Are Hunts Ruining Final Fantasy XIV?

[TeaTimeBear]

I actually belong to two LS's that have changed their focus strictly to hunts. Granted, one is a brand new LS, but the other has over 50+ people in it. I literally drop what I'm doing, immediately port to the location they call out, and the monster's dead when I get there. This happens roughly 90% of the time, on all three ranks.

Yeah that HP increase did nothing to cover the boo boo that is hunting. I don't have much credit either so I'm in a similar situation. It does suck :\ Do you go looking whenever you can or is it when you get off work? On my server it gets really bad about the time I get off work.

[TeaTimeBear]

yup ,and friends that used to ask for DF roulette party or farm some glamour (coil / primals)..... arent asking anymore

/sigh , i want the ramuh weapon , but lol no1 wants to do ramuh

Damn you for being on moogle. This is just how I feel!

[Nabian]

I know how you feel. I've been trying to get Striking Tree parties but everyone is focused on hunts mostly.

It's all about the reward. Why waste my time doing a fight which only rewards ilvl100 gear when I can do something easier that rewards ilvl110 gear? There is a reason so many people are complaining that there is no lockout on the hunt rewards. If SE had been smart and waited until 2.4 to release the hunts system it would be an entirely different story.

1) Hardcore raiders would be more interested in the TCoB so they most likely wouldn't bother with hunts'
2) Casual players would begin doing hunts to get their ilvl110 gear to upgrade from i100 (they get their own form of progression so both groups get progression).


Why can people not see this. People say casuals get stuff in odd patches and raiders get stuff in even patches..but in reality casuals get stuff every patch and raiders only get content every other patch.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Yeah that HP increase did nothing to cover the boo boo that is hunting. I don't have much credit either so I'm in a similar situation. It does suck :\ Do you go looking whenever you can or is it when you get off work? On my server it gets really bad about the time I get off work.

Yeah, I do randomly run around on my mount looking. Found one monster myself. Luckily there was only two other people there, so I got full credit (I think 5 seals).

But yes, I work 8:30-5pm so by the time I get home, it's the busy time when everyone else is on. Oh well, I guess all I can hope is that it dies down so other people can get an opportunity.

[Warlyx]

yeah hunsts would have been better in 2.4

Third bahamut turn > new gear for raiders
Ninja job > yay!
Hunts / Second coil on DF (echo) and Soldiery gear (4k cap) for non raiders
shiva > ilvl 115 weapons? :S
new dungeon + 2 HM probably

[Eekiki]

Why can people not see this. People say casuals get stuff in odd patches and raiders get stuff in even patches..but in reality casuals get stuff every patch and raiders only get content every other patch.

It was a little different in this case, though. In the even numbered patches, the casuals are supposed to get better access to the stuff the raiders had been working on since the previous even numbered patch. In 2.3, casuals are getting that stuff one patch early.

So what you say is absolutely true. Hunts should not have been released until 2.4. From what Yoshi said in that recent Dengeki interview, hunts were not originally part of the planned content. They were added because they believed there was a demand for it (and there was). But they obviously didn't put enough thought into how to put it into the game before they released it.

[Makado]

I joined a large community of hunters on Excalibur. There were at least 100+ of us finding marks, waiting a good amount of time to get there and killing them. Was very surprised at everyone being so respectful and I gained almost 800 marks and a hunting log drop just last night. I encourage other servers to build something similar, it seems like it works great. All they ask is you be respectful and don't pull early, and just gain high threat because that's what gets you max rewards from the hunt not damage.

[NorthernLadMSP]

I joined a large community of hunters on Excalibur. There were at least 100+ of us finding marks, waiting a good amount of time to get there and killing them. Was very surprised at everyone being so respectful and I gained almost 800 marks and a hunting log drop just last night. I encourage other servers to build something similar, it seems like it works great. All they ask is you be respectful and don't pull early, and just gain high threat because that's what gets you max rewards from the hunt not damage.

This makes me wish I was on your server. My server seems to be full of people who are solely in it for themselves.

[TheUltimate3]

Organized Hunting Yay.

This is entirely within the realm of reason, that after the cowboyness of last week hunt slaughter that people could instead of wasting time fighting each other, things could stabilize and organize themselves into units to maximize hunting potential.

It greatly depends on the server of course but that is a possible outcome.

[Jubez187]

I just told my brother that they were and then I saw this thread. Here's the thing, if you give casuals an easy way to get "hardcore items" then the hardcore players are just going to monopolize it. It was a great idea but terrible in practice.