So, how is Pagos?

[Nixxe]

This would have some merit - if only the NMs where currently guaranteed to spawn where the farming group has actually been killing mobs.

They are though.

https://ffxiv-eureka.com/maps/pagos.png

The mobs that spawn the NMs are all in the immediate vicinity of the NM, such that the people doing the mobs for the NM will be among the first to arrive. The furthest you can get is if you do the lab minotaurs up top to spawn Brothers, but that's still easily reachable before the mob gets there because it's closer to the NM than the nearest aethernet node. If you're farming water sprites for Anapos and Holy Cow spawns, well, you weren't working on what spawned, so why do you feel entitled to it? And that's of course assuming you were working anything at all and not just sitting AFK near an aethernet, which has definitely picked up a lot since the return of the train.