Resurgence of people using third-party programs to find hunt marks?

[alimdia]

Overall, this isn't actually benefiting anyone other then the few people using the sniffer to detect the hunts in this manner.

I don't want to defend the usage of 3rd party apps, but if you're admitting these people are relaying calls to hunt LS where people who don't use the program are getting benefit, where are you getting that it isn't actually benefiting anyone other than them?

The way I see it anyone getting those call relays are getting benefit, not just the person with the 3rd party program.

So what exactly is upsetting you here? Did you want to keep the hunt spawn secret and not call it?

[Kazgrel]

I don't want to defend the usage of 3rd party apps, but if you're admitting these people are relaying calls to hunt LS where people who don't use the program are getting benefit, where are you getting that it isn't actually benefiting anyone other than them?

The way I see it anyone getting those call relays are getting benefit, not just the person with the 3rd party program.

So what exactly is upsetting you here? Did you want to keep the hunt spawn secret and not call it?

You’d be surprised...I’ve seen groups/LSes try to do just that.

[KageTokage]

If my hunt linkshell let's me know the boss is at <pos> then I'm going to tell my other chat channels the hunt mark is at <flag>.
I don't need to be in a zone to legitimately relay information. I like to help my linkshell-less FC mates and other shells sometimes!

I'm aware of that, but when people are instantly sending out relays when there's nobody else within eyeshot of a S rank that spawned in front of me, it comes across as rather suspicious.

I'm also aware that can people can find hunts very quickly, particularly in wide open zones where you can see them easily, but this is happening frequently even in areas with tons of trees, hills, and other obstructions that make it difficult to spot the S rank until you're close to it, such as East Shroud and Coerthas Central Highlands. And logically, if someone did find a hunt that quickly, I'd expect them to already be standing next to it when I get there, but I sometimes encounter them still in transit or even get there before them at times.

I don't want to defend the usage of 3rd party apps, but if you're admitting these people are relaying calls to hunt LS where people who don't use the program are getting benefit, where are you getting that it isn't actually benefiting anyone other than them?

The way I see it anyone getting those call relays are getting benefit, not just the person with the 3rd party program.

So what exactly is upsetting you here? Did you want to keep the hunt spawn secret and not call it?

I like to wait until all of the people in my private linkshell arrive before calling it publicly, since they're all players who actually try to spawn/locate S ranks on a regular basis.

It feels only right for the people who've been doing work to get first dibs on them, and they've missed out sometimes because of people instantly calling them and one of the server's resident "early" pullers getting there before them.