The biggest issue with GOs is that 99% of players will never see one without grinding, and GOs are easily some of the best content the game has to offer.
My suggestion is to add a system like the legendries in The Angler:
- Keep GO grinding exactly as is for those who love it.
- Add one random GO to a weekly rotation.
- The same GO and fur variation spawns for all players on the same map that week.
- The GO and map is not revealed, the community needs to find it each week, like legendries.
The benefits of this:
- Grinding is unchanged for players going after a specific GO.
- Weekly GO gives ALL players a chance to HUNT a GO in the wild - without grinding.
- The same GO on the same map brings the community together every week.
- Opportunity for content creators to put out GO tracking and hunting guides.
- It will drive sales of maps players would otherwise not be interested in.
- This will keep players engaged with the game on a weekly basis.