi guys,

I have seen a few reports here and there from diferent boss hunters, saying that after only a few minutes of finding a boss, it disapeared.

I always thought it was related to a certaing spawn timing countdown mechanic, but what happened yesterday in Belobra got me off and I think there might be another variable.

We have a group of over 10 boss hunters, who actively walk around checking every spot. One of the guys went to Zao and checked Fleabringer - the cave was empty. I went there like 15-20minutes after him and saw 3 insect swarms, but NO Fleabringer. Thought someone might have killed and left the insects, but just checked the kill statistics and it was not killed yesterday.

A few days ago, the same thing happened with The Big Bad One in Edron - only the war wolves were there and the boss was not killed either.

Discussing with a few friends, the common sense is that every boss has a specific countdown after its spawn, and its triggered as soon as someone gets close to it - you dont necessarily need to see the boss in your screen to start the countdown, but you can be one floor above or below (note that if you are 2 or more floors above or below, the boss freezes until someone gets closer).

This theory makes sense for the Fleabringer specially, since it spawns in a cave in Zao just one floor below a very busy path between Zao's flying carpet and Oberon. What does not make sense to me is the EXTREMELY short time window between its spawn and dissapearance - less than 20 minutes is absurd.

Would like to have your thoughts on the situation. Have you guys experienced anything similar?

Thanks for reading.