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[Awful]

Yeah, no.

When I spawn S Ranks and I get a Full Party to do it, Hunts are amazing, especially at appropriate Level. They are challenging and have awesome mechanics.

So...the lvl 50 S ranks have mechanics when they die in 5 seconds? I'm sure the SB ones do as they're lvl appropriate what I mean is scale them to lvl 70 all the hunt ranks and base it off how many people are engaged with fighting the monster that way it's not a steam roll get in get out kinda thing that way it makes it more worth while. I mean you're free to like what you like how it stands right now most Hunts <70 just add nothing but a quick smack and get your seals so yay?

I like the cryptic ideas of spawning S ranks but in the end they're nothing special, at least to me, sure there's spectacle when you first fight them but most of the time in old areas especially they die before any kind of mechanics even happen.

I think Awful meant make S ranks more powerful the more players there are, not easier. Sure at appropriate level S ranks can be challenging, but most of the time it's gonna be a max level player which for right now means ARR and HW S ranks are a joke. Come next expansion, SB S ranks will be a joke too.

^ this is exactly why I believe removing or not even participating in Hunts doesn't influence the game all the hunt monsters are obsolete every expansion it's why SE needs to scale them properly or they'll have the same repeating issues they've been having for all their content so far from 2.X-4.X something needs to change in 5.0 to the Hunt and everything in actuality.

[Spiroth]

So...the lvl 50 S ranks have mechanics when they die in 5 seconds? I'm sure the SB ones do as they're lvl appropriate what I mean is scale them to lvl 70 all the hunt ranks and base it off how many people are engaged with fighting the monster that way it's not a steam roll get in get out kinda thing that way it makes it more worth while. I mean you're free to like what you like how it stands right now most Hunts <70 just add nothing but a quick smack and get your seals so yay?

I like the cryptic ideas of spawning S ranks but in the end they're nothing special, at least to me, sure there's spectacle when you first fight them but most of the time in old areas especially they die before any kind of mechanics even happen.



^ this is exactly why I believe removing or not even participating in Hunts doesn't influence the game all the hunt monsters are obsolete every expansion it's why SE needs to scale them properly or they'll have the same repeating issues they've been having for all their content so far from 2.X-4.X something needs to change in 5.0 to the Hunt and everything in actuality.

What are you talking about? I literally said "at appropriate level". And they do not die at 5 seconds with appropriate Parties lol.

Also, no, level scaling S Ranks (or any other open world content) is a huge no-no, because ARR S Ranks must adhere to that expansions Level Cap, because a player buying ARR won't be lvl 70, he will be capped at level 50. And ARR S Ranks are lvl 50 content. If they scale them, it is prone to lawsuit.

Level Syncing them would be acceptable though.

[Awful]

What are you talking about? I literally said "at appropriate level". And they do not die at 5 seconds with appropriate Parties lol.

Also, no, level scaling S Ranks is a huge no-no, because ARR S Ranks must adhere to that expansions Level Cap, because a player buying ARR won't be lvl 70, he will be capped at level 50. And ARR S Ranks are lvl 50 content. If they scale them, it is prone to lawsuit.

What...Prone to lawsuit? What're you talking about? How would that lead to a lawsuit? I thought you wanted a challenge as you said that's the reason you do them I don't see an issue with scaling all the hunts to give them more meaning rather then call out > dead > move on. It's gonna be like that next xpac where the SB hunts are going to die rather easily and so on and so forth I don't see why it has to follow "expansion level cap" that to me sounds like a cop out answer and thus makes the hunt, at least to me less meaningful then it already is.

And with our gear when we first started the xpac even in SB we have ilvl 380-400 gear vs the ilvl 300 gear we started out with so yes they don't go down in 5 seconds but they're starting to lose their longevity even now you even have to see that, sure it's fun for the social aspect and the "look guys I spawned an S rank!", but it's the same pattern over and over again and it'll lead to them being obsolete.

Bottom line is they don't scale at all from the beginning of the xpac > to the end.

[Aylis]

I've come across people killing ARR A ranks solo myself. I remember coming across a PLD recently in Western Thanalan soloing an A rank. Hope they didn't mind me jumping in but it was there and so was I. It is definitely someone's right to do so if they wish. Whoever finds it basically calls the shots. They can either report it, or they can go ham.

Speaking as someone like that PLD and who does just that, well...the drama with hunts is a two way street and effects us as well when we see others. I'll typically wander into A ranks when doing my daily hunt block in HS zones and go to solo them. Sometimes others will show and join in and me personally I'm totally okay with that and have no issues at all. Though I'll be honest and say when others do show up after I engage I do get a bit skittery at first because the first thing that pops in my mind is "are you here just to jump in or are you here to reset on me to bide time for the hunt mob to show up?" It takes me a couple moments watching to figure out a players intent and if that intent is just to jump in. Then that's perfectly fine with me.

[Thamorian]

What are you talking about? I literally said "at appropriate level". And they do not die at 5 seconds with appropriate Parties lol.

