NOTORIOUS MONSTERS!!!

[KamikazeMan]

As long as a bigger amount of people is needed for it (half the Odin FATE body count maybe) ... or at least Svara/Gorgimera. Would hate those Hunts to be over in a matter of seconds :x

I expect this to be the case for the first few weeks at least. People will shout the coordinates and the monster will be dead within a minute. Though if the monster scales well to the amount of players going up against it and has powerful attacks, it may not die so fast and hunts may be a really fun feature.

[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.)

[DeadRiser]

I really hope he didn't screw up a good type of system he has going. If it's one kill per week.. that's just bogus.
People who can only play on weekends or week nights won't ever have a chance at something he's describing as
actually deadly and might be a challenge. We will find out tomorrow at least.

[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.