Quote Originally Posted by BlaiseArath View Post
Not entirely, no. Drops, unique feeling or not, play a good part in it otherwise they're hollow in their existence... But as far as FATEs go, I said I would accept it as a compromise since it fulfills a part of what we're asking for. I have several other posts here describing in a good amount of detail what exactly I want, In the interest of not sounding like a broken record I recommend reading those. All I have to offer is in them ... and some of them are good reads if I do say so myself.
No, BlaiseArath, you are asking for gear drops to be tied to NMs to not for NM to exist, for they already do. Just because the systems they are part of are not identical to FFXI's systems does not mean they do not exist.

Fates show when Notorious Monsters have spawned.
HNM exist in "He Taketh It With His Eyes," "Steel Reign," "Go, Go, Gorgimera," "The Eyes Have It," and "Lazy for You"
Wanted Targets in leve quests are also NMs.
Treasure Maps are NM forced spawn tokens.
All 3 ranks of targets in the Hunts are NM and S-ranks are also HNMs.