Lv50 creature in lower level area?

Don't know if anyones noticed this, but I sometimes see my character go past a creature (or beast) of Lv50, twice in Western La Noscea (something with a helmet on) and once (I think) in Western Thanalan (a bird creature), in the past month.

Whats going on? :confused:

It's a Hunt monster, it won't attack you unless you attack him, it's for lvl 50s.

These are hunts, and there placement on the map is sometimes more than questionable. I've seen a rank A hunt spawn directly on top of a level 30ish story mission start point, the choice of placement for these is problematic since they seem to be completely random spawn points.

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Originally Posted by lololink

It's a Hunt monster, it won't attack you unless you attack him, it's for lvl 50s.

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Not entirely true. If it has a blue indicator it wont attack, but if it is red it will kill on sight. Most B rank hunts are blue but alot of the A rank and S rank tend to be red and will eat your soul if you aren't paying attention.

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Originally Posted by lololink

It's a Hunt monster, it won't attack you unless you attack him, it's for lvl 50s.

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Ok, I may think about taking one down once I'm on Lv48/9

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Originally Posted by -DMR-

Ok, I may think about taking one down once I'm on Lv48/9

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I'd leave it alone until you're geared at 50 unless you have help.

The stat difference between 48-49 and 50 is pretty vast.

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Originally Posted by -DMR-

Ok, I may think about taking one down once I'm on Lv48/9

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erm, yeah, make sure you go with at least a few other people. XD

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Originally Posted by -DMR-

Ok, I may think about taking one down once I'm on Lv48/9

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You can try but you won't get credit for it unless you're lvl 50 and at a certain GC rank where you unlock the quest to do those hunts. The rewards are Allied seals, soldiery tomes(i think) and some gil.

Heh. This reminds me a story I had a week or two ago.

Was playing FFXI and had to complete a mission for my lvl 50 BLM. I had to go through Ranguemont Pass which had a bunch of lvl 90's dumped in it according to my friend since Abyssea dropped (for leveling)... great, well sneak + prism powder did well for that. Finally get to Fei'yin and slowly battle my way to the location I need to be. One room before I can get to the thing I had to activate, I find a NM. I ask my FC mate on mumble if he heard of it... nope. I look online, lvl 80 NM... ooooooh no. It then moves up to me, aggros, and one shots me as I run for dear life. Had a laugh and tried an alternate route after getting back.

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Originally Posted by RuruKun

You can try but you won't get credit for it unless you're lvl 50 and at a certain GC rank where you unlock the quest to do those hunts. The rewards are Allied seals, soldiery tomes(i think) and some gil.

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You'll get credit. I do it all the time, ( well if I happen to come across one in my travels) and I still haven't unlocked the hunts, its there but its red because of my GC rank. You get nothing for a B rank, but the other elites you do. Even have unlocked some of the achievements.

Hunt marks are also tougher than regular level 50 mobs. They're elite, with significantly more HP than their level alone would indicate. When you see the icon is shaped like a starburst or some other fancy thing instead of the typical alien face (non-aggressive) or alien face in a triangle (aggressive), you know it's going to be (comparative) trouble.

Even if you can solo the B-rank (the non-aggresive ones) you'll get nothing....maybe some exp (they give exp to Chocos).
You can't get the money and seal reward unless you have the hunting bill for said mob.

A-ranks and S-ranks cannot be soloed, you'll need several ppl helping.

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/The_Hunt

Don't try to solo A ranks or S ranks, B ranks are worthless unless you get the weekly bill from your GC (once you hit 50), when A or S rank spawns you will most likely see a flood of shouts of people asking for invite, the best way to get full rewards from those monsters is by partying up with other people.

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Originally Posted by Alukah

http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/The_Hunt

Don't try to solo A ranks or S ranks, B ranks are worthless unless you get the weekly bill from your GC (once you hit 50), when A or S rank spawns you will most likely see a flood of shouts of people asking for invite, the best way to get full rewards from those monsters is by partying up with other people.

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They're not entirely worthless, as they still count towards the Hunt achievements regardless if you have the Hunt Bill or not, so if you're after the quest titles from them it's still worth doing. Or if you're bored and are feeling particularly bloodthirsty (I like to hunt B rank NMs for sport myself even if I don't have the Hunt Bill for them). ;)

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Originally Posted by Magis

Heh. This reminds me a story I had a week or two ago.

Was playing FFXI and had to complete a mission for my lvl 50 BLM. I had to go through Ranguemont Pass which had a bunch of lvl 90's dumped in it according to my friend since Abyssea dropped (for leveling)... great, well sneak + prism powder did well for that. Finally get to Fei'yin and slowly battle my way to the location I need to be. One room before I can get to the thing I had to activate, I find a NM. I ask my FC mate on mumble if he heard of it... nope. I look online, lvl 80 NM... ooooooh no. It then moves up to me, aggros, and one shots me as I run for dear life. Had a laugh and tried an alternate route after getting back.

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This is a fairly common story from FFXI. Most people I've met have a similar tale. lol

They loved putting quests in zones that were WAY higher level than you were when you got the quests...