Hunts are FIXED now. Thank you SE.

[Airget]

The amusing thing about it is, did they really have to hide what they were going to change before the update?

Usually if they hide something it's because it's an exploit or an action they want to prevent others from doing however with something as basic as this they could of just stated "Changing it so elite hunt marks don't repeat"

Instead they offered a cryptic message which suggested they were going to make a more worthwhile change to the system, so seeing that they changed something that honestly not enough time has passed to truly make it needed, it's a bit discouraging since they haven't really made a positive impact in hunts since the release other then some hot fixes that only work as a bandaid that are easily pulled off.

[Baneus]

The amusing thing about it is, did they really have to hide what they were going to change before the update?

Usually if they hide something it's because it's an exploit or an action they want to prevent others from doing however with something as basic as this they could of just stated "Changing it so elite hunt marks don't repeat"

Instead they offered a cryptic message which suggested they were going to make a more worthwhile change to the system, so seeing that they changed something that honestly not enough time has passed to truly make it needed, it's a bit discouraging since they haven't really made a positive impact in hunts since the release other then some hot fixes that only work as a bandaid that are easily pulled off.

The patch notes are translated from Japanese aren't they? It tends to be more flowery than English when translated, often using twice as many words to say the same thing. The problem there, is that when a native English speaker sees more words than they expect, they automatically think it means more than what is written.

As for hunts being hard...I'm guessing SE expects everyone knows at least 7 other people they can group with and that full group of 8 people are communicating through a linkshell with the other groups doing the content.

[Roris]

I must question why the glamour items cost a Sands of Time and another Mark Log (not literally, but literally). One of these makes you look pretty, while the other... actually helps you end game. Just some odd design aspects with the Hunt in general.

I honestly wasn't even expecting gear, mostly just Alex, sands, oils and other misc items, it's a really weird design decision even if the game is plagued by them. My best guess, since they've admitted they kinda threw Hunts together on the last few months or so of 2.3's development, is that they had that gear mostly finished for the next GC ranks but they held back on them and instead threw that gear in to Hunts as rewards, but since the best gear has to always come only from raids and tomes because that's how the game's design rolls they made them a lower item level. Which probably means we won't get new GC ranks yet again in 2.4, wouldn't expect them until the expansion by this point.

[Sora_Oathkeeper]

So...If the same gear drops twice in a row in Coil it's considered normal, but if the same monster appears twice in a row for hunts it's considered abnormal and the servers get shut down for 3 hours? Well played SE, well played...

[Buff_Archer]

Yup and i'm like "where dem ramuh ex partehs at?"
Just hunts hunts hunts hunts hunts hunts hunts 2nd coil hunts hunts titan ex clear hunts hunts hunts levi ex farm hunts hunts.

So frustrating to me, we already had the campy-grindy ATMA/Animus/Novus path for weapon progression... so why did they have to come out with something else catering to the camp'n-grind' crowd where the weapons that were supposed to be upgrades obtainable via a different route ended up being just as horrible. End result? I think thanks to their rewards from riding on the Geief Train a lot Animus/Novus holders have two weapons that outrank the relic zenith now.

Of course there's ex primal primal weapons, coil, etc and more than anything that's the stuff I want to focus on, and learn how to excel at... but you can't find 7 other people who want to put in the joint effort to learn and really master something challenging.

Welcome to ATMA version II

[Skeith-Adeline]

That's unfortunate. I'd really like to level up in Flames once again... Wonder if the Flame outfits will continue to look amazing.

[Yomiko]

Dear Square

I don't ask for much, but fix the issue where the fucking mob disappears. Don't say you have when you haven't.

[Yukiko]

If they made daily hunts worth more seals, or even worth it in general i guess, then I would do them. As it stands I don't bother with hunts at all, mostly because I just feel like doing other things like crafting and lvling alt jobs. Someone said it earlier, and I agree with them, if the hunts in this game functioned more like the Mark system from FFXII, they would be so much fun lol. I really should go play that game again some time.... :P

Lets look into an asia grinder mind:
If you do 10 days daily, you will add 50 seals to your total, if you do 100 days you have 500 additional seals... lets say 1000 days and you have 5000 seals for free!
there is no logic, its grinding and the grinding itself is fun for those players... there is no reason behind that.
If you consider time and effort... well... then we are no longer in the mind of an asia grinder!

[Kerwin]

Having a max character with only gear progression to look to. I would like to spend my free time in primal fights and not compete against the whole server for seals. But no one seems interested anymore.

[PixelPirate]

Having a max character with only gear progression to look to. I would like to spend my free time in primal fights and not compete against the whole server for seals. But no one seems interested anymore.

Especially Square Enix...