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

[Leknaat]

Thanks to whatever ACT nonsense the cheaters are now using again, hunts have once again taken a turn for the worse on Behemoth.

Gathered Leeks for Bonnacon, 5 seconds after, the area explodes into INV INV INV shouts, it spawned on Umbra... thanks, cheaters. So annoyed how this is happening again, things have been so nice since Guildwork finally shut down, now I'll have to deal with this all over again.

Blame the GW replacement. That gives the coordinates to all the others using it.

[KageTokage]

I've only noticed one person on Cactaur so far who's obviously using GW to call hunts, because I tailed them into the Ruby Sea once for an Okina spawn, loaded in before them, then saw them call its position the instant they loaded into the zone, despite the fact that there's no way they could've seen it from there. They also did the same thing for a Salt and Light spawn that occurred while they were waiting for Ixion, which again, was out of their field of vision and was called literally the second the spawn occurred.

[Luna_Li]

I understand using ACT to know if something did spawn - for several hunts like Udumbara, Bird of Paradise and what not. No one wants to waste time / resources on something what could have been up for hours already. The GW replacement tho is something I don't understand. With ACT you still have the thrill to actively search for it. The other thing tho is just.......... boring and ruines every fun to hunt. Spawning an S Rank only to have people resharing it's location already or shouting for invites before you knew you actually did spawn it is just a no-go imo.


Gamma spawn on Shiva after 54:15, Orghana after 54:20 (based on Ariyalas timer).

[AreYouDeeWhy]

Orghana Pop 67:XX hours after maint

Notes: had to clear tribute 3 times before pop

[Hvaren]

Orghana Pop 67:XX hours.

Notes: had to clear tribute 3 times before pop

And just confirming, if someone dont know it yet, but I had to step into the ground for it to spawn, I flied by and nothing happened, when I touched ground it spawned in front of me.

[Mandudez]

And just confirming, if someone dont know it yet, but I had to step into the ground for it to spawn, I flied by and nothing happened, when I touched ground it spawned in front of me.

I spawned it before with just a fly by. I was about at the top of it height wise. Maybe 5 yalms to my left.

[Luna_Li]

Two immediate spawns of Salt and Light after about 70 hours.

edit: is it safe to say the timer for SB S Ranks is halfed after a maintenance?

[The_Ghost]

our Udumbara : Odin
spawn at 71h by killing
50 leshy and Diakka

spawn it with friend.

[Dimagasa]

Two immediate spawns of Salt and Light after about 70 hours.

edit: is it safe to say the timer for SB S Ranks is halfed after a maintenance?

The timers are 60% of normal.

[Leknaat]

So... location does not seem to matter for where you toss stuff for Salt and Light. 5 ppl in zone, 4 ppl afk at Porta, with me as the 5th. I thew some items into the loch, nothing. Since the zone was so dead I started flying around and tossing stuff and got a pop (This happened as well with the friend that tossed something and had salt & light spawn in his face - aka he did not toss at lochs, but was lucky enough to be at the spot S&L decided to pop)