Holding back hunt mob mechanics so the innocent can survive? Seriously?

[Vahlnir]

Haven't you ever see Hobbit 2: Desolation of Smaug? Dragons have horrible aim and eyesight!

To be fair, Smaug was playing cat and mouse for the most part. He "missed" a lot for that reason. Not always, however. But anyway, as far as hunting mark mechanics go, they don't live long enough to do much as it is. S ranks are the only monsters I've seen that have one-shot mechanics they can actually use. I've been a victim of one or 2 myself. :P

[Jynx]

Can the hunt monsters just be giant training dummies? They function about as much.

[TheCurls]

I mean..heaven forbid that poor botanist decides to walk too close to a rampaging chimera or something.

To play devil's advocate, that poor botanist can't choose which tree he chops down. He has one of 4 nodes to choose from. If the game drops it right inside a chimera, there's not a lot he can do, is there?

[Frisque]

Also: stealth helps you avoid aggro, but once that puppy aggros someone else and aoe's, it will still hit u and interrupt your gather. Even low level mobs. Gatherers already get enough grief from wise - guy players pulling mobs into unspoiled nodes, and now the hunts.
I don't mind the idea of better mechanics , just spawn them away from nodes pls

[mbncd]

I'm probably going to be flamed to hell for this but ah well...

I don't think boss mechanics belong right outside of cities, in starting areas. I think at least the brand new players who have not yet done anything but deliver items to NPC's and were probably only just taught how to even talk should not be expected to know that the bat hiding behind that tree is a very scary thing to avoid. One shotting a new player doesn't give them a chance to do anything about it first. They should learn of danger by going for enemies a few too high levels for them and see the fight is going badly and have a chance to run away or stubbornly stand there and die. That allows them to think they should have done something differently. One shotting them just punishes them for nothing.

Once you get out of the starter zones, THEN maybe bring in boss mechanics. Definitely in the level 45+ areas, people would probably like that in general. Level 1 areas? Please don't.

There is a difference between coddling and teaching harsh realities in a reasonable fashion. If they want to stand there while they're dying, that's one thing. If they want to walk past a normal tree and drop dead without warning, that's quite another. I don't advocate coddling, just a chance. Please, give our new level 1-3 players a chance.

Don't bully/mock them. Don't pull a hunt target onto them while they're innocently trying to kill sheep. Don't ignore them when they ask what that "thing" is. Warn them of danger and what makes it dangerous. Help and support the new players. Let them see your better side rather than your elitist side.

Remember that these are the players you'll be wanting to play with soon. These are the players who will replace those who quit or take breaks. These are the players that shouldn't feel wronged by the game within their first 10 minutes of play (if we can avoid it) if we seriously want them to hang around.

These are the players that were you or me once and this may be their first MMO so let's help them enjoy it ^_^

[Nicobo]

Just bcoz this game was designed as un-MPK-able. ^^;

YoshidaP's idea was correct. IMO even remove the hunting they still should maintain this game un-MPK-able.

[Nestama]

To play devil's advocate, that poor botanist can't choose which tree he chops down. He has one of 4 nodes to choose from. If the game drops it right inside a chimera, there's not a lot he can do, is there?

Well, he can ignore the fourth node and carry on with just three... I think?

[Welsper59]

Well, he can ignore the fourth node and carry on with just three... I think?

You can. Unfortunate if it were an Unspoiled node though, as those are only available for a 3hr (Eorzea Time) window, and if anything happens to you, you stop collecting and the node goes away.

[TheCurls]

Well, he can ignore the fourth node and carry on with just three... I think?

So their content has to cater to your wishes, but your content can't cater to theirs?

[Zephyranthes]

It's a lame excuse.