Band-Aid fix on hunts didn't work

[Vahlnir]

Tried to do an A without being in a party.
Gets upset that he didn't get full credit.
LOLWUT .-.

Honestly, I think it's great that they not only buffed the HP of B, A and S rank marks, they further promoted group play, which is lacking in some areas. They have a long way to go before the system is decent, but at least they are working on it. The hotfix was only a Band-Aid, but it's certainly better than doing nothing.

[Nukocafe]

Tried to do an A without being in a party.
Gets upset that he didn't get full credit.
LOLWUT .-.

You can do FATEs and get full credit without being in a party so why should Hunts be any different?

[Dyvid]

Tried to do an A without being in a party.
Gets upset that he didn't get full credit.
LOLWUT .-.

"Which reminds me, I know a lot of players have been concerned this will be like back in the day, where one player or party would claim an enemy, and lock everyone else out from getting a reward. You'll be happy to know that the Hunt was not designed with any such claiming system in mind. In fact, some of the elite marks are so powerful, it would be in your best interest to shout for help before trying to lay a hand on them. I've also heard the more elusive elite marks drop rare items as well. These rare items are distributed on a player-by-player basis, so don't hesitate to reach for a helping hand."

Where does it say players are required to be in a party to receive credit? In fact it's stated as the opposite. Also tell me how am I suppose to join a party while i'm queued up for DF and doing hunts while I wait?

The only option for SE is to make individual evaluation for the rewards, it's a win/win for everyone.

On paper this is good but when you're expected to wait for the entire server to so up and you get maybe one or two action in before it dies you're performance suffers. In my opinion, right now FATE > Hunt. In fact if there was another practical way to get the allied gear set without needing grind dailies for 542 days, I would never look at hunts again.

[faris]

I only just found out (the hard way) today that the weekly elite only gives you a bonus reward if you get full credit. Doing enough damage to get a small amount of marks won't even get you the weekly bonus reward, and it's marked as not killed in the KIs.

Rude, SE.

[Colt47]

I only just found out (the hard way) today that the weekly elite only gives you a bonus reward if you get full credit. Doing enough damage to get a small amount of marks won't even get you the weekly bonus reward, and it's marked as not killed in the KIs.

Rude, SE.

To be fair, the entire way SE calculates contributions is kind of bad. Unless someone is part of a group even if they help kill something they get very little reward most of the time. If that person dies, they get an even worse reward. So far I've yet to see this system encourage group play. The only thing it seems to do is bring about resentment.

[Angelfish51]

This hunt is just like the HNM LS in FFXI, locking out causal players who pay same amount of money but just don't have the spare time to spend!

[Dyvid]

Well I give up on hunts and just going to work on Frontlines. At least if there is drama, I can hit someone

[Dark-Saviour]

Just announced a mark. People came, I called for a party, nothing.
Someone pulled, so I engaged solo.
Few enough people though that I seem to have actually got in enough damage to get full credit!
...

Or I would have, except another party showed up at the end and reset it.

No big deal, still probably enough HP now to accomodate everyone there.

...
Except another party came in at the end and reset it.

Repeat 5 more times and the thing explodes, resulting in 1 seal.

Increasing the HP was great, but not enough... Either
A) Credit should not be reset on mob reset.
B) Mobs should not be CAPABLE of being reset.
C) Whoever finds the mob should get an absolute claim to full rewards.
D) Only the first X number of people to engage should be permitted to attack or contribute.
or
E) Some combination of the above.

As it stands, I'm going to walk past any of these mobs I see because this is ridiculous.
I was one of the biggest proponents of them staying open world, but something has to change or this isn't even worth doing.

[DeceptionsWrath]

I totally agree with you Dark-Savior. As of now i totally regret leaving my auto-renew on. I loved the ideas of NMs and thought omg, finally some content to get endgame gear without needing to run dungeons all week and they go and ruin it. Just killed Marraco, which i found by the way. I shout location since i was solo, and people show up and claim it. No big deal, its full health and i have plenty of time to get full credit..... Nope! 3 minutes of cure spamming the PLD and casting medica II nets me 2 allied seals 8 myth and 2 sol. I'm done, hunts are not worth my time now. Thank you SE for killing the one thing i liked about 2.3.

[HumsterMKX]

I totally agree with you Dark-Savior. As of now i totally regret leaving my auto-renew on. I loved the ideas of NMs and thought omg, finally some content to get endgame gear without needing to run dungeons all week and they go and ruin it. Just killed Marraco, which i found by the way. I shout location since i was solo, and people show up and claim it. No big deal, its full health and i have plenty of time to get full credit..... Nope! 3 minutes of cure spamming the PLD and casting medica II nets me 2 allied seals 8 myth and 2 sol. I'm done, hunts are not worth my time now. Thank you SE for killing the one thing i liked about 2.3.

In before you get impaled by white knights with lances, with words "...... you should have join a party" craved on it.