So uh... what makes elite hunts different from a FATE then?

[Tiggy]

Ironic, that being their slogan yet they want to stop Leviathan. ¬_¬

It's 'Til Sea Swallows All not 'Til Leviathan Swallows All.

[KingOfAbyss]

Yoshida actually said they will pop in a variety of different places (the same mark) so you can't just memorize where something spawns. So aside from reportedly unpredictable spawn points/ conditional spawning, no timer, no map indicator, and just technically not being FATEs, they are fairly similar to FATEs but they give much better rewards (at least categorically, the quantity might be terrible since there's no cap).

One thing that will help us getting clues/hints are the NPCs we will encounter along the roads, and read carefully what they have to say to us..

How many of us actually take the time to read, even for story and side quests? muhahahahaha

RPers rejoice!

[Haibel]

lol its until the sea swallows all. Like Stick together until we all die
Of course we'll fight leviathan!

on topic, I hope the make elite marks pretty tough or have certain things
you have to do, or you'll die. Otherwise they may be zergy.

I have a feeling the Elites are gonna need a good amount of teamwork to take down with a good amount of
DPS swatting moves to keep them back from straight zerging to hell out of the mobs.

[Felis]

Tell that to PvP players losing their ranks for having to change GC to play with friends.

They don't lose the ranks. It is still there in the old GC while they build up a new rank in the new GC.
Excluding them from pvp in this example would be if they can't use the old ranks and can't build up a new rank.

About claim or not to claim

free running open world enemies = no claim (in this game we use kill sharing, so don't be surprised suddenly. Everyone can attack. The claimer need only to attack once, the others need to do at least enough dmg)
force poped enemies = party/player reserved enemies (but you would know then where it is, no hunting down)

[ruinedmirage]

I'm just saying then, in terms of difficulty, speculation is: Elite Monster > Elder Primal > FATE boss > ladybug

That seems kind of backwards in terms of progression. Oh, wait ...... nevermind.

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

They don't lose the ranks. It is still there in the old GC while they build up a new rank in the new GC.
Excluding them from pvp in this example would be if they can't use the old ranks and can't build up a new rank.

You are right, they don`t lose it.

They just can`t use their improved skills, their gear, everyone knows changing GC comes with a lobotomy. Till a month pass and they change back or they do again a bazillion fixed matches. But no, is not excluding. hahahaha...

[A_Magical_Unicorn_Rider]

I'm just saying then, in terms of difficulty, speculation is: Elite Monster > Elder Primal > FATE boss > ladybug

That seems kind of backwards in terms of progression. Oh, wait ...... nevermind.

That ladybug killed my mother… and RAPED MY FATHER! D:

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

You are right, they don`t lose it.

They just can`t use their improved skills, their gear, everyone knows changing GC comes with a lobotomy. Till a month pass and they change back or they do again a bazillion fixed matches. But no, is not excluding. hahahaha...

Exclude - deny (someone) access to or bar (someone) from a place, group, or privilege.

So no. It is not excluding.

[Haibel]

But no, is not excluding. hahahaha...

Just stop. This thread has nothing to do with frontlines or PVP. Go complain about it in your own thread if you feel that strongly about it.

[Felis]

You are right, they don`t lose it.

They just can`t use their improved skills, their gear, everyone knows changing GC comes with a lobotomy. Till a month pass and they change back or they do again a bazillion fixed matches. But no, is not excluding. hahahaha...

15 days, not 1 month

If you want to know what exclusion is, you should have played 1.0
Once you choosed a GC you was in the GC forever.

doing Chocobo Escourts only with people from your GC. Doing them only in the region of your GC (as a twin adder member it was Tranquill and Treespeak). And no way to change another GC after it.