Quote Originally Posted by Zoltan View Post
Great Buffalo NM drops parts of weapons that are still decent. There are other examples that I could cite, but that's 1/5.

There is an NM in Ug'morro mines that drop decent loot and is challenging. That's another 1/5. I disagree that only 2/5 are fun or viable.

There are Leve evaluations and FNMs that are fun which are not included in your 5.

You don't get XP off of Ifrit.

My point is that the state of FFXIV has so much content planned for the near future that your complaint really does not have merit and is not comparable to other extant endgame in other MMOs.
I'll grant that the Barbarian Bardiche might still be a viable weapon, but that's the last of the NMs I'd've chosen to say was viable. I'd've started with Ureaus and Dodore, since both pieces of their gear are easier to get and less questionably better, if I'm not mistaken.

I'm pretty sure the OP was counting Strongholds as one of their two that were viable.

Leve evaluations are just r40 leves with a bonus, and FNMs are only fun to do once. In fact, if you want to get the most out of your leve evaluation, you won't do the FNMs, because it's more rewarding to do a different set of faction leves instead.

XP isn't in the realm of endgame. Endgame is what you do after you've already leveled. . . >_>

DD is something I'd be interested in running once, but that I would stop doing as soon as I beat Batty.