I am loving the hunt system (My feedback)

[Blackweaver]

At first, I didn't think I'd like the hunts. But after seeing the gear associated with the hunt, and experiencing the normal hunts, I love it. But the system definitely could use some tweaking. Here's some feedback on what I feel is great, and what I feel needs improvement:

1) Gear cost - The i90 gear cost is actually nice, but I feel like it might be too cheap. Especially given the main gear folks like myself, would actually be aiming for, is 20 ilevels behind the i90 gear, which makes it nothing more than something for glamour. Which would beg the question: Why then if it is for glamour, would you bother giving this gear stats?

So going into details:
i90 Cleric's gear for white mages costs are:
Head - 30 Allied Seals
Chest - 40 Allied Seals
Hands - 30 Allied Seals
Legs - 40 Allied Seals
Feet - 30 Allied Seals

Now look at the hunts gear reward which is i70:
Head - 600 Allied Seals
Chest - 1000 Allied Seals
Hands - 600 Allied Seals
Legs - 1000 Allied Seals
Feet - 600 Allied seals

I feel that the higher ilevel gear should cost way more, while the lower ilevel stuff should cost way less. Add a 0 onto the i90 stuff, and knock off one 0 from the i70 stuff. The prices would then look like this:

i90 gear:
Head - 300 Allied Seals
Chest - 400 Allied Seals
Hands - 300 Allied Seals
Legs - 400 Allied Seals
Feet - 300 Allied Seals

i70 gear:
Head - 60 Allied Seals
Chest - 100 Allied Seals
Hands - 60 Allied Seals
Legs - 100 Allied Seals
Feet - 60 Allied seals

And considering that normal marks you get a maximum of 7 a day as a casual, just to get the i70 gear, would still take someone about 15 days of them dailies to get like the legs or chest item. And if they are after the i90 stuff, they'd be looking at 58 days of that daily grind not counting the elite marks.

2) Elite marks - The B rank ones, are seriously in need of a buff up. Naul as an example, dies about 3 seconds from someone soloing it. The result is pure frustration if you try to get the elite mark, and his location gets called out and then he's already dead before you get out a town gate. I feel that even a B rank enemy should be like fighting a Scarred Antelope from the south shroud. Take a good while to solo, and be best approached with friends. A ranks should require a full 8 man group, and the S ranks should take quite a number of raids.

Basically none of the elite marks should be dying in 3 seconds. When they start dying that fast from someone soloing them, then they are seriously underpowered elites and need some adjustments.

Otherwise, the system is wonderful and very fun! It just needs a few tweaks.

[Spy]

Thank you! I fully agree! I love the hunts too! It does need a few tweaks, like the weeklies, but I'm enjoying it.

[Malzian]

I agree that the seal prices are odd... One would think i90s would be more expensive than i70s. But part of me thinks this is a temporary ploy to get people geared up and running Coil, since most of the disparity between people who are running it and people who aren't is iLevel.

[Shinun]

The prices are fine when you think that there pure glamour items.

[Blackweaver]

The prices are fine when you think that there pure glamour items.

If they are meant to be pure glamour items, then they should of been level 1 with no stats at all. As it stands, they have stats for i70 for each class. But the prices between i70's and i90's, is way off. That is why I do not think of the gear as pure glamour.

[Hiruke]

It would be nice if there was at least enough time for your own party to make it to a B rank before it died (assuming your group was the first to spot the mark). It's pointless to cruise the zones stacking right on top of each other; better to spread out. And yet...

For example, I found Monarch Ogrefly in South Shroud. No one else there. I called my PT there, didn't announce in any LS. Even though it was relatively close to the aetheryte, people still barely made it before it was engaged. Hilariously, I got off one spell on it, a Fire3, and wasn't even awarded (any) credit. Pretty rad. I've also had folks call out a mark that was literally 50 yalms or less away, unclaimed at the time, totally die before I could even close the gap.

Would be nice if B ranks took at least 30-60 seconds to kill, instead of vaporizing in 6 seconds (or less). A ranks generally only live 12 seconds or less. Sometimes even S ranks get obliterated, though usually they last long enough to be worthwhile.

[Vahlnir]

I was just talking to someone the other day, and they mentioned knocking a 0 off of the GC Allied Seals gear, which I agreed with. Glad there's someone else out there sharing that opinion. What you proposed would be an excellent solution to at least some of the complaints. I think the general consensus about the HP levels is they are too low, though.

[Antonio_Xul]

It would be nice if there was at least enough time for your own party to make it to a B rank before it died (assuming your group was the first to spot the mark). It's pointless to cruise the zones stacking right on top of each other; better to spread out. And yet...

For example, I found Monarch Ogrefly in South Shroud. No one else there. I called my PT there, didn't announce in any LS. Even though it was relatively close to the aetheryte, people still barely made it before it was engaged. Hilariously, I got off one spell on it, a Fire3, and wasn't even awarded (any) credit. Pretty rad. I've also had folks call out a mark that was literally 50 yalms or less away, unclaimed at the time, totally die before I could even close the gap.

Would be nice if B ranks took at least 30-60 seconds to kill, instead of vaporizing in 6 seconds (or less). A ranks generally only live 12 seconds or less. Sometimes even S ranks get obliterated, though usually they last long enough to be worthwhile.

I love this new hunting elites they added. It's the most fun I've had in awhile playing this game.

I don think the HP is bad, it's that they are obviously made so B Rank is to solo, A rank is for light party & S rank is for full party. B rank shouldn't be zerged like it is. If you find it kill it yourself. When you see an A or S rank, then call for help.

[Blackweaver]

I was just talking to someone the other day, and they mentioned knocking a 0 off of the GC Allied Seals gear, which I agreed with. Glad there's someone else out there sharing that opinion. What you proposed would be an excellent solution to at least some of the complaints. I think the general consensus about the HP levels is they are too low, though.

Yeah, HP is more than likely too low, but probably also their defensive stats too.

[Kaaylryn]

Personally, I have not done much hunting except some of the daily logs or something I stumble across. However, I think that the weekly mark, and only the weekly mark, should only give credit one time. It should not be farmable like the other marks and would give everyone a chance to at least get that done. More HP would definitely help, but being a B mark and farmable too leaves many out of at least getting their weekly done.