Do FATE NM only give exp and money?

Or is it possible for them to also give equipment as a reward? It would be really disappointing if you were only rewarded with exp and money. I think having open world NM's dropping unique gear was just too cool in XI and 1.0. It would be a shame if they didn't allow the FATE NM to drop their own unique gear as well.

Thanks!
Blip

NM in FFXI took hours on end just to camp locations. To pull a NM was whoever was the fastest to see it POP. Worst of all loots drops were never guaranteed. The ones that were usually had 20 members rolling dice bringing down your chance of ever seeing the RareEX item fall into your inventory.
It was quite possibly the worst payout for time spent on any MMORPG until I played Defiance.
Coffers in the Dungeons on this game have some good gear... you should try it.

fate also gives seals if your apart of a grand company and i think the only one which gives gear or transmog is the fate which lightning appears in

I apologize if I offended you. I just really enjoyed the concept of farming difficult bosses/monsters in an open world environment for unique drops. I guess it added a sense of adventure to me versus just the generic reward of exp, gil, and seals. It's a shame they seem to have done away with such a cool idea. Hopefully they reconsider and add unique rewards to fates for added incentive.

Some give mini pets and items to get gear based on how much you do

I wouldnt mind seeing NM tied to treasure hunting. Get a map hunt down the treasure, and a NM spawns, defeat it and get the treasure. I like the idea of a NM hunting log, but dont know how it could be worked so the reward was good but not game breaking, and the time invested is decent but not extreme.

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Originally Posted by blipples

I apologize if I offended you.

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By no means did you offend. It's only my opinion that HNM hunting in FFXI was boring and unless you had countless hours and a LS that kept TIMES for Pops / Spawns it was impossible for the casual gamers to enjoy.
I remember taking the boat from Selbena over and over and over and over ... 8hrs to be exact looking for Black Beard.. Finally he showed up and was claimed by another person that just happen to ride the boat first time that day. He didn't get drop on that club for Whm but.... still If he had I might have jumpped off a bridge that day.

Fate NMs dropping gear @random after completion wouldn't be bad or compare to NM camping of XI. Anyone can do fate so its not limited to 1 claimer or anything. Thety already have minions that drop from them

Exactly. I'm not asking for them to bring back NM's from XI or XIV, I just wish the FATE NM's were a bit more challenging and dropped unique equipment/items. That way people would have more incentive before 50 to actually do FATE except for the mindless exp grinding (in which the exp is a bit too high at the moment in my opinion).

they wont be droping equipment but there was a talk of them droping/giving special currency like seals to be used to buy gear, but not sure where that went.

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Originally Posted by Meliae

they wont be droping equipment but there was a talk of them droping/giving special currency like seals to be used to buy gear, but not sure where that went.

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You get Grand Company seals from them, which can be used to purchase equipment. Further, the most powerful FATE mobs (i.e. Behemoth and Odin) reward special tokens that can be used to purchase equipment.

Aside from that, I think equipment drops are a bad idea. FATEs have already become the premier method of leveling up - to the exclusion of dungeon instances and battle leves. Forcing players to participate in activities other than FATEs from time to time helps them to learn the skills that they need to be useful in the post-storyline content. I'm already hearing horror stories from my FC members about pick-up Trials and Dungeon Instances with players who had no clue what they were doing with their character.