Hunts awarding tomes/marks outside of bills was a mistake

[Lyrinn]

Basically, what I'm seeing are large packs of players sitting or running around (again, in large packs) laying waste to any NMs found. Not only are the NMs senselessly squishy, but they're being zerged non-stop. Find an S-rank mob? Don't worry, it'll instantly become a Behemoth/Odin-esque lag zone in under 30 seconds as everyone pours in from every corner of Eorzea, and just like Behemoth/Odin, if you're not there early, you get no credit. Ever.

[Edli]

I don't mind it to be honest. The worst thing that can happen to a MMO IMO is a dead open world. The more people I'll see around the better. You have a point with the squishy NMs though.

[Tiggy]

It's new and a million people are trying it for the first time. Things will simmer down. If every developer made sweeping changes the day after a patch then games would end up horribly unbalanced. You need to let the rush wear off.

[Chiffre]

Just wait a few days or weeks and it will be better and better because everyone is trying.

[IgnisFatuus]

I think hunts are mainly meant as a slight divertion if you happen to come across one. camping them out 24/7 for a chance to even get a reward is surely not intended...

but of course they had to lock some of the most sought-after items in the game behind this crap and people start abusing it asap.

[chocomaid]

Give it time, when people get the things from Allied Seals they want, things will slow down. But as Edli said, more people running around, the better. And I actually have to watch where I'm going now instead of knowing nothing can kill me anywhere outside dungeons and raids (me getting one-shotted by a big claw in Agelyss Wise).

More activity + sense of danger + extra rewards here and there, I dunno how that sounds bad at all

[Lyrinn]

It's new and a million people are trying it for the first time. Things will simmer down. If every developer made sweeping changes the day after a patch then games would end up horribly unbalanced. You need to let the rush wear off.

That's my point though. It won't simmer down because NMs reward a disproportionate amount of tomes/marks despite people not having the bills for them. All it's doing is encouraging everyone to zerg the same NMs and preventing people with the bills to complete them. There are already people bragging about how they farmed over 5k myth and 2 sands from hunts alone. Meanwhile, I see the same people in Coerthas who still haven't been able to get their ENM done because of the zergs.

[Gethyn]

Meanwhile, I see the same people in Coerthas who still haven't been able to get their ENM done because of the zergs.

Yeah, but it's only day two. Still six more days to do it.

Seriously, things will settle in a bit. Look at how many people still do beastman dailies everyday, and those give mounts. Give it a couple weeks and the intense interest will drop off, and it will just make the open world healthier.

[Makado]

Wait wait wait...your saying that players who are out HUNTING are the ones who get the kills and rewards from HUNTS? Weird...I thought that it was supposed to reward lazy players that just want to sit around and cash in on others work? What the hell?

[Lyrinn]

Wait wait wait...your saying that players who are out ZERG RUSHING are the ones who get the kills and rewards from HUNTS? Weird...I thought that it was supposed to reward players who also found the hunt but couldn't get any credit because a camping BRD Blunt Arrow claims it and the following 100 people instakill it?

Correct, thank you for agreeing.