Are Hunts Ruining Final Fantasy XIV?

[TeaTimeBear]

I'm starting to get worried. My FC, which was previously a nearly constant source of conversation and impromptu collaborative events, has gone dead silent since 2.3 hit. The reason is hunts. That's all people are focused on right now.

I know how you feel. I've been trying to get Striking Tree parties but everyone is focused on hunts mostly.

[Nabian]

I know how you feel. I've been trying to get Striking Tree parties but everyone is focused on hunts mostly.

It's all about the reward. Why waste my time doing a fight which only rewards ilvl100 gear when I can do something easier that rewards ilvl110 gear? There is a reason so many people are complaining that there is no lockout on the hunt rewards. If SE had been smart and waited until 2.4 to release the hunts system it would be an entirely different story.

1) Hardcore raiders would be more interested in the TCoB so they most likely wouldn't bother with hunts'
2) Casual players would begin doing hunts to get their ilvl110 gear to upgrade from i100 (they get their own form of progression so both groups get progression).


Why can people not see this. People say casuals get stuff in odd patches and raiders get stuff in even patches..but in reality casuals get stuff every patch and raiders only get content every other patch.

[Eekiki]

Why can people not see this. People say casuals get stuff in odd patches and raiders get stuff in even patches..but in reality casuals get stuff every patch and raiders only get content every other patch.

It was a little different in this case, though. In the even numbered patches, the casuals are supposed to get better access to the stuff the raiders had been working on since the previous even numbered patch. In 2.3, casuals are getting that stuff one patch early.

So what you say is absolutely true. Hunts should not have been released until 2.4. From what Yoshi said in that recent Dengeki interview, hunts were not originally part of the planned content. They were added because they believed there was a demand for it (and there was). But they obviously didn't put enough thought into how to put it into the game before they released it.