I take it you have NOT even played FFXI in some time. Here is the link to the implemented changes to those ground kings: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...rious-Monsters

In case you do not want to open a new tab here is the data from it: [dev1009] New Trigger Conditions for Notorious Monsters

[dev1009] New Trigger Conditions for Notorious Monsters

Trigger conditions for following notorious monsters will be adjusted to spawn by trading specific items to the “???” in the respective area.

Fafnir / Nidhogg: Dragon’s Aery
Behemoth / King Behemoth: Behemoth’s Dominion
Adamantoise / Aspidochelone: Valley of Sorrows

- The ”???” will respawn a minute after the battle is over.
- The NM will despawn if unclaimed for 90 seconds at the spawned location.
- The feature wherein the level of these monsters will increase after battling them for a period of time will remain unchanged.

How to obtain the trigger items:

Fafnir: Treasure from “Early Bird Catches the Wyrm”
Behemoth: Treasure from “Horns of War”
Adamantoise: Treasure from “The Hills are Alive”
* At least one of these items will be dropped in every battle.

Nidhogg: Treasure dropped by Fafnir
King Behemoth: Treasure dropped by Behemoth
Aspidochelone: Treasure dropped by Adamantoise

The treasures dropped by the following notorious monsters will be adjusted as follows:

Fafnir : Wyrm Beard removed
Nidhogg : Drop rate of Wyrm Beard decreased
Behemoth : Behemoth Tongue removed
King Behemoth : Drop rate of Behemoth Tongue decreased
Adamantoise : Adamantoise Egg removed
Aspidochelone : Drop rate of Adamantoise Egg decreased

That is right! They realized what a horrid idea it was when originally put into the game. So, they changed it to something much more tolerable.

Note: /rant I am tired of seeing "...make it like FFXI... & I quit when ToA was added." Get over yourself then, the game changed significantly since then. If you stopped at that point then there is NO point for you to use it as an argument. It's like arguing that you want the web to go back to how it was when the internet was first implemented. Change happens, learn to move on already. (yes I know the OP didn't quit at that time, based off his sig. just switch 'ToA' with whatever time frame that they did quit. or quit doing HNM's since they do not seem to know the current conditions). /rant