NMs aren't very epic in this game, so I wanted to toss out a proposal.

Proposal:
- Make ALL world NM fates have a special unique item tied to them.
- At the end of the encounter have its special item (100% of the time) go to one of the gold-ranked participants.

What this will do:
>> Make FATEs far more exciting
>> Increase world flavor.
>> Gives adventurers random chances at fortune if lucky.
>> Gives farmers something to farm IF they chose to do so. (Won't have to fight for tags like FFXI and can do other things in the area while waiting for spawn unlike FFXI)
>> Will make current NMs much more memorable like they were in the old days. (Leaping Lizzy) without all the hassle.
>> Only 1 per gold reward keeps the market from being flooded like the current mini pets that drop from NMs such as Cancer.


At the current state I could only see it adding to the game so long as the reward is "hidden" from everyone else, and only shows up if you got the item when you get your FATE rewards (to avoid bashing).

I'd farm the hell out of NM fates if they did this just for the random luck/fun...