NMs (just returned to game)

[Royal]

ffxiv.yg.com is a good place to look for item info

Thank you!!

[Dubont]

Is there a good place to at least be able to look up class specific gear so I can plan it out? Any guides out there?

http://www.ffxivpro.com/ or yellowgremlin.

[Royal]

Well I guess they are a little more brutal than I thought. Well they are NMs after all .

[Chrees]

Holy_Dragoon collaborated with many other members of the community to come up with this list of the NMs, where they are, and what gear they drop.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Location-List

[Royal]

You rock. Exactly what I needed.

[Chrees]

No problem! I've had it bookmarked since the night patch 1.17 came out, haha.

[Reika]

You won't stand a chance against them solo until you are well into the 40s... unless you party up with couple others around r30 or higher

I think grouping with others around that level was the intention, since they drop lvl25-35 equipment >.>.

[quantumsaint]

I can solo Queen Bolette fairly easy. You might need to level your THM to get some DoTs if you don't already have them. Not sure if she drops anything very useful, but it might be a place to start. All of the NMs I've done so far have basically been endurance fights, so you could start with her and learn the basics (DoT sticking, MP management, keeping HP topped off) before moving on to the other NMs that have the gear you want. She pops by Camp Tranquil in the BS.

[zaviermhigo]

around rank 36 you could duo almost all them if you have a gla or pug to tank the mob who is the same level. I personally didn't touch the nms until i was 40 and had a gla, we duo'd most them. The drop rate sucks on a lot of pieces, so you would want to zerg them and maybe try incapacitating them, (which people don't believe helps but w/e it's supposed to "increase likelihood of drops, and you can inflict this status all new nms)

[Fleur]

IMHO, Downy Dunstan and Spitfire in Coerthas are the toughest, though are surely doable with a good group. ^^

Alux, Bardi, and the Prince of Pestilence you could probably duo by the mid R30's. As a CON I duo'd Alux with a friend once when he was in the way of our levequest, sometime in the low-mid R30's.

Good luck with the NM hunting!