Why are elite hunts so valuable? What are the devs thoughts?

[PixelPirate]

Last night I was fishing in Coerthas and it began to snow. You want to know what my very first thought was? "Here it comes... a Naul spawn and a total /shout fight complete with cussing and blacklisting."

You know... I'm just fishing and the sight of snow causes me instant grief because of the hunt system. Yet why, WHY is there this complete radio silence about this problem. The hunt system is rewarding players for terrible behavior. The hunt system rewards are obscenely imbalanced. Yet we get nothing. No dev response, no real adjustment, silence...

[ChiefCurrahee]

Client crashes
Console freezing
Devalued content
Render priority problems
Mob resetting
solo/small party ineffective contribution.
bickering community

SE, your silence is louder than words.

[Baneus]

Client crashes
Console freezing
Devalued content
Render priority problems
Mob resetting
solo/small party ineffective contribution.
bickering community

SE, your silence is louder than words.

Apart from the solo/small party thing I've never had any issues with hunts. I normally sit in an 8 man FC only group connected to other groups via LS. Bickering? Irrelevant, I don't care what random nobodies think.

And are people overlooking that this is the Casual patch on the usual casual/hardcore patch cycle?

[Chocolate_Rain]

Apart from the solo/small party thing I've never had any issues with hunts. I normally sit in an 8 man FC only group connected to other groups via LS. Bickering? Irrelevant, I don't care what random nobodies think.

And are people overlooking that this is the Casual patch on the usual casual/hardcore patch cycle?

Nope, its just that the hunt is a detriment to casuals. By casuals, I mean those with limited playing time, not those that don't raid.

[Baneus]

Nope, its just that the hunt is a detriment to casuals. By casuals, I mean those with limited playing time, not those that don't raid.

In an hour a person could be almost fully geared in i90 (sans weapon) from Hunt seals and Myth. How is that detrimental to casuals? And if they had less than an hour then they most likely wouldn't be raiding either. I think the main issue people have is that this is (intended or not) pure group content.

I'm pretty casual, in a non-raidy sort of way and Both my 90 combat classes are i86 (including weapon). The same will be true of at least 3 other combat classes (I've had good luck with my retainers; which is something else that benefits casual players immensely).

[Chocolate_Rain]

In an hour a person could be almost fully geared in i90 (sans weapon) from Hunt seals and Myth. How is that detrimental to casuals? And if they had less than an hour then they most likely wouldn't be raiding either. I think the main issue people have is that this is (intended or not) pure group content.

I'm pretty casual, in a non-raidy sort of way and Both my 90 combat classes are i86 (including weapon). The same will be true of at least 3 other combat classes (I've had good luck with my retainers; which is something else that benefits casual players immensely).

Most casuals, unless they are lucky or connected to a decent LS, will have very little luck to a decent hunting time. Maybe I'm speaking from my server's pov, but being from one that's very populated, those who are on all day, every day rule the hunt.

[Giyari]

Client crashes
Console freezing
Devalued content
Render priority problems
Mob resetting
solo/small party ineffective contribution.
bickering community

SE, your silence is louder than words.

Am I the only person who thinks that SE purposely created hunts to have this kind of effect in the community?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Am I the only person who thinks that SE purposely created hunts to have this kind of effect in the community?

Yes you are the only one.

[ChiefCurrahee]

Server crash @ S rank.

Whats up SE?

[LunarEmerald]

It's a mistake to let people skip gear tiers. It makes old content obsolete and it shortens progession time. Once you reach the end, there's little to do. It shoild take at least a month for a fresh 50 to reach the second coil.