Quote Originally Posted by ovIm View Post
External sources do not count, we are talking purely ingame methods here
Then your take doesn't matter. This is an online game, thus everyone potentially has access to online resources. If you are choosing not to use them, then you are just willingly handicapping yourself.

Also, hunt trains do not allow you to simply drop in when you have the time, since it depends on Mob Spawn timers on the server and can not be done during any free time window a player may has. So no, Hunt Trains are not an adequate replacement for easy drop in gameplay, even if their tomes/hours ratio is better.
Hunt trains are frequent enough that there is almost always at least one going on somewhere. You would need to look on more than just your own server though. Or is that also something too difficult for you and therefore it "doesn't count" or whatever?