Because of Hunts~~

[Dyvid]

I also want to throw in that prior to Hunts, going into ThornmarchEx, LeviEx, TitanEx and T5 was incredibly awkward for me. I wasn't even geared poorly (i92 DRG), but I didn't know the fights due to not being able to run them often given how long the Queues were anyways. Then going into one I'd die or miss an important mechanic and everyone would Vote Abandon in two wipes. Going into PF was worse because I had to still learn how to do the mechanics (you can only read/watch guides so much) and then the elitists would bitch up a storm.

I think saying Hunts ruining the game is overdramatic. Prior to them I couldn't even learn the fights because the queue times were no different and the elitists would prevent me from PF. I have an FC, but we usually didn't have enough people online at once to run the EXs back then.

I guess the question I have to ask is how did adding Hunts fix this issue for you? I mean yea you can get i110 gear now but can you actually complete that content you mentioned now?

[Magis]

They can do one of 2 things, IMO. Make end game face roll easy or slow down the gear progression. They cannot keep this pace in perpetuity without seriously degrading the game and the erosion has already begun.

It's the issue with vertical progression. Only way to progress is increase the magical ilvl. It's why a lot of people are asking for SE to go more horizontal progression and introduce better stat customization to make our jobs better rather than just doing a base stat increase every update. Heck they can begin by letting people meld their dungeon/trial/raid gear.

However due to the simplicity of the stat system as well as our jobs, I don't see any major changes happening until maybe the expansion.

[Caelie]

Please, it's horseshit and you know it. People who don't know how to play their job were created by the whole game system that carried you to 50, echo buff, level 100 gears handled from vendors, myth ilevel 90 gears handled from vendors. Hunts didn't change shit.

This is the fanbase that though Pharos Sirius was HARD.

No, you're right? This was just the final nail in the coffin. For me, anyway. I'm sorry I didn't go into entire detail on every little thing. The game was easy enough as is, but now people don't even have to step into roulettes to be carried to get their gear. They can get it just by running around on the map and hitting an enemy over and over.

[Deviant1]

Yes, "BALANCED", cause 90% of players going to one piece of content is hell not balanced. Meanwhile all I see is "OMG PLZ DON'T NERF MY ONE CONTENT, SCREW YOU ALL FOR WANTING TO PLAY SOMETHING ELSE".

Well if 90% want it that way, why should the majority have to be nerfed?
All I hear from the other side is "wahhhh!!! no one wants to play with me in the 6month old content... wahhh!"

Speaking of selfish, MY, ME, WHAT MAKES MEEEE HAPPY. Yoshi can do w.e he wants, he's the producer and can shut the whole thing down if he wants.

People give him far more power then he actually has. Remember Tanaka? He thought he could do whatever he wanted to... and he got canned.
Well as you said yourself, 90% are doing the hunts, so its not just me.

Jesus, that's a lot of victimization here. Who's asking for you to beg for forgiveness? The game was running no problem before hunts, changing it won't do shit.

You mean the game where people logged in one day a week and then waited until reset?
Game has had issues since the release, and most people do not like the lockouts.

[Jasiwel]

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Honestly, yes. It gives me more confidence in my ability to tackle EX battles and T5. It makes me not have to worry that my team will fail a DPS check because of me or that I'll be instakill'd by a non-instakill ability. It relaxes me more knowing I'm well-geared going into these fights and it showed completely when I finally cleared ThornmarchEx a few nights ago.

I never liked Atma farming and that was killing the game for me in a lot of ways. One day I went into ST and got a UAT. I then decided I'd postpone buying any Weathered gear for the sake of getting The Liberator. I bought up Tokens for weeks and fought Hunts whenever I could to get seals. Eventually I had enough to get 2 BMLogs and I was lucky enough for one to drop for me fighting an SRank. Ever since I have not felt like a burden on my team because I've been stuck with Zenith and that helps me focus more on Mechanics.

[Deviant1]

You keep showing your utmost disgust for dungeons over and over again. These rewards you're getting from hunts, what do you think they are for if not for dungeons?

Your right, I hate these lame dungeons. Oh, and please tell me what dungeon I need to be 110 on? The highest dungeon is i70... You know the gear that was available at launch...

As for the gear, you know there are Trials, raids, and new dungeons when released. Most players already beat all the current dungeons, several times over. Until the dungeons have same ilevel as coil/seal bought, they will continue to be pointless other then farming seals.

[Gucci_Charms]

Initially I thought hunts were cool and all to help obtain oils and sands for your weathered gear...

However, I can honestly say that hunts have pretty much killed any form of challenge this game offers. I haven't seen PF so open for parties looking for people to do SCOB or Ramuh Extreme where people simply do not want to join because they just want to hunt all day long 24/7. There really is no incentive to even do raids now lol.

The saddest part is that many of these players are still bad despite having all their weathered gear at i110 -_- For example, I finished running a Hullbreaker Isle dungeon earlier where the tank with most unweathered i110 gear couldn't even maintain aggro across the mobs LOL.

SE should really just remove the SCOB lockouts at this point.

[Boobooman]

Hunts are fine, its the other content that is the problem, Like.... Why isnt turn 6+ on the DF? Why is ST gear i100 with no upgrade? We had i100 in 2.2
ST should have been released before coil2
imo, Hunts are where they are ment to be, by 2.4 you should be i109/110, same with 2.2 (i100) 2.1 (i90) So my guess in 2.4 we will be working for i120.

[Taruranto]

Initially I thought hunts were cool and all to help obtain oils and sands for your weathered gear...

However, I can honestly say that hunts have pretty much killed any form of challenge this game offers. I haven't seen PF so open for parties looking for people to do SCOB or Ramuh Extreme where people simply do not want to join because they just want to hunt all day long 24/7. There really is no incentive to even do raids now lol.

The saddest part is that many of these players are still bad despite having all their weathered gear at i110 -_-

SE should really just remove the SCOB lockouts at this point.

Sounds like your server is dead, bro.

A lot of SCOB PF here on ragna. Not too many for Ramuh, but we do get PF for it (just farmed it again today), but it has to be expected for dated content.

[Gucci_Charms]

Sounds like your server is dead, bro.

A lot of SCOB PF here on ragna. Not too many for Ramuh, but we do get PF for it (just farmed it again today), but it has to be expected for dated content.

My server's not dead.

There are a lot of SCOB or Ramuh EX parties in PF, but no one really wants to join them since they're all too busy doing hunts lol.