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

[NoboruSouma]

A ranks were up as soon as the game went live, which means the servers were up at least about 3 hours before they became available. Ariyala refreshed their timers based on when the game was available, like they always do. Keep that in mind and happy hunting.

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Also: We had a S Rank Train last night.

Cherno -> Brontes -> Bonnacon (on of the first three hits) -> Lampalagua (third leve) -> Wulgaru -> Safat (on the second jump) -> Croque (on the fourth hit)

In that order under an hour. We were quite happy and amused about that. And "Brontes before Lampa?!" is becoming quite a meme for us now.

Has anyone experienced something like this?

[Tranquilmelody7]

Thanks for the replies, everyone.
As a follow-up, I'd like to ask:

How difficult is it to spawn Agrippa the Mighty and the Pale Rider RNG-wise?

Should their conditions be tweaked?

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[BillyKaplan]

How difficult is it to spawn Agrippa the Mighty and the Pale Rider RNG-wise?

They're the only two I never even remotely worry about being sniped no matter how long they're missing. So.

[Kazgrel]

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Also: We had a S Rank Train last night.

Cherno -> Brontes -> Bonnacon (on of the first three hits) -> Lampalagua (third leve) -> Wulgaru -> Safat (on the second jump) -> Croque (on the fourth hit)

In that order under an hour. We were quite happy and amused about that. And "Brontes before Lampa?!" is becoming quite a meme for us now.

Has anyone experienced something like this?

We had a similar such “train” on Zalera Wednesday with the ARR S ranks. Likely happens that way frequently here, since following a maintenance, most of them will be dead by the time I get home from work.

[BillyKaplan]

Post maint timers are both shorter and for the most part lack the random portion to them so they're pretty sure spawns, at least compared to normally.

[Moofluff]

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Also: We had a S Rank Train last night.

Cherno -> Brontes -> Bonnacon (on of the first three hits) -> Lampalagua (third leve) -> Wulgaru -> Safat (on the second jump) -> Croque (on the fourth hit)

In that order under an hour. We were quite happy and amused about that. And "Brontes before Lampa?!" is becoming quite a meme for us now.

Has anyone experienced something like this?

We had a fun one on Hyperion last night -- Pale Rider, then Bird of Paradise, Kaiser Behemoth and Orghana all up at the same time, then Gamma, Salt and Light and Gandarewa -- all under one hour! It was the most epic hour ever.

[Kazgrel]

So Zalera has both Orcus and Sabotender Bailarina running in circles going up a walkway alongside/up a cliff, then back down. Wondering if that's happening on other servers.

Attempts to attack them do nothing; can even see them change aggro, but they don't go after whoever has aggro on them. Orcus has been like this since at least Saturday evening EST.

[Riko_Futatabi]

So Zalera has both Orcus and Sabotender Bailarina running in circles going up a walkway alongside/up a cliff, then back down. Wondering if that's happening on other servers.

Attempts to attack them do nothing; can even see them change aggro, but they don't go after whoever has aggro on them. Orcus has been like this since at least Saturday evening EST.

Please, I would like a screenshot of this for the luls. :3

[BillyKaplan]

We had Orcus doing that on Balmung until he was reset mercifully. x.x

[KageTokage]

How difficult is it to spawn Agrippa the Mighty and the Pale Rider RNG-wise?

Should their conditions be tweaked?

I've gone as many as five maps in a row without spawning either of them after they'd reached the end of their spawn window, so the chances feel pretty low.

Between the spawn windows and the sheer RNG involved just in getting a map for the right zone, they really ought to have made them guaranteed spawns. I feel the same for Theda and Zone Seeker, as it's taken me as many as nine fish to spawn the latter after its window ended, which took around three hours.