Possible solution to cross world hunt madness

Also I know this Cross World system is new and SE is still letting the kinks get worked out but it had an immediate effect on the hunt community. SE please consider changing it.

So after experiencing the CWLS hunt madness SE could implement a solution which could remedy the cross world hunting issue. If SE would implement a 2 to 6 hour real time cool down between world visits it would limit the world hopping ability of hunters to one server until cool down is over. This cool down timer shouldn't limit the the rest of the player base too much.

-HMG

Or just make it so you can only fight hunts on your own world, like certain gathering nodes. A cooldown on word visits kind of defeats the purpose I think.

lol

Now is the probably the best chance to get SE to finally fix hunts and you people are going to squander it by asking for level sync or world visit lockouts.

Ask them to shift the rewards elsewhere or cut respawn cooldowns and cap rewards. That way everyone can participate.

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Originally Posted by Doozer

Or just make it so you can only fight hunts on your own world, like certain gathering nodes. A cooldown on word visits kind of defeats the purpose I think.

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Someone should do the math. Is it better to have access to 8x as many hunts with the potential for them to be "sniped" by the rest of the data center, or the same number of hunts as before with the potential for them to be sniped by the rest of the server? Wouldn't current expac hunts alone make up for any losses?

I thought we couldn't hunt in other world you are visiting :0 i saw so much limitation i thought it was in.

Well , it was my fear when I heard about 1st mention of world visit...

They should put less time to A or S to respawn. Its actually very long so if less time yo respawn , I think all + world visit people can almost all participate. ( so im agree with @HeavyMetalGod ) If i remember well a A rank its arount 8 hours and a S something like 3 - 4 days. I just saw the hunt tracker. There is alot of timer with "missing" :(

Why is this a problem for hunters? Isn't it nice to go hunting with more and new people? As far as I know there is no limitation for the number of participants and you get the same reward whether there are 10 people or 30 people hunting the monster down.

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Originally Posted by Pepsi_Plunge

Why is this a problem for hunters? Isn't it nice to go hunting with more and new people? As far as I know there is no limitation for the number of participants and you get the same reward whether there are 10 people or 30 people hunting the monster down.

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It would be nice if everyone actually cooperated to make the hunting pleasant, but the hunt trolls pulling everything ASAP coupled with higher numbers of people at hunts overall thanks to cross-world relays is making it rougher then ever to get to anything before it dies.

The instant-pull issue is real with the world transfer active, especially for lv50 S ranks. I'd suggest, while waiting for fix (if any), to STOP cross-linking or map shout the hunt calls of your linkshell.

Isn't this one of the main points of crossworld? Interacting with openworld systems in the different worlds.

Or is it just an RP/'visit your friends for a chat' system?

i think this is actually a problem with hunts, and not world visit. Its the same problem it had when hunts were popular. Having more interested players, and more opportunities to do content is actually a good thing, If they improve the base system

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

Interacting with openworld systems in the different worlds.

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Your argument was invalidated the second they disabled your ability to interact with unspoiled gathering nodes while visiting other worlds. No doubt to keep people from monopolizing profits or something of that sort by server hopping within that node's window.
If we go by similar logic, then a case can be made to limit interaction with hunt mobs in other worlds as well. The very simple reasoning can be limiting the amount of seals and tomes one can get from hunts (specifically S ranks). And that's before we get into the messy territories of each server having its own hunt eco system and unwritten rules that people from outside won't be aware of, or won't respect. And then there's the outright trolling.

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Your argument was invalidated the second they disabled your ability to interact with unspoiled gathering nodes while visiting other worlds. No doubt to keep people from monopolizing profits or something of that sort by server hopping within that node's window.
If we go by similar logic, then a case can be made to limit interaction with hunt mobs in other worlds as well. The very simple reasoning can be limiting the amount of seals and tomes one can get from hunts (specifically S ranks). And that's before we get into the messy territories of each server having its own hunt eco system and unwritten rules that people from outside won't be aware of, or won't respect. And then there's the outright trolling.

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May as well remove the entire system then. People are complaining about market collapse too. Seems no one likes the benefits of a cross world system.

The market should balance it's self out. I'm not so sure about hunts. It could settle down once most have had their fill. Which I hope happens soon. It's even real nice when some of the trolls are the ones with the tiger. I haven't been to many hunts since cross world has been a thing, but for the few that I have been to we lay out the this is how we do it here stuff while waiting for the pull time. There has been some assumed tool assisted snipes and the instant pullers that don't shout.

I don't post much (as you can tell) but hunts are my thing ...

As an old timer hunter, I was NOT looking forward to yesterday. But all things considered I thought it went pretty well on Primal. Being part of the discord(s) set up is almost a requirement to have any chance of making it hunt or at least have a fellow hunter that is and quick to share updates. Which I think is an oversight, the current restriction of 1 cross-world LS and having it smaller than a normal LS limits the means in-game we can talk to our fellow hunters. During prime time I’d say I had a 1 in 4 chance of making a hunt, the off hours it was much better. A friend has a very slow connection so he was only able to make those where you knew and S rank was coming and showed up prior to the spawn to help. We ran in to a couple of server trolls here and there but I still probably got credit for 20 S ranks on various servers throughout the day. There is no way I can keep this pace up long term, nor do I think others will. It’s just shiny and new and content is stale at the moment so it gives people something to do. I’m sorry for those that have less kind fellow hunters and hope things calm down for you. I do like the “bullet trains” that run through the servers on SB A ranks from time to time, they really aren’t my thing but know my other hunters enjoy zooming through. Nice to see them die instead of being up for days. No words of wisdom for those struggling just wanted to say my experience was okay, not ideal but quantity over quality definitely won out yesterday. Will have to see what today brings. ~K

I'd say in lieu of the world visit system and to prevent this type of action why not have future S ranks have invincibility when they spawn? It could be on a cooldown for a set amount of time (maybe like a min or two) or someone could use an item similar to Stygian Ash(for breaking Ixion) to speed up the process if they have it in their inventory.

You'd have the time of getting to the world and being there with enough time for the cooldown and also have enough time to tag it during the process. I know it may seem longer to get to then other S ranks but with world visit hunts being an issue there should be some way to allow everyone a shot at them.

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Originally Posted by Noitems

there should be some way to allow everyone a shot at them.

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Originally Posted by Noitems

why not have future S ranks have invincibility when they spawn?

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Pick one. There are several thousand active players per server. There are eight servers per data center. You start to encounter issues when a few hundred players are in a zone.

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Originally Posted by Koori_Roninheart

I still probably got credit for 20 S ranks on various servers throughout the day.

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Wow.

Also seeing the issue where high pop servers are taking large groups into low pop servers and systematically eradicating their hunts. Square you've created a problem here, how do you intend to address it?