Hunts were a terrible/irresponsible idea

[Noll]

Got 500+ points and a book yesterday. Just by being organized (we were 16+ people hunting together).

The system is chaotic but it works.

[Nukocafe]

The system is chaotic but it works.

No, it doesn't work, that's why this thread is 12 pages of people complaining at how terrible it is.
You got 500 points? Good for you, you must have had a lot of time to spend doing nothing but hunts all day while majority of people were at work and get home with only a little bit of playtime and got nothing.

[lololink]

It doesn't works anymore on Ragnarok, there are too many people, even S ranks are getting killed in less than 1 mn.
People don't wait for others anymore so they just kill them before you can even finish to teleport. I'm not even bothering trying to kill one if it's not S rank.

[Ehayte]

I'm going to reserve my final judgement for when I get to wake up Sunday morning really early and try to get a group of 8 people together to snake some seal-age while others are sleeping : D If I can go from 6am-12pm every Sunday and grab 500 seals... I'd be OK.

[DeathFiend]

This is how I see the forums (on the subject of open world content).

"Hey SE, I WANT more open world content."

"Hey SE, thanks for FATES but they aren't open world enough."

"Hey SE, oh Hunt looks promising, cant wait till patch."

"Hey SE, Hunts are stupid and you guys made it too much open world, get you stuff together."

Point being, nothing will satisfy the "Forumers" as they rather complain on the forums than play the game.

[Clavaat]

Getting an item on monsters in open world = you do things in open world and kill the NM
Wandering in open world = not playing the game, that's not content.

Why not both?

Edit: Never mind, I don't care. I only see the complaints here, not in-game. I haven't even touched the hunts because I knew this would happen. How have you all not seen the pattern yet?

1. New Content released
2. Everyone tries to do 1 thing, and not everything
3. Everyone becomes frustrated they can't do that 1 thing to the full extent
4. They complain on the forums
5. They stop playing OR they do something else
6. 1 week later, no one cares anymore, the servers unclog, life goes on

Seriously. Every Patch. This is why I just stick to the story, sidequests, etc, until week 2 of the patch. I will do hunts, for sure, but for now, -that- is the side content to me. To each your own.

[Erana]

I fully expected it to be thing for pre-formed parties really. Multiple elite marks, pick one to fight then try and hunt it down. A bit like treasure maps but with a weekly lockout.

Kinda disappointing to see the Zergfest that is the current system. Hunts should really be left to 4-8 man parties, along with alliances for S ranks.

Just my personal opinion, I'll probably try and work with the current system by gathering people for S ranks.

[Velhart]

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However you work it, the NM's are basically FATE's without it showing on the map. They should of just reintroduced the Faction Leve system that was in 1.xx. Guildleves are a borderline dead system when you hit 50. Have it that daily guildleves reward you faction points to unlock special guildleves that spawn the NM that requires a good 4 to 8 man party. After you kill it, it rewards the items you see from the vendor like gear and oils/sands. Also giving you allied seals you can put towards buying something in case drops don't work in your favor. This would spread people out in different zones, offers open world content without conflict, and gives the satisfaction of raid like bosses in the open world.

[HumsterMKX]

I fully expected it to be thing for pre-formed parties really. Multiple elite marks, pick one to fight then try and hunt it down. A bit like treasure maps but with a weekly lockout.

Kinda disappointing to see the Zergfest that is the current system. Hunts should really be left to 4-8 man parties, along with alliances for S ranks.

Just my personal opinion, I'll probably try and work with the current system by gathering people for S ranks.

I thought so too.... all the hopes went to hell.

Guess the old saying, "Hope only brings Disappointment" ring true.

[lololink]

Seriously. Every Patch. This is why I just stick to the story, sidequests, etc, until week 2 of the patch. I will do hunts, for sure, but for now, -that- is the side content to me. To each your own.

Try to do some hunts and you'ill understand, you are simply doing nothing for hours until you or your LS find a mob for a 10 sec fight. that's not a content, even exploration log makes you play more.