Completely random BF spawn times?

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    This suggestion spawns from a reply in this thread...
    http://royals.ms/forum/showpost.php?p=43216&postcount=8

    Could BF spawn times be made to be completely unpredictable? i.e. it could spawn from anywhere between 1 hour and 2 days, but then the average number of BF's over a long time works out to be about the same? That way, all players have a fair chance of getting them, rather than just certain guilds with good tracking.

    In particular, it seems problematic that spawn times are dependent on the map. They shouldn't be.

    As a player who will be BF'ing soon :D
     
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    There already is a random factor in the spawntime. Not as extreme as 1 hour ~ 2days, but still.

    It would also be hard to work out an even spread. Especially when we need server restarts from time to time.
     
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    What about people saying that certain maps have different averages?
     
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    There was a thread (can't find it atm) where Matt looked up some of the spawn times for bfs and said it varied depending on map, and most were a range of times. So one map could be between 20-22 hours.

    I can try to look for the thread when I have more time, but I said that off memory, so it could be wrong.

    EDIT: So I fail, it's right in the sticky for boss timers. The time is between 15-27 because there's a randomized in the code. And it's slightly different depending on the map. But the general rule of thumb is 24 hours.
    http://royals.ms/forum/showthread.php?t=380&highlight=Bigfoot+spawn
     
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