Well first, I've heard it's a static 2 second delay. Which will be botted within days, unless they've done something to kick the bots too (doubtful). When nidhogg popped, only CKD and my LS were in the room. I saw Nidhogg pop on top of me, but my first target was a darter, and it went purple damn quick. Someone, somewhere (my brain sucks lol) said we have a 1.2 second delay due to our latency vs. the jp. Thus there's in reality only .8 seconds between the hnm showing up and it becoming claimable (hence the almost instant purple on Nid last night). It can be botted I think, hopefully not. At least for a short period, NA do have a fair shot. And I do hope for all of us, that it stays this way so that all of us can enjoy some of these very shiny objects.
Congrats to CKD, was a hell of a fight.
Tio