A massively.com write up on why hunts are ruining this game

[LeonBlade]

I had no idea that BiS sets was full upgraded soldiery gear. Thanks everyone for complaining to let me realize this!

[Altena]

Remove sand as a possible reward from hunts.
Replace the oil in ST with sand.

Limits you to 1 sand per week, but still allows you to faceroll your accessories if you really wish.

The other suggestion of only giving full credit for the first kill - as a weekly bonus would solve a lot of additional issues.
This would effectively be a soft cap of 1275 seals per week (provided you hit every mob including every S).

The part that is broken about it is that it's an infinite supply in its current state. You can faceroll your keyboard for as long as you are awake and get unlimited seals.
There is "catching players up" and there is "broken".
Hunts are most certainly broken.

Finally another alternative which is probably not mentioned - award some degree of Allied Seals to Frontlines.
If anything - you could cap the amount you can earn through hunts with the "one kill per week" suggestion, then move on to PvP for 20/10/5 seals (for campaign 1st/2nd/3rd)..

[Brannigan]

If they didn't want to cap seals or move sands elsewhere they could just have the vendor say "oh whoops I can only sell you one sand a week because of limited stock lol."

It's really too late now I guess, but hopefully they don't screw the pooch again the next set of updates.

[Vittorino]

http://massively.joystiq.com/2014/07...ts-are-broken/

and reddit mirror

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...ts_are_broken/

Didn't see it posted here so either it never got posted or didn't get the read it deserved.

EDIT: The "ruining" is more or less my own words. Not the words of the author.

People just love to cry. It's called a "hunt" for a reason, didn't find it, to slow to get to it? well you're not a hunter lol... another wasted thread and a wasted topic on a URL domain lalal

[Altena]

People just love to cry. It's called a "hunt" for a reason, didn't find it, to slow to get to it? well you're not a hunter lol... another wasted thread and a wasted topic on a URL domain lalal

Wasted post too it seems. The article doesn't complain about "not getting full credit". In actual fact, the article talks about how much you can actually obtain from it, rendering a lot of brand new content practically (and literally) useless.

Ramuh as a prime (no pun intended) example.
i100 ring? No thanks, I will just do some hunts and get an easy oil - will even get the soldiery to buy the base item while I do them.
i100 weapon? No thanks, I will just buy & upgrade an i110 soldiery weap..

ST? The only purpose for this is to get a UDT. Don't want a new soldiery weap? Then back to hunts!

[Clavaat]

Wasted post too it seems. The article doesn't complain about "not getting full credit". In actual fact, the article talks about how much you can actually obtain from it, rendering a lot of brand new content practically (and literally) useless.

Ramuh as a prime (no pun intended) example.
i100 ring? No thanks, I will just do some hunts and get an easy oil - will even get the soldiery to buy the base item while I do them.
i100 weapon? No thanks, I will just buy & upgrade an i110 soldiery weap..

ST? The only purpose for this is to get a UDT. Don't want a new soldiery weap? Then back to hunts!

It's like you people play 1 job.

[Vittorino]

Wasted post too it seems. The article doesn't complain about "not getting full credit". In actual fact, the article talks about how much you can actually obtain from it, rendering a lot of brand new content practically (and literally) useless.

Ramuh as a prime (no pun intended) example.
i100 ring? No thanks, I will just do some hunts and get an easy oil - will even get the soldiery to buy the base item while I do them.
i100 weapon? No thanks, I will just buy & upgrade an i110 soldiery weap.

Don't know what people find so surprising about this horizontal patch implementations.. It's not intended for the 1% wait your 2.5 months for the next patch. SE solely caters to the casuals over HC folks and people clearly know that.
In 2.2 you know all too damn well they will not release content that is equivalent to SCoB; it's just factual such as your relic will never be better than the Coil wep.

Oh btw, a wasted post too lol.
Cheers

[Worm]

Hyperbole is what's really ruining MMOs.

[Makado]

Hunts aren't ruining anything. I just started my alt and its now on its third week of soldiery. So no matter what I can only upgrade items based on that which is locked with a weekly cap. Even on my main I am now at the point where I can only upgrade one more item and then I'm soldiery locked already. So even if you could get 10 bazillion sands and oils, it eventually just boils down to getting your couple pieces done and then glamour items. Whoopty doo.

[Mature]

2 words for this hunt malarkey: OVER DRAMATIC.

log in do or don't do hunts and be happy. You don't like it? Don't do then. You like it? Enjoy it.

Simple as