Group in Final Fantasy XI takes 18 hours to kill enemy (they never do!)

[Gobias]

Gilgamesh said:

Gobias said:

Gilgamesh said:

For a noob like me could someone explain who pandemonium is and why they fought him for such a long time and failed to beat him

 

A top tier ZNM (Zeni Notorious Monster) that is supposed to have amazing loot, they fought him for such a long time because they're a very dedicated linkshell and I guess they didnt want to lose all the xp for nothing. They failed to beat him because he is impossibly hard.

 

 oh I kinda understand now...what the hecks a Zeni Notorious Monster

 

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Notorious_Monster

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Category:Zeni_Notorious_Monsters

A summary of Notorious Monsters;

"Notorious Monsters, or Named Monsters, are enemies that check as Impossible to Gauge and can drop a variety of useful items, or are quest-specific monsters.

Some Notorious Monsters have True Sight or True Sound ability. Usually this applies to the highest tier beastmen in most beastmen families (these beastmen will have normal names and normal pops), but it can also apply to Boss Mobs in outdoor zones (almost all outdoor zones have them) and HNM."

Basically a ZNM is a notorious monster that is popped by trading items to ???'s around Vana'diel.