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

[KageTokage]

Are the current timers ahead or behind?

I was leaning towards the former, as it's been less then 24 hours since the servers came up, but the Garlok is listed as having been open for almost six hours on Cactaur, despite having a 28 hour minimum respawn.

[Luna_Li]

Ariyala timers for S ranks seem to be off by about 3 hours if we go by the time we were able to log in. Servers probably have been up 20-30min earlier tho (atleast they almost always have been before) which could set the timer off by 2:30h - 2:40h.

Quick calculation with european time:

Maintenance ended at 11 am. With Garlok opening 21h later he should've opened at 8 am. It's almost 3 pm here but Garlok timer is at almost 10h when he should be closer to 7h.

[Dimagasa]

but the Garlok is listed as having been open ... despite having a 28 hour minimum respawn.

That is not accurate, consult the first page. Ari opens are off still though.

[The_Ghost]

Garlok open in 6h
but he spawn Now

[Luna_Li]

I dont know what tool you are using but he sure as hell wouldn't have opened in 6 hours on Ariyala. And his weather was right as well.

[Dimagasa]

We had a Zona show up, meaning the servers were online at least 40m before logins were open. Ari timers confirmed to only be 2h 20m off atm.

[Dimagasa]

Caught Theda 10 minutes in and Zona 15 minutes in. I'm going to wager that servers were open for a bit before logins were.

[BillyKaplan]

From my experience and hearing my ls buddies talk, it seems that the post-maintenance timers are the bare minimum they should be. After they're killed for the first time post-maint is when the timers start getting randomized.

[Kanjishin]

Caught Theda 10 minutes in and Zona 15 minutes in. I'm going to wager that servers were open for a bit before logins were.

I believe right now is about 38.5h in so ari is off like 2.5h imo

[Dimagasa]

Gilgamesh is having trouble with the same hunt bot character that showed up at the start of Stormblood. It either unsubbed or got a 3 month temp ban but came back in 4.1 and is now back to its usual MO. Automates all of the ARR S triggers and will run the same script search paths (over and over again after each glimmer/judge catch). Runs a PLD for ARR and healer for SB. Invites people shouting lfg, instant pulls when a couple join (whether they are there or not) and then gives a /p ty and instantly disbands after it dies. Will /shout <t> <pos> on A ranks while doing search paths to invite people while it pulls. Also seen botting mark bills, DF, roulettes to level alternate classes as well as crafting materials that are macro-able.

Plenty of reports already in, but we expect having to endure at least two weeks until 4.15 and a new ban wave goes through to see if they bothered doing anything about it. Let us know if you see this particular bot program operating on other servers.

The kicker? Whoever runs the character posts on the official forums advocating people don't actually report bots. He/it did this before the 3 month absence and even once right after returning.