Quote Originally Posted by OldGeezer View Post
I am enjoying the benefits of the hunt system. I join and 4 hours later I have the weekly soldiery, myth for a zodiac book, and seals for a logbook. In the last 1 1/2 weeks I've completed 6 zodiac books. As a DPS it's better using the roulette to achieve the first two goals. As for hunts ruining the roulette dailies there are still being run (need them for Zodiac FATES), but if you're a DPS it's not the way to go. With respect to hunts diminishing Coil parties, it's not the root cause but a symptom of the disease. Premades/static don't want people unless they have cleared it multiple times. How can you clear it if no one will run with you? Your classic Catch-22. Second Coil is more challenging than First Coil so your generic PUG won't make it like you could in First Coil. Your only option left to get good gear is hunts. Are you surprised that the DF is dead? What option is left to the player who isn't in a static or an end-game raiding FC?
Join an endgame raiding FC? Join an FC that is hoping to start endgame raiding? /shrug MMORPG... where guilds/FC/LS/etc are intended to be your source of access to content reliably.

I'd suspect that if you didn't have raid experience, 9/10 FCs that are hoping to start raiding would accept you with open arms. Likewise, if you did have experience, existing raiding FCs would accept you with open arms... some would do it even if you didn't. Of course, there are exceptions, but unless your server is the trash/slums of the game, where elitism rules over everything, you're bound to find people willing to take you.