Hunts were a terrible/irresponsible idea

[Azurymber]

People have been complaining about odin and behemoth lag since release.
And it is still an obvious problem that affects many people, especially on legacy servers.

So why would any dev think up a new system with 10 new odin/behemoths, with even better rewards?

I've been to 2 S-rank hunts so far (one i was essentially first one there), and both were so packed full of people that I couldn't see a thing. One caused my game to crash (and it pretty well never crashes)

Other hunts are farmed nearly non stop by multiple parties
And if you're a healer... well don't be a healer. If a group gangs up on a B and you are decked out in gear with cleric stance on, you still wont do enough damage to land more than 1 mark

Overall, this is one of the worst systems i have ever seen implemented into a game.
A massive spam and lag fest, for some of the most desired items.
Really unbalanced.
And generally boring. (unless you like mindlessly running around for 5 hours, which I admit can be fun in some circumstances)

Everyone asked for open world content. But I don't think this is what they meant.
At the least, lag and mob invisibility should have been fixed before implementing it.

Edit: just did an A-rank as an i99 healer, was there from the start, did as much dmg as i could... 2 allied seals
The system clearly doesn't work

[A_Magical_Unicorn_Rider]

Lag? What lag? What kind of a rig are you running?

Used to be on PS3 and the lagfest was off and on there. I'm now plowing through everything with a PS4. Haven't had any problems since.

[Mugiawara]

this is to be expected of course. like you said, its basically behe/odin because the problem is, you have 50 million people
+ their grandma's zerging and people lag and dc. not only that, if the HP is low, they need to bump it up A LOT
so people can get credit. why haven't they learned from the horrible hell of behe/odin, we'll never know.
right now, ppl will just hurry and kill as fast as humanly possible and screw off other ppl.
too many cons with this right now, needs more time in oven.

[Mogi]

I agree i was so waiting for hunts but after playing a few and seeing what i can get it's pointless it's way to hard and slow to get seals and the only cool looking stuff are the {2 pets} the gear is ugly :P i was hoping a hunt be like something you grab inv ppl in party finder go to a spot and load into a space no other players can be in like with story mode. That have been a smart way to do this but the way it is now is boring and seems to bring out the ass in ppl

[LunarEmerald]

Lag? What lag? What kind of a rig are you running?

Used to be on PS3 and the lagfest was off and on there. I'm now plowing through everything with a PS4. Haven't had any problems since.

There was a S hunt today that kept disappearing and I'm on PS4. Neither Odin nor Behemoth disappear but this hunt did.

[Ricky]

Lag? What lag? What kind of a rig are you running?

Used to be on PS3 and the lagfest was off and on there. I'm now plowing through everything with a PS4. Haven't had any problems since.

You're also on a dead server

[Inori-Yuzuriha]

Lag? What lag? What kind of a rig are you running?

Used to be on PS3 and the lagfest was off and on there. I'm now plowing through everything with a PS4. Haven't had any problems since.

PS3 = downgrade graphics

[Serwrathim]

Did my first hunting party today; it's not very rpg-ish but very MMO-ish.

We had three different fcs in our party and usually someone will do a global shout and we waited about five minutes and then we buried the mark. No one was fighting or complaining and everybody was getting some kinda tomes or seals way faster than a dungeon run.

You could go do some farming or hunting or xping or whatever you want or even look for marks and go teleport for easy loot. Pretty fun actually!

Oh yeah and zero lag with ps4...

[Azurymber]

a PC. and it's not just me. On Balmung there are -normal- mass disconnects at things like odin, behemoth, and now S rank hunts. It's not one person lagging. the server kicks off like 50 people+ at once.

[Nadrojj]

a PC. and it's not just me. On Balmung there are -normal- mass disconnects at things like odin, behemoth, and now S rank hunts. It's not one person lagging. the server kicks off like 50 people+ at once.

Same server, I ran hunts for 2 hours last night, 0 disconnects, 0 issues with lag, and full credit for almost every one of the hunts I made it to. You're taking liberties with the truth to try to skew the view on something pretty much everyone else likes.

The only issue for me is they need to make the HP pools dynamic just like they did with fates. Half the time your hunt LS will say somethings up, teleport, get to the zone "dead". That is my only gripe.