Notorious Monsters and Vanity gear

[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.