A ls buddy and myself did our first ENM dight a couple of weeks ago. I was surprised at just how easy the fight was...much easier than the promy fights, lol. A quick and easy 3k xp, plus the drop yielded a String Earring which sold for 131k.
Question though...does the gil not get split between members of the party if it was their first ENM? Bader, the leader of that pt, says that generally is the case. I guess me and my ls buddy shouldn't have mentioned that it was our first time, lol.
I would recommend these fights to anyone who has access to doing them. Great xp in a relatively short amount of time. Shame that the new +xp rings wouldn't help here. :)