Something needs to be done about Hunts.

[DeadRiser]

OP, don't worry about it. If you find it, you claim it. That's how I feel. I stopped doing them during the day because of this. Some guy pulled Naul when he popped in Coerthas. People blacklisted him and called him out. I don't see why... If you don't get full credit on the kill itself, you won't get the elite credit from what I heard.

I hate the linkshells that have spawned because of the hunt. Yeah it's nice and all but when the whole server shows up to kill a party based NM, it gets stupid fast. You get people who weren't doing anything getting pissed because the person who did the work looking for them claims it before people get there.

.... though I do think some free company on my server are using third party programs to find out where they are. A free company of only 33 people with a max of 10 people on shouldn't be finding them and being at those fights every time.

[Ulathskullsplitter]

.... though I do think some free company on my server are using third party programs to find out where they are. A free company of only 33 people with a max of 10 people on shouldn't be finding them and being at those fights every time.

Yep. This is what's happening. Pretty sure this is the reason parsers were officially made to be against the ToS. Because they do a lot more than parse. Like show the exact location of mobs. Which is pretty convenient when looking for NMs.

[DeadRiser]

Yep. This is what's happening. Pretty sure this is the reason parsers were officially made to be against the ToS. Because they do a lot more than parse. Like show the exact location of mobs. Which is pretty convenient when looking for NMs.

It's a shame too. I had fun doing the hunts when nobody was online and only a couple of us were actively hunting.

Now it's the same free company at every mark, usually there first. People totally take the fun out of the game.

[Nephera]

Pretty sure this is the reason parsers were officially made to be against the ToS. Because they do a lot more than parse. Like show the exact location of mobs. Which is pretty convenient when looking for NMs.

I feel like at that point it's called more than just a parser.

[Nekodar]

I feel like that point its called more than just a parser.

I don't think there is any pure parsers left...
Some may pretend to be pure by only including the base stuff, but then they also add plugin interfaces, which adds to the problem.

What SE should do is to stop having a full list of mobs available for these "parsers" to read, and bring down the ban-hammer on people that obviously use them with radar plugins.

[TeganLaron]

What SE should do is to stop having a full list of mobs available for these "parsers" to read, and bring down the ban-hammer on people that obviously use them with radar plugins.

The thing is, before, there wasn't any real reason to. As long as you weren't giving people grief about their numbers, SE could be a bit more blasé about it with their official stance pretty much being "keep it quiet and everything is fine." However now they have introduced content where the radar is giving people a huge advantage over people playing fair.

Now, they need to start taking this seriously and dish out strict punishment to those using them.