Tiamat

[Tidis]

Yea you're right maybe we should have it pop in MH too so we don't have to do something so tedious as to run out to chasm. =D

There's always the waypoint warp to the chasm.

[Ladynamine]

According to a post in regards of Tiamat:

こんにちは

Tiamatとヘラルドゲートルの調整について、続報をお知らせします。

3月バージョンアップにて、Tiamatのドロップするアイテムを、
Rare Ex属性を持ったヘラルドゲートルと同等の性能を持つ装備品に変更する予定です。

既存のヘラルドゲートルはTiamatのドロップから削除され、
代わりにバトルフィールドの報酬として入手できるようにする予定です。

Page source of information: Tiamat post #12(Final Fantasy XI Japanese Forums)

Google Translate (according to the translation... and confirmation): The item, Herald's Gaiters, will be removed from the spoils of Tiamat and will be replaced by a Rare/Ex version of the Gaiters. Furthermore, Herald Gaiters will be a drop item to a bcnm.

[Shirai]

I'm sorry, I have to, I can't resist.

I don't think the pop conditions will change, the way I interpret it is that Tiamat's main drop (The Herald's Gaiters) will be added to one of the High Tier battlefields, (Ouryu comes to mind.) and that Tiamat will recieve a Rare/Ex version of these.
We'll know for sure by next Thursday though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsqmU3v0hVA

[bazookatooth]

Changing pop conditions? Let's not make this game easier please. Lol.

You seem to be confusing killing tiamat with doing something difficult. I'm sure at some point killing tiamat was considered "Hard" by someone, but nowadays (and for the last several years) the hardest thing about killing tiamat is convincing yourself that you care about killing tiamat. The best thing they could do to make tiamat harder is allow people to pop it any time they want. Because no NM is easier than an NM that you don't have to fight. And almost no one fights tiamat. Making it a pop NM would make it infinitely harder for people who currently don't fight it at all.