I do not play in the evening but I am up at 3am
I suggest the following (we already have to unlock him and his loot is fixed for day anyway):
no timer (low on going effort)
he appears where the key is instead (you have to put in work for reward - daily effort for reward)
he appears in random places after unlock … like special vendor machine in borderlands … promotes community communication … a “where is finley today” and “look what FInley got” channel on discord
I would love the last idea … maybe even have different loot in plague infested areas?
I believe they changed that or atleast for me he appears 24/7 (not constantly he comes and goes multiple times during the day and night)might be bugged..
usually hes there 8pm to midnight still, idk if anything changed cause today i just checked it like 15min ago and its 5min to midnight where i live now and hes not there on no realm. maybe my game runs on another timezone suddenly, idk if thats possible or not.
but this is the first time hes not there for me during that time. i checked yesterday earlier so it can also be its from 7to11 now for me, cause timechange idk.
i thought it uses ur PC time which cannot be true if hes not there and for me its still only close to midnight.
Unless you have modded your game somehow, he only appears from 8 pm till 12 am askan.
And please don’t advice people advancing their pc clock, it will work retroactively where you need to wait until the entire timespan has been bridged before he ever comes back again.
