So buffing the reward, and nerfing the marks is the answer to fixing the Hunts?

[FireHero]

Well I don't know about you guys but am happy about the changes since this weekly hunt I have had since 2.3 I can now finish!
Ok bit strange they just totally ripped marks from B rank so even I don't want them now, But at least when there my weekly I can get it done!
I really have limited time to play so hunts was a no go for me since there zergs on my server just tuck out everything.
Now I can actually get marks!

[Khyra]

Your logic is completely flawed, those who spammed hunts are the ones saying "meh, I got my seals who cares".
Those of us who did other things and occasionally hunted now can only do so if we're lucky enough to be on when enough A's are up, basically.
You didn't bother with B ranks, but we did. Instead of hunting, I was doing ST/roulettes/etc, now I find out I should have been spamming hunts instead because SE decided to reward those who have been spamming hunts and punish those who were doing other content instead.

[Reynhart]

It (not continuous hunts) is another thing that favors those with excessive playtime.

Sorry, no. Now that you can earn 274 seals every week without being trampled by the Horde, it gives reward to people with little playtime each day.
Exactly like daily roulette, daily quests, weekly challenge log, etc...

[Khyra]

Sorry, no. Now that you can earn 274 seals every week without being trampled by the Horde, it gives reward to people with little playtime each day.
Exactly like daily roulette, daily quests, weekly challenge log, etc...

Only if you log on and do your dailies every day. Those of us who can mostly play on weekend for example got nerfed. Reward is to those who play a lot in 2 ways:
1) If you play every day, you get more from dailies (of course)
2) If you are on more hours, you will have greater chance of getting A marks.

Before, B marks were basically always spawning, so you could hunt Bs and get seals anytime. Now thats not an option. Those who play all the time will do A's and S's when up, the rest of us have to hope maybe something pops when we're on. Got at least half my seals from Bs before, now I can do weekly and 1 or 2 dailies a week, thats nowhere near 274 seals.

And those who were "spamming" or "abusing" the system that others like to complain about? Not affected at all. Because they already got their reward. Square is rewarding them even further by only hurting those who did other content and/or had less playtime.

[Waeksyn]

Sorry, no. Now that you can earn 274 seals every week without being trampled by the Horde, it gives reward to people with little playtime each day.
Exactly like daily roulette, daily quests, weekly challenge log, etc...

Maybe your server is different to mine but the original way was Hugely rewarding for those with limited playtime. I could log in, get into our main Hunt LS in minutes, hunt for an hour or two then log (quitting the LS on exit). Anytime.

[TheRogueX]

Good job SE..

...continue to negate any reason for doing group content....

I actually think this was a good way to fix it. B rank are just for weekly hunts. There are still A and S rank for group content.

Only people really complaining are people who were using this as their fast track to 110 weapons.

And those who were "spamming" or "abusing" the system that others like to complain about? Not affected at all. Because they already got their reward. Square is rewarding them even further by only hurting those who did other content and/or had less playtime.

This, however, is the not-fair part. But there's not really anything SE can do.

[Khyra]

Only people really complaining are people who were using this as their fast track to 110 weapons.

This is not true. I mean, you can say that all you want, but I'm complaining and was not doing that.

This, however, is the not-fair part. But there's not really anything SE can do.

They could have left it as-is to give everyone the same options, instead of giving a big first-mover/spammer advantage. They chose the latter.

[Baneus]

This is not true. I mean, you can say that all you want, but I'm complaining and was not doing that.



They could have left it as-is to give everyone the same options, instead of giving a big first-mover/spammer advantage. They chose the latter.

It always amuses me that people seem to think that a MMO that services hundreds of thousands of people (millions even) should cater specifically to their personal timeframe for getting things done. I'm pretty sure the change wasn't made to inconvenience you, personally. And yet here you are, acting like the devs thought "oh hey, lets piss off that Khyra Katze today".

[Ulathskullsplitter]

The dailies with fates are still not worth the 10 seals. With the changes today I was determined to start doing these every day now. Did the easy ones then got to my 2 fates. Barometz and jackanapes. Took 30 minutes for Barometz and I'm still standing around waiting for jackanapes to spawn. Over and hour now. Who knows when it'll spawn. So I'm going to get 20 seals for an hour and a half or more of standing around. Ya no thanks. Will be the last day I do these again.

[Dude]

This was a great change and will get people back into the roulette.