are hunts the only way to obtain allied seals?

[Korilynn]

Just started going after allied seals, and my first thought is "Why is the i100 gear cheaper than the i70 gear?" Is it just because it's your GC?

I even started going after the seals because I saw there was a difference in gear between the GC's, so I switched GCs and started hunting! I was thinking "Go with the pirates" when the choice first came up, but went with Ul'dah because I started there! *sigh* If I had only known they had gear that wasn't basically the same!

[Sartori]

I just want the alexandrite price to drop to 50 or 20 seals even.

Oh yeah they'll drop it into easy mode sooner or later. Make it easy on the people complaining about it.....

[Divine_Intervention]

I just want the alexandrite price to drop to 50 or 20 seals even.

They halved the price of it via Sol, why not do so on alexandrite side also. Meh, I'm speaking as a current alexandrite grinder, but i guess it's not so bad lol.

[Ametrine]

I actually initially thought the GC gear was iLVL 110 or something when I first discovered it due to the cost verses the Sol gear. It really should be around HALF the price it is for the sets to have some validity for the kevel they are.

[Edellis]

Hunts are just terrible things right now, I almost wish they were handled more like levequests then open-world enemies. Before I switched to PS4, they were barely even possible to participate in.

[Black91CRX]

But hunting daily A ranks im pretty sure you get a weapon less a week.

That still gonna take killing over 80 A ranks in that "week". Considering most people have limited play time per week, it ends up a ridiculously long grind. That's all I'm saying.

[Tagihi]

That still gonna take killing over 80 A ranks in that "week". Considering most people have limited play time per week, it ends up a ridiculously long grind. That's all I'm saying.

still not that terrible. IF you have few hunting ls and those 80 hunts arent gona be an problems.

[Welsper59]

still not that terrible. IF you have few hunting ls and those 80 hunts arent gona be an problems.

Pretty much this. On Leviathan, most A hunts are on a relatively set and unified spawn time. When you join an A rank group, chances are there's going to be another spawn within 10min... then another... then another. The downtime after all of them are down before the next spawn happens is maybe an hour or so. Sure, not everyone is going to have the time to do every one of them, but who said you need to? Just doing a few A hunts a week alone will reduce those 8 months by more than half.

Honestly though, I don't understand why the idea of vanity costing a lot of time/effort to get is lost on people. Think about it... cash shop = vanity. Nutkin, Fat Cat, etc pets all costing more than any progressive gear (combat, crafting, gathering). Unlike actually useful gear for combat progression, there is no impending rush on vanity that's (for all we know) going to always be there.

[FranSeara]

The best way to get Allied Seals from hunts is to join a group. Otherwise you'll get so few.

Close, but not so true. You can still get Full credit going solo. The trick is to keep dots up on hunt at all times, be high on the hate list and never stop dpsing, and be over geared for the hunt. Its hard but not un -do-able.

[CGMidlander]

Close, but not so true. You can still get Full credit going solo. The trick is to keep dots up on hunt at all times, be high on the hate list and never stop dpsing, and be over geared for the hunt. Its hard but not un -do-able.

Depending on server population, dots might not even be worth using.
Going tank and generating as much enmity as you can is the best way to get credit. (Though, if you're alone, don't get top enmity or you're probably going to die lol)