Originally Posted by
Jotaru
From memory, the dev team stated a long while back that they wanted more NM's that people would just 'chance' across, much in the way WoW works... Nobody really camps NM's there, so there's a decent chance you'll see one goin about your daily business, kill it, and get a decent drop (horrible drop rates for only one worthwhile item in their loot pool in FFXI doesnt help much) Making NMs like this shows to me that they're actually TRYING to institute such a system, but due to the way people work in FFXI (They see an item, they CAMP for it, because they're dedicated for it) and because of the way people work in general (killing of the PH just to be an asshat cuz some people are like that) I can never really see it happening in FFXI.