F.A.T.E. and the future of Notorious Monsters

[Nadrojj]

Common sense tells me we'll see both. I think FATE NM's are going to be bigger scale nm's sort of like the Kings that were in 11. We'll still see the normal NM's we had in 14. The only reason why they weren't so highly camped was that for the most part, they didn't drop anything spectacular. I hunted my fair share of NM's due to liking having a bit different equipment than most others and I don't remember ever having any competition. In fact most times if anyone was hunting that NM we just teamed up because they re-popped so quickly if you wanted something specific all you had to was fight it a few times.

I like that system, I would just like to see worthwhile drops. I remember how excited I was at 3am when I finally got Leaping Lizzy to drop leaping boots, running around my house shouting I GOT THE BOOTS I GOT THE BOOTS. My mom thought I was a lunatic. I hope we see some NM's that live up to the "Notorious" moniker.

[Exn]

It was in the HNM thread. Was easy to find.. It's about as clear as mud but just using logic to make a presumption.

Well its not exactly clear IMO.. as Ruk's old post from the HNM thread could have be referring entirely to the FATE system. The FATE sysstem itself could have many different spawn conditions (see GW2) and perhaps every HNM is infact tied to the system. Now, I hope to gawd that is NOT the case, but as the OP suggested, we haven't been given any confirmation, as they have not shown any open-world HNM type mobs that weren't apart of FATE, yet.

[Kiote]

If they do give in and Bless us with Open World Notorious Monsters, I hope they implement some Kind of System. I don't like the Idea of allowing anyone to join in the fight all the time, but I would much prefer it over Instancing all of the NMs. =(

[Reika]

If they do give in and Bless us with Open World Notorious Monsters, I hope they implement some Kind of System. I don't like the Idea of allowing anyone to join in the fight all the time, but I would much prefer it over Instancing all of the NMs. =(

Well there goes the idea of social interaction :/

[Enma]

I don't like the Idea of allowing anyone to join in the fight all the time, but I would much prefer it over Instancing all of the NMs. =(

I would really like to see the "old style" claim system on those Notorious Monsters, but I know it won't happen...

EDIT:

Well there goes the idea of social interaction :/

1. You have F.A.T.E. to fight side-by-side with other players
2. You can fight Notorious Monsters with your friends

[Exn]

I would really like to see the "old style" claim system on those Notorious Monsters, but I know it won't happen...

Ya never know! Albeit the hush-hush on anything HNM (with the exception of their beloved FATE system) could suggest that they have no intentions of providing it, but usually SE has no problem coming right out and saying "we have no plans to include blah blah blah at this time...". Since they haven't quite done that yet, and there has been many many requests for varied HNM content outside of the FATE system, I'm still hopeful it's just something they are keeping under wraps for now.

[Reika]

I would really like to see the "old style" claim system on those Notorious Monsters, but I know it won't happen...

EDIT:

1. You have F.A.T.E. to fight side-by-side with other players
2. You can fight Notorious Monsters with your friends

Well I was aiming at the comment about not liking allowing anyone to join in on the fight. In an MMO, its not right to not want to fight along side different and new people. thats like.... anti-social interaction to me. just imo...

[Exn]

Well I was aiming at the comment about not liking allowing anyone to join in on the fight. In an MMO, its not right to not want to fight along side different and new people. thats like.... anti-social interaction to me. just imo...

Well at the same time you shouldn't necessarily be forced to group with random people you don't know either. Who's to say you don't have a group of friends you wanted to attempt the content with already? It's cool to have FATE as an option for content, but it shouldn't make up the entirety of the hNM content.

[Enma]

Well I was aiming at the comment about not liking allowing anyone to join in on the fight. In an MMO, its not right to not want to fight along side different and new people. thats like.... anti-social interaction to me. just imo...

Well at the same time you shouldn't necessarily be forced to group with random people you don't know either. Who's to say you don't have a group of friends you wanted to attempt the content with already? It's cool to have FATE as an option for content, but it shouldn't make up the entirety of the hNM content.

You both are right!
The more freedom of choice the more fun, I say!

[Kiote]

Well I was aiming at the comment about not liking allowing anyone to join in on the fight. In an MMO, its not right to not want to fight along side different and new people. thats like.... anti-social interaction to me. just imo...

I wasn't trying to imply that I don't want the Social Interaction. I am looking forward to participating in FATEs. What I want is the satisfaction of demonstrating great skill by Defeating an HNM with my Friends.

There is nothing satisfying about a Hundred People Mauling a Notorious Monster. Atomos was fun for what, three kills?