Hunts, built in wait time.

[Zyrusticae]

some people do like competition

Those people should go play actual PvP, where the game is DESIGNED for competition.

Absolutely everything PvE in this game has been designed for cooperative play, EXCEPT for Hunts, for some unfathomable reason. Breaking this trend does them no favors, something clearly evident in the incredible, exacerbated toxicity of the community around Hunts.

[Redemption]

Those people should go play actual PvP, where the game is DESIGNED for competition.

Absolutely everything PvE in this game has been designed for cooperative play, EXCEPT for Hunts, for some unfathomable reason. Breaking this trend does them no favors, something clearly evident in the incredible, exacerbated toxicity of the community around Hunts.

Even hunts were designed for cooperation, maybe not server wide cooperation but cooperation none the less (hence them making them open to contribution from everyone and in the blog saying players will want to shout for help). It just has some side effects currently.

edit: In the interview posted to these forums not long ago by Abriael (link: http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/08/15/final-fantasy-xivs-naoki-yoshida-interview-expansion-xbox-one-version-directx-11-client-and-much-more/) at about 43 mins into the video they state the intended cooperative nature for the harder hunts.