Let's talk about Hunts - a detailed rundown of their assumed mechanics

[Yarukiba]

I don't know if maybe he was popped and no one noticed till several game hours later or what.

It happened with Croakadile on Moogle as well. If it's a low level / new player spawning it, the player would most likely avoid it but won't say anything since he doesn't know about the hunt itself. This kind of thing also happened with Nandi and Brontes (was my fault for Brontes, I didn't look behind me and kept running until I see him from far away xD). If no GW users is around or if it's an area where only low levels find an interest to be in, then it can stay like this for a long time lol

[Kayko]

Any ideas on how long after a S ranks window closes does it reopen again? Gilgamesh had a spawn of Nuny after 67 hours of the window being open.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Any ideas on how long after a S ranks window closes does it reopen again? Gilgamesh had a spawn of Nuny after 67 hours of the window being open.

Windows don't open or close. There is a randomized time until respawn can occur which falls between the listed "Respawn Cooldown Time" and "Maximum Respawn Time". You can not miss a spawn window.

Nuny rarely spawns without dedicated effort because only a continuous hour of making certain no FATEs fail or time out will allow him to spawn.

[Shadowsun]

Also had a Nuny spawn after 103 hrs >_>

[Magistrella]

That would be on the second night, but it's supposed to start being able to appear around midnight on the second night. Your kill was at 7PM on the 2nd, which is strange. We know for 100% certain that he can not spawn during the day, so I can only assume nobody stepped on the landmine

edit: to clarify, I mean midnight as in 00:00 on the 2nd night, 19 eorzean hours before you killed it.

We once had a Mindflayer spawn at 4:36 Eorzea Time on the Second day of New Moon. And we are sure it wasn't there the night before b/c it was right next to Camp Tranquil Port where we were waiting another 36 mins for the spawn after trying the whole night xD

Seen this three times total now, Croak/Mind Spawned before the assumed fall of night at 6 pm. But it happens so rarely, especially with mind being a "landmined" trigger x.x

[Vandesaan]

Any ideas on how long after a S ranks window closes does it reopen again? Gilgamesh had a spawn of Nuny after 67 hours of the window being open.

This is not FFXI. Once something is open, it stays open until you spawn it. The time until it opens is all kinds of unknown because of the randomized time factor after the minimum time.

We once had a Mindflayer spawn at 4:36 Eorzea Time on the Second day of New Moon. And we are sure it wasn't there the night before b/c it was right next to Camp Tranquil Port where we were waiting another 36 mins for the spawn after trying the whole night xD

Seen this three times total now, Croak/Mind Spawned before the assumed fall of night at 6 pm. But it happens so rarely, especially with mind being a "landmined" trigger x.x

This can often happen after maintenance.

[Leknaat]

Any ideas on how long after a S ranks window closes does it reopen again? Gilgamesh had a spawn of Nuny after 67 hours of the window being open.

Nuny is unfortunate because NO fate can fail for 1 hour - including the 3 or 4 fates that you have to talk to the NPC to trigger (You can only see these FATES if you're close enough to the NPC). If there was a concerted effort to pop him - odds are one of these fates was missed. One of our more recent Nunyunuwi spawns took 200+ hours because... well... dedicated effort thing XD Not like one person can pop him like the others.

[Magistrella]

Nuny is unfortunate because NO fate can fail for 1 hour - including the 3 or 4 fates that you have to talk to the NPC to trigger (You can only see these NPCs if you're close enough to the NPC). If there was a concerted effort to pop him - odds are one of these fates was missed.

The "trigger fates must be activated" theory im still sceptical about. The sample i got is too small but, i let the escort near ala mihgo and the starter for "From A to B" despawn a total of four times now. Nuny spawned always in the next 30 minutes. I really think that the timer only resets if a FATE is finished with the "FATE failed" message and not when you do not activate it

But might just be me :x

[Vandesaan]

I already removed the part about having to activate the player-activated ones because we debunked it ages ago. FATEs can not fail, either by expiry or by having their requires NPCs die. It is common to see the escort FATEs' NPCs die and have the FATE actually fail, thus resetting the 60 minute timer.

[MageBlack]

I noticed the spazzing out people were doing about hunts has subsided. I knew it would too, once the initial hype, insanity, and it being the path of least resistance had changed. Now hunts seem to be working as intended.