Suggestion: Level Sync for S rank Hunts

[Unease_Lemming]

And also:
- People struggled on Agrippa (ARR S Hunt) even in Heavensward(average ilvl 250), killing that thing with level 50 sync(ilvl130) will be one hell of a nightmare. Honestly, i pass on that.
p.s. Because 99% of them just DPS it in brain-dead mode.

That's exactly the difficulty I would love to see return. Maybe it's just me but, are S ranks not SUPPOSED to be difficult and not just a 10 second striking dummy?

By constantly updating the rewards gained, SE has kept all S ranks relevant. Should they really just be able to be easily solo'd?

[Zeonsilt]

That's exactly the difficulty I would love to see return. Maybe it's just me but, are S ranks not SUPPOSED to be difficult and not just a 10 second striking dummy?

By constantly updating the rewards gained, SE has kept all S ranks relevant. Should they really just be able to be easily solo'd?

I love hunts and would like an increase in difficulty too (and rewards), however, i can see a "general picture" aka there's always people, who never learn or ignore everyone. Seeing Agrippa regenerating to full health 20 times in a row because "your lazy average Johny never bothers" is not something i want. But this is only a #1 problem.

A second problem in this game is already presented fully at Ixion: FF XIV game engine is not suited for mass-scale battles, and servers end up going down. And even if it's not, the lags and delay is awful.
Heck, as MCH, i can't even start generating Heat, even if i shoot or use a Flamethrower, my Heat Gauge is still at 0. (and you can't use Stabilizer either).
I.e. large scale battles @ S Hunts will feel like a drag, not something enjoyable.


Something like this happened to Blizzard and WoW in 2008 with it's Ice-Lake-pvp siege zone. They acknowledged the flaws and it took them awhile to fix/update the game(about 1 year i think).

[Kisagami]

I agree. I’m so sick of having S ranks called and people “yoloing” or “Leroy Jenkinsing” it just to troll the people who actually need to get their hunts done. It is incredibly selfish, and honestly I feel SE needs to fix things when it comes to this. Old content is still content important to new players in ARR and HW. Keeping newer players happy means more profits for SE as a whole. Wanna keep the game healthy? Fix the overall health and feel of the game!

[BillyKaplan]

Old content is still content important to new players in ARR and HW. Keeping newer players happy means more profits for SE as a whole.

While you're not wrong, this argument is weak based on how you define 'newer'. I managed to spawn Nandi as a level 43 MIN who likes to have minions out and paid for that with my life, and to this day hold a grudge against that lizard. I know of someone who quit the game because an A rank spawned over their level 10 self, and let's be honest, that makes for a horrible experience. It's one thing if you're under-leveled and intentionally go to a zone where the monsters are 10+ levels ahead, it's another when a max-level enemy meant to be fought by numerous people spawns in the middle of a 10-15 enemy level range zone, all because you happened to stand over Brontes' spawn point when you ate your experience boost. Oh and how about that level 60 Odin in the middle of a level 50 area, hm? Hunts from the get-go were very poorly designed and the fact they didn't age well is yet another proof of that.

[Phireblast]

Have you ever considered networking to find better linkshells? Not justifying how hunts are in their present state in any way, but this can really really soften the blow.

[Sarteck]

Have you ever considered networking to find better linkshells? Not justifying how hunts are in their present state in any way, but this can really really soften the blow.

Well, they mentioned (twice) that it was in reference to a Hunt that they spawned that was pulled before they even got to it. No amount of linkshells will change that.

[TaintedTerror]

Well, they mentioned (twice) that it was in reference to a Hunt that they spawned that was pulled before they even got to it. No amount of linkshells will change that.

It's been a big problem on Behemoth lately caused by a couple people trolling the main people that spawn by pulling before they get there. It's been that way for around 2+ weeks now.

[AstralLux]

We pretty much need a Level Sync for old hunts. And if this is not the best option, SE should be able to to something else to make old hunts better.

[Valento]

I couldn't agree more with this. This particular issue has been raised every now and then in the linkshells I'm in. You could have something along the lines of Odin: he's an old boss but people still can have their participation, and thus aren't vulnerable to others who hatefully kill them too early for the sole purpose of preventing legit players from getting participation.

This also propagates a bad reputation about one of the most played content, how would someone face a situation in which they'll never be able to kill such bosses (and therefore finish off their achievements) because some players, driven by hatred, will steal that content from them continuously? I'm in the same server and this happens every single day. S ranks mean much more to your players, SE, and I believe this should be properly addressed.

[Kisagami]

On Siren, we have a well known Free Company that has been trolling all the linkshells. They call out in all the hunt linkshells, and while people are still arriving, pull it just to troll everyone. Not only has it wasted me thousands in teleports, but I had to deal with my linkshell arguing whether they should report that FC for calling it out, then pulling it, just to watch everyone rage that they missed it.

Absolutely riduculous we have these kind of trolls. But what is SE gonna do? Make S Ranks fates?