So how come The Great Hunt can't be unsynced?

[Hezzlocks]

If you want to do content & be rewarded for said content, learn the content.
I don't see how it's fun going into content where the hardest thing that needs to be done is get the group together in the partyfinder.

That's only a small part of why all content should be able to be unsynced. The other part of it is the *challenge*. Yeah, there's a lot of things that trying to do unsynced is just a faceroll because you outgear it so much, but some things are actually harder *not* because of the damage numbers or whatever, but because of the much lower party size. My friend and I enjoy two-manning content, just trying to push the hardest things we can, and see how far we can go. We do this in many games. There are some things we'll likely never be able to 2 man purely because of how mechanics go, but that doesn't mean we don't like giving it a good try regardless, see if there's any way we can perhaps cheese the mechanic, or maybe somehow skip it entirely.

To this effect, I even think *current* content should be able to be unsynced purely because of that reason: The fun of the challenge, push as hard and as far as you can go.

THIS is why I say more options, not less.

[Vahlnir]

I was surprised that it wasn't changed to allow for unsynced play, but it's not a deal breaker for me. I mostly want the armor though so I don't have much of a grind if I so choose. The mount would be nice. If I get it, I get it. If I don't, I don't. Like I said, the armor set is my priority there. And I'm already 1 scale+ in the door, so...I'll get around to it whenever I feel like it.

[savageink]

It's a "special cross-over event" so, no. Probably, never.

[Hash_Browns]

That's only a small part of why all content should be able to be unsynced. The other part of it is the *challenge*. Yeah, there's a lot of things that trying to do unsynced is just a faceroll because you outgear it so much, but some things are actually harder *not* because of the damage numbers or whatever, but because of the much lower party size. My friend and I enjoy two-manning content, just trying to push the hardest things we can, and see how far we can go. We do this in many games. There are some things we'll likely never be able to 2 man purely because of how mechanics go, but that doesn't mean we don't like giving it a good try regardless, see if there's any way we can perhaps cheese the mechanic, or maybe somehow skip it entirely.

To this effect, I even think *current* content should be able to be unsynced purely because of that reason: The fun of the challenge, push as hard and as far as you can go.

THIS is why I say more options, not less.

I would like to offer a middle ground then, as you do raise a solid point.
Unsynced runs with less people can be a thing, which I haven't thought of, really.

Unsynced runs shouldn't offer rewards.

[grinkdaboy]

respect the content :^)

[Hezzlocks]

I would like to offer a middle ground then, as you do raise a solid point.
Unsynced runs with less people can be a thing, which I haven't thought of, really.

Unsynced runs shouldn't offer rewards.

I'm fine with that. With the way FF14 works, you can viably keep old content balanced and rewarding, which other MMOs like WoW couldn't do, which makes the whole "If you want the loot, work for it" ideal a valid approach. I'm half of the opinion that unsynced should still drop loot since at this point it's all entirely meaningless cosmetic loot (unless you're desynthing for profit i suppose?), but I'd still be fine with it.

I just want to be able to go into wherever whenever I want and find a good challenge in working around the fights.

[Nora_of_Mira]

Are they really never going to let those ones be done unsynced?

I'm pretty sure Yoshi said (i dont have the source) that since its collab content, they cant just simply make it easier as it devalue's Capcom's portion of the collab.

[Seraphor]

And *I* feel like you should be able to do *all* content unsynced, Alliance raids included. Give more options, not less.

I feel that you should be able to play all content unsynced, but that rewards should reflect this.

So if the Great Hunt were to be unsynced... no mount reward.

[Hezzlocks]

I feel that you should be able to play all content unsynced, but that rewards should reflect this.

So if the Great Hunt were to be unsynced... no mount reward.

An alternative would be the way WoW handles mounts, too. If you clear the Mythic raid while it's relevant, 100% drop rate (doesn't necessarily need to be 100% in FF14 of course, just keep drop rates as current). The moment it's no longer relevant, ie, doing old content unsynced, the drop rate plummets to an abyssmal 0.1% drop rate. You want the mount? Put in the work, one way or the other.

[kidalutz]

I mean to be fair it is Monster Hunter. I can't imagine the team at Capcom would have been happy with the idea that you could eventually cheese their contribution to FF14, particularly given the brutally hard nature of the game it was based on. I can pretty well imagine Capcom citing brand integrity or some other excuse when the idea for the cross over was pitched, because there's no other logical reason why this extreme in particular can't be cheesed.

Capcoms never been particularly difficult game creation wise since the NES era Much like another poster when it came to that I got used to being able to live and watch the others in the group eat damage like tic tacs

Though I would love for another collab with another game company to happen now..

I'd love to see Bloodstained happen :3 Please SE it totes fits... in some other expansion.

or if they go with Konami hi Suikoden