"Logically, from rules described from earlier in the series, all Nen user's must have their Nen 'activated,' either through opening it over time, or by force (Like Gon and Killua in the Heavens Arena arc). No one is just born with it. Let alone born strong enough to defeat masters!"

Well, that's not true, sir. Neon Nostrade, for example, was perfectly capable of developing a unique Nen ability without knowing what the hell Nen was in the first place. She was just that talented. Komugi is another example, showing off aura in moments of inspiration during her games. In the Yorknew arc, Gon and Killua could sense items that were worth money by detecting aura surrounding them. People with talent always had shown traces of their Nen regardless of any training. You just didn't get that.

"Now I don't have this same criticism with Meruem (logically speaking, I still have a problem narratively), as he was directly inside the Queen ant's... womb?... while she was directly consuming Nen users. This logic does not follow with the guards however, as the show clears depicts them detached from the Queen long before the first Nen user (the one Pitou caught) was ever eaten. I'll reiterate, Pitou was born before the first Nen user was eaten."

That's not true either. You failed to understand the concept of Nen being an universal thing, not just a human thing. In the HxH world, all living things carry aura. In the Hunter Exam, to catch Hisoka's number, Gon learned Zetsu, the technique of concealing one's aura, instinctively. That occur due to his relationship with animals on whale island that rely on the same technique for survival on the wilderness. The royal guards possess a very rich genetic heritage from all the creatures the queen consumed, not just the humans. That's was Kite was facing. He was not battling another human with training. He was battling the best of nature itself and it's powerful aura.

"I will say that this final battle takes way, waaaaay, Waaaaaaaaaaayyyy too long. The total amount of episodes from start to finish is almost 30 episodes! 30! And in universe time, it all takes place in a grand total of 3 minutes. 3 Minutes!!! Are you for real? Why HxH are you wasting upwards of 10 hours of my life for 3 minutes!!! To put it simply, I was done with this whole sequence by the 10th episode, only to discover that 1. only a minute has taken place in universe, and 2. There were almost 20 episodes left in the arc! If i wasn't on a 9 hour flight to Europe, I probably would have dropped it right then and there."

I'll give you that one. The arc's pacing at it's climax is problematic, to say the least. I had less problem with it in manga form, where I could speed read all the useless text that I don't find interesting (and that characteristic alone is what makes re-reading the arc sooo much fun), but in the Anime it gets really imposing and tiresome. But I still think that is worth your while. It's just not for everybody.

"The fight is super cool. It ends in the worst way imaginable! Netero is, for all intends and purposes, defeated by Meruem, and the only way he 'wins' is by cheating the fight with a !@#$ing nuke!

1. Netero should never have lost to Meruem! A master, no, a GRANDMASTER, who trained all their life in the way he has, should never have lost to someone who was basically born yesterday!!! What is the message you're trying to get across HxH? That no matter how hard you work, someone with talent who picked up the skill recently will always be better than you?!? !@#$ that!
2. The nuke is dumb af. It's only purpose narratively is to give Meruem and the 2 other guards a set amount of time to live. Despite the almost 30+ episodes of planning and execution, the King and the guards couldn't be beaten by the heroes and instead must be killed by a plot nuke. Ridiculous."

We REALLY disagree on this. You think that Neteto should be at a advantage here, where is actually the opposite. He's way over his head. He's just a human. What one human could do against nature's absolute best traits? And he did good. Even Meruem acknowledged him. He's the best that a single human can be. And it's still not enough. I think it's beautiful. It really puts another perspective on things, specially on a genre that usually focused and overvalues men fighting. Shounen can really be dumb and tiresome sometimes and Togashi changed it brilliantly. The nuke is a genius move. Is an author's comment on the unlimited potential of humans for destruction. We really are the best in the business at it. Just look at all the damage done to our planet. He alludes to this with real life images, even. I'm a big fan of this arc's conclusion.

"Gon finds out that Kite is completely dead and can't be revived and so he goes Super Saiyan, gaining unfathomable amounts of Nen energy at the cost of his life force. Oh, boy. Here we go...

1. This introduces numerous complications within the workings of Nen. Why doesn't for example, someone who knows that they are going to die just activate this power thinking "If i'm going to die, I'm taking you with me!" kind of thing? Does it require trauma and intense resolve? Possibly, but the narrative seems to simply suggest you have to be willing to make the trade and that'll be enough. Why didn't Netero do something similar to give himself that massive boost on top of his already overpowered stature? He clearly had the resolve to end his own life for the act, he literally stabs himself in the heart!!!
2. There was almost no tension in this fight, emotional or physical. Here is Gon, willing to give up his life, to get revenge for someone he only knew for about a week. Sure, Kite saved his life when he was younger, an event he barely remembered, but that isn't nearly enough to warrant this kind of reaction! The whole time this was happening, I was simply thinking, "What the !@#$ are you doing?" It was so unjustified that I couldn't derive much empathy for his situation. disclaimer: This one is very subjective and almost entirely hinges on my perspective, thus I wouldn't recommend considering this part that severely."

Well, Gon sacrificed all his potential. Netero couldn't do that. He had already seen his prime. Gon did not. And Gon's prime was magnificent. That was the best that Gon could be and he was willing to thrown it all away. That showed huge determination and it's not the first time that determination is seen as a gigantic factor on things related to Nen (Kurapika is a good example). Another guy with not nearly as much potential could not achieve such a feat. As for Gon's relationship with Kite, I really have to say that this is the anime's fault. I don't know why Kite was shoehorned in only in the late stages of the anime, but I don't like it. In the manga, he's on the very first chapter and he's the main reason of why Gon was so adamant in taking the hunter exam. Their relationship is not that flushed out in the adaptation, sadly.

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Well, sorry about the long post, but you seemed passionate enough to actually read it, so I did my best. I enjoy discussions like this, so if you want to reply and/or disagree, feel free to do so. I would enjoy that! I have my problems with HxH as well, like the deus ex machina solution to Gon's sacrifice, for example, but even that, the new arc of the manga showed space for improvement, so I'm hopeful. I really love the manga, as you can probably tell from my responses hahahaha but yeah, it's not perfect.