Notorious Monsters and Vanity gear

[amnie]

the only concern I really have with vanity gear is that it will stack up in our inventory/armory/retainers. I really hope that they give us a wardrobe like for example the one in LOTRO(where you can store a 'look' and drag it to the vanity slot outfits and can use it again and again and again if you so wish) once this is implemented, because .if. they give us notorious monsters and have them drop these things, I'd rather not be forced to just have one. granted that's more a general concern about vanity gear, but it would be more of an issue with notrious monsters drops since it will take a while to get it. I'm a little concerned we lose a look if we go for a new one, and that would be reaaaally bad with seasonal stuff or drops from notorious monsters (the latter being 'in theory' of course)

I am a fan of this idea in general, just concerned about the end result. too many weird things going on in this game :P

[Loony_BoB]

I don't want anything that can be camped, but if it can't be camped then I'm all for NM's.

[Autumnfire]

There are already NMs in the game.
The problem is only that most NMs don't drop anything except exp, some gil and GC seals. And sometime also a minion. And Odin give you tomes that you can exchange for Odin gear.

It would be good if SE do something like in 1.0. Put some rare mats to the NM FATE rewards (5% chance to get it, but only if you get gold) and let the crafters craft vanity gears with the mats.

This. Absolutely. NMs already exist (some even have the same names as in FF11... Bubbly Bernie anyone?). And I would say Odin and Behemoth are most certainly NM's. But yeah, it's weird that other than a few minions in most cases, there aren't really any drops from them. I like the token system with Odin and Behemoth, but i definitely love your rare mats idea! I think that'd be a perfect addition to the game!

[Xatsh]

The NMs in XIV are NMS in name only. They really are no different then any other fate except there is 1 mob instead of many.

Odin and Behemoth are honestly no different then the chimera fate boss or bubbly burnie for the low level.

They are high level FATE bosses and nothing else. People asking for NMs do not consider FATE bosses NMS even if the devs themselves call them that.

NMs in XIV are the equivalent to Campaign Bosses in XI, which were free for alls back then as well which anyone could join.

2 different style events. It does not matter what SE does with FATE unless they lock people out (cannot have a free for all) and add worthwhile drops it will not make those who want NMS happy.

[Oreic]

We had NMs in 1.0, but then they took them out. Which makes me sad really.

They should bring them back. Anywho, I really think this be a great opportunity to make crafting a useful skill set by allowing them to make vanity gear.