NOTORIOUS MONSTERS!!!

[Craiger]

I hope the normal "Hunts" is still rewarding enough... I somewhat like the idea of the Elite ones too, but not if they are like Odin and Behe, cause that's just a slideshow for me... I want them to be hard to find and complete, but not so rare that the whole server will join if someone finds it...

I really hope this could be a real alternative to Myth farming for Alexandrite... Not like Fates which really isn't a good alternative.

[ShinkuTachi]

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I'm REALLY looking forward to this myself, and I'm looking forward to hitting this new content with friends. NMs and HNMs was one of the things I loved about XI.

Tuesday can't come fast enough for me! ^_^

so long as they don't do something stupid like adding Absolute Virtue or Pandemonium Warden as Hunt Monsters we should be fine.

I really don't think a game like this could support battles like that, to be quite honest.

[Munba]

This implies always a risk in the server crash like for Odin mmh. We'll see.

[Ulathskullsplitter]

This implies always a risk in the server crash like for Odin mmh. We'll see.

Unfortunately this is what I'm anticipating. Just like after release every time Odin or behemoth spawned the zone or server would crash. Hope they're ready for it this time.

[Clavaat]

Well, I had previously thought these would be spawned like Treasure Hunts, but that doesn't seem to be the case. From what he had described, you will be able to hunt them at your leisure; you are not tied down to the weekly Elite Hunt. They are just there to help people who don't have the time to hunt all day to stay caught up. But, if you have the time, you can run around and hunt them for the seals.

I'm a bit upset that some drop items, curious to see what they are before I make any final judgments, but I hated NMs in FFXI. It was painful sitting and waiting for hours on end during a window, even for the lower end ones, for a really strong piece of gear. It wasn't hard, just boring and tedious. But at least there is not real claim system in place here, everyone can get credit.

I guess in the end, I'm glad for more options, so I'll be excited to try. Yoshi-P seems to have been pretty hush-hush on the details of the new gear from Allied Seals, but I imagine it will be around i100, as a third alternative to soldiery gear (CT2, Soldiery, Allied Seals). That's pretty cool.

[Seif]

We have Coil gear and relic grind. Getting gear this way should be good news for everyone as more options is always good for the game no matter what. And nobody HAS to sit in a bush camping for a NM or you're doing it wrong.

Just join a fight if you happen to see one and enjoy it! Don't do stuff you don't feel like doing. If you want a more predictable way of playing there's absolutely no shortage of that in this game for you.
There really is only positive sides in this for everyone =)

[Wulfgang]

/removes his Darter DAT file

[Felis]

I think it would work like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmGlyBJjt7g

[Sadana]

I wonder about the difficulty of the Elite Marks... are we talking 8-man treasure-chest Chimera difficulty or Stereopes/Lazy Larry difficulty... there's a BIIIIG difference. One makes me cry at the thought. xD

(On another note, I'm beginning to think I'm the only one who thinks the Odin FATE is hilarious fun... I die, you die, he dies, she dies, EVERYBODY dies... xDDD)(ok ok I'll admit... it's seeing all these level 50s scurrying around like rats that I find hilarious.)

[Musashidon]

I wonder about the difficulty of the Elite Marks... are we talking 8-man treasure-chest Chimera difficulty or Stereopes/Lazy Larry difficulty... there's a BIIIIG difference. One makes me cry at the thought. xD

(On another note, I'm beginning to think I'm the only one who thinks the Odin FATE is hilarious fun... I die, you die, he dies, she dies, EVERYBODY dies... xDDD)(ok ok I'll admit... it's seeing all these level 50s scurrying around like rats that I find hilarious.)

both most likely, there are different ranks of difficulty. if you find a rank D elite it can prolly be done with a light party, but run into a rank S elite and you will prolly wanna call up some back up.