Stays up until 1:30A.M. to read about change to Hunts

Was hoping they do something about NM resetting, Daily Hunt give more mark seal. NM rendering problem. Was quite disappointing to see this is not the case.

I think it's about time we give up any hopes of them changing the hunts.
It's like the atma all over again.

-> People complain about atma rates and grind
-> they change colors of atma.

Please look forward to it!


Once 2.4 comes, everyone will be busy getting whatever new gear drops then and leveling up their ninjas. Nobody will give a crap about the hunts and those who still want to do it for stuff like glamours or minions might actually be able to do it then. I'm just gonna pretend that the hunt "doesnt exist" to me right now because unless I'm in a party of 6-8 scouting things I have no chance of getting anything..and even while scouting I have to compete with the zerg and their 20 linkshells/timers/spreadsheets. I think I'd rather go fish ;)

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Originally Posted by Nukocafe

I think I'd rather go fish ;)

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Me too! All I've been doing lately is getting Alexandrite, gathering Fragrant Logs, and fishing! I must desynth ALL the fish for the swimsuits! It's imperative!

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Originally Posted by Akuryu

When everyone and their grandmother is 110, the population will take a dive. That's when the real patch notes will come out, but by then it'll be too late.

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You mean everyone and their grandmother with their store-bought i110 gear and still can't beat Second Coil?

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Originally Posted by Donjo

I must desynth ALL the fish for the swimsuits! It's imperative!

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I know right！？　I find this way more fun than hunts lmao. Feels more challenging and rewarding
I'm also trying to catch up on my beastman dailies so I can see that power rangers grand finale lol

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Originally Posted by Akuryu

Hunts are going to cost them so many subscribers that they'll have to do something eventually. I've been playing MMOs for 15 years. In any MMO I've ever played, if they make gearing up easy and dull, people quit. These games are all about chasing the carrot at the end of the stick. You can't give the whole playerbase a barrel full of carrots and expect them to still care.

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The carrots they offer in these types of games are wilted and discoloured in the first place, and at the rate patches come out here, they quickly expire and become rotten as well.
At least at this point, the 'ease' of chasing it falls in line with the worth of the actual reward. Prior to hunts gearing up was just grindy, uninteresting, and dull... All for a 'reward' that places you back in the same relative position you were before.

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When everyone and their grandmother is 110, the population will take a dive. That's when the real patch notes will come out, but by then it'll be too late.

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If maintaining the current raid-centric design with strict linear progression that MMOs tend towards is the only way to avoid this, then I won't cry too much, honestly.
Lots of interesting and fun items to pursue >>>>>>>>>> one or two uninteresting gearsets per patch that are just a direct increase over the prior.

That said, I don't really see this as bucking the trend anyway, and the focus is going to be the same as it ever was come 2.4, but this was at least a nice change (all issues with the actual implementation of the hunt not withstanding), if only for a brief time.

Despite almost a year of patches people foolishly still expect large changes in extremely minor patches. You should know better by now.

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Originally Posted by Zaiken

Was hoping they do something about NM resetting, Daily Hunt give more mark seal. NM rendering problem. Was quite disappointing to see this is not the case.

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Hmm, make them not reset at all? Okay, but after a certain distance it needs to auto-heavy the kiter otherwise I see massive opportunity for trolling.