Also, no, level scaling S Ranks (or any other open world content) is a huge no-no, because ARR S Ranks must adhere to that expansions Level Cap, because a player buying ARR won't be lvl 70, he will be capped at level 50. And ARR S Ranks are lvl 50 content. If they scale them, it is prone to lawsuit.

Level Syncing them would be acceptable though.

I'd be totally cool with a level sync system in place.

[Spiroth]

What...Prone to lawsuit? What're you talking about? How would that lead to a lawsuit? I thought you wanted a challenge as you said that's the reason you do them I don't see an issue with scaling all the hunts to give them more meaning rather then call out > dead > move on. It's gonna be like that next xpac where the SB hunts are going to die rather easily and so on and so forth I don't see why it has to follow "expansion level cap" that to me sounds like a cop out answer and thus makes the hunt, at least to me less meaningful then it already is.

And with our gear when we first started the xpac even in SB we have ilvl 380-400 gear vs the ilvl 300 gear we started out with so yes they don't go down in 5 seconds but they're starting to lose their longevity even now you even have to see that, sure it's fun for the social aspect and the "look guys I spawned an S rank!", but it's the same pattern over and over again and it'll lead to them being obsolete.

1) You cannot sell me a game (ARR) that has contents that belong to it (ARR S Rank Hunts) that are not possible to be beaten with the tools provided with what you offer me in my purchase. Thus, prone to lawsuit.
2) I never said the reason I do them is because of challenge. I said they are challenging which I do like.
3) I also said they are challenging without level scaling at appropriate level / participation, aka how they are meant to be experienced.
4) They will never be obsolete. Especially if they introduce Level Sync to them. Try doing Agrippa as a Level 50 Full Party, and not as a Legion of Level 70 Alliances. Even now, if you try Agrippa as a Level 70 Light Party, he is still somewhat awesome.

[Spiroth]

I'd be totally cool with a level sync system in place.

Me too.
I seriously can't wait to be able to do all S Ranks as a level appropriate, Minimum ilvl, 8-Man Party someday.

[EorzeaHero69]

Kicking for playing sub-optimally admits parsing, so it's reportable.

It's only admission of parsing if they literally say it ingame chat, but it's only reportable if they diss someone about their dps numbers..

[Awful]

1) You cannot sell me a game (ARR) that has contents that belong to it (ARR S Rank Hunts) that are not possible to be beaten with the tools provided with what you offer me in my purchase. Thus, prone to lawsuit.
2) I never said the reason I do them is because of challenge. I said they are challenging which I do like.
3) I also said they are challenging without level scaling at appropriate level / participation, aka how they are meant to be experienced.
4) They will never be obsolete. Especially if they introduce Level Sync to them. Try doing Agrippa as a Level 50 Full Party, and not as a Legion of Level 70 Alliances. Even now, if you try Agrippa as a Level 70 Light Party, he is still somewhat awesome.

1. Even if you have a trial account associated with ARR you can't reach max level nor can you even go to Ishgard or SB areas so that point is very moot not to mention there are level 50 hunts you can do and will give you seals, so again moot. You can and will bump into these regardless of your expansion in ARR areas that's the point you failed in this point I've had to bail (albeit rare cases) some lowbies because there was an A rank off the beaten path like in Northern Thanalan.

2. They're really not challenging it's the same mechanics just added onto an open area with a giant AoE (the A rank in Mor Dhona is almost the same as the A rank in Thanalan with the Courel) the S ranks have 1-2 mechanics at most that can be brute forced so I don't see much of a challenge take Agrippa since we're talking about him, he has buffs that you need to look for so you don't kill yourself that's about it. He's just a glorified mech that you've fought before combined with a Claw monster he has Exhaust and Grand Sword the only difference is it applies vulen.

3. Well there isn't a level sync that's the games fault for not providing it within the game it's not the expansions fault when you yourself are lvl 50 and your lvl 70 friends summoned and kill it so this is a horrible point to try and make valid as you can't validate content for someone who can't even reach max lvl because within the first couple of hours they are going to consciously want to continue and buy the expansion or not. Everyone's different so you can't say "it's expansion locked! It's not fair!" when there's lvl 50 A rank hunts in places like Middle La Noscea and such that people under lvl 50 die to because it can spawn anywhere.

4. That's if they do and I have done Agrippa back in ARR back when he was challenging, you can't compare lvl 50 to lvl 70 being somewhat awesome you can solo him as a healer/rdm/pld/war I could go on there is no challenge in doing lvl 50 hunts that's the point i'm trying to make yet you give me these half arsed comments about it being some spectacle and gated behind an expansion when it's not.

[Vahlnir]

It's only admission of parsing if they literally say it ingame chat, but it's only reportable if they diss someone about their dps numbers..

It's also not hard to see without a parser whether someone is underperforming or not, whether it's the number of deaths or a rotation they are clearly doing wrong. Just saying.