Quote Originally Posted by quantumsaint View Post
You're assuming they would be exactly the same as FFXI. If you had to kill placeholders for 30 minutes, but the drop rate was better than the always up NMs, wouldn't that system be a happy medium?

I agree with this.

I think lottery spawns, done well, would be a great addition. It would solve the current problem, which is that the NMs and the equipment they drop are not "rare" or "special" in any way.

Additionally... killing the NM over and over again to get drops is no different than if you're killing it's place holder over and over again to get it to spawn, if the drop rate is increased.