The Hunt - a game breaking feature

[Enthy]

Hunts do need some adjustments but for the most part I enjoy them (Even though I only do rank B)

I would like to see them add more NMs and different spawn triggers (Lottery spawn(killing normal mobs to make an NM pop), Force spawn (using an rare item to lure it out) etc.

But please SE, do not make hunts instanced dungeons or even instanced the way Chimera fight was. We need open world content.

[Ifitisnotfunwhyplay]

Maybe it is “unfair” that the high-level kit many players worked their butts off to get is now easily obtainable via The Hunt. But if that’s what makes it fun for some players, so be it. I suspect the programmers and producers will ratchet back “The Hunt” in time, and those who got their gear that way will learn just how little good it does them if they can’t wield it effectively.

As someone above said, having really flashy gear doesn’t make an unskilled character any good in a fight. Similarly, knowing the best way to get to a given place and getting there on foot beats riding a Couerl but having no idea where you’re going. I’d rather go into battle with marginally-equipped team members who know how to deal with a given monster; who understand teamwork, tactics, and strategy; who think clearly and know how to adapt, than with team members that are super-equipped but still clueless.

[Alistaire]

If you edit a post you no longer have the character limit.

Best post in this thread.

[Melian]

Maybe it is “unfair” that the high-level kit many players worked their butts off to get is now easily obtainable via The Hunt. But if that’s what makes it fun for some players, so be it.

I don't think this is the main problem (it's something I don't like, but that's subjective).

The real problem is that it encourages spamming stuff with 60+ people. There's barely a fight, and there's certainly no challenge. It just seems so entirely pointless to me, other than as a way to get gear. I really see little difference between doing hunts and having an upgrade button you can press to turn you i100 gear to i110 after having spirit bonded it to 100%.

If SE wants to adopt a system of gear with updates... I don't love that, but I get why they would and I can live with it. Just make the way of getting the new stuff at least somewhat interesting. Let people do something, anything, more meaningful than poking mobs with 60 other people for five to ten seconds.

I want fun fights in this game. I think that much is something casual and hardcore people can agree on, although how hard the fights should be might be answered differently by each group. But do any of you actually think that hunts result in fun fights for either group? Seriously, the only thing they result in is gear. And people like getting shiny new stuff too, sure. But it's really empty if you're not doing anything to get it.

[ExMachina]

We need open world content.

Open world content is one thing. Hoping you can click the coordinates, teleport, load, mount up and race to the flag before the NM (which has been auto-announced in every major hunt LS and Free Company) dies is quite another.

1:06 P.M. <Announcing Person> Hunt Target XXXXXXX <11,27 Upper La Nosca> sighted.
1:06 P.M. <Announcing Person> Hunt Target XXXXXXX has been defeated.
Rinse, repeat 75 times/day.

It isn't "fun." It definitely isn't fun to go to coordinates and not even see the hunt target due to server overload of players. How did they not anticipate that a system with an insanely generous reward-vs-effort ratio would have a metric ton of issues both technical and communal?

[Enthy]

@ExMachina

I don't know how it is on your server but on Excalibur, B rank mobs really aren't over camped. S rank is a zerg-fest (needs some adjustments like I said in my original post). But I've come across 10 or so B rank NMs in the past few days with no-one else in sight, tell my friends to come help me kill them and we are usually the only ones there. If we see other people we invite them. (and Excalibur is a very populated server)

My advise to you if you want to do hunts and have it not feel like a waste of time
1. get a friend or 2 (you don't need a full pt, I do fine with just me, my boyfriend, and a FC friend)
2. if you know an LS is trying to pop an S rank, search another zone for a B rank (B ranks pop every hour) (most of the server will have gotten word that an LS is trying to pop an S rank and that zone will be full of people)
3. run around and look for the NM. You'd be surprised how often B or even A ranks are just up and chilling with no one around.

and this is coming from someone who only plays 3 hours a day.

As far as the whole "hunts are ruining the game" argument, not true! It's nice to actually play with people on my server. I'm sick of mind numbing DF dungeons where we are thrown in with a batch of people from random servers we'll probably never see again.

I'm not saying hunts are perfect, I agree they do need some adjustments, but I do not agree that they should be instanced content. A little competition is good for the community.

[Nicobo]

...having an upgrade button you can press to turn you i100 gear to i110 after having spirit bonded it to 100%...

SB i100 to 100%... ^^;

Should be much harder than hunting...

[Nicobo]

Let's think positive,

now no one need to complain can't get gear from dungeons,
also no one blame 13500 myth for animus,
no more complain they need to SR everything,
no one complain ppl not waiting first timer to watch CS,
no one say if you run X for myth, you are doing wrong,
and no suggestion for more NM and open world content.... etc

So, i think hunting was what some players suggested previously.
BTW, I don't hunt everyday, bcoz it is hard to stop.

I suggest ppl don't like hunting just ignore it,
very soon, i110 will become something like darklight, take it easy!
So to resolve everything, just push SE throw out i120 immediately! so simple. ^^;

[Nicobo]

Open world content is one thing. Hoping you can click the coordinates, teleport, load, mount up and race to the flag before the NM (which has been auto-announced in every major hunt LS and Free Company) dies is quite another.

1:06 P.M. <Announcing Person> Hunt Target XXXXXXX <11,27 Upper La Nosca> sighted.
1:06 P.M. <Announcing Person> Hunt Target XXXXXXX has been defeated.
Rinse, repeat 75 times/day.

It isn't "fun." It definitely isn't fun to go to coordinates and not even see the hunt target due to server overload of players. How did they not anticipate that a system with an insanely generous reward-vs-effort ratio would have a metric ton of issues both technical and communal?

I recall some players use to make announcements upon arrival but I found they arrived a little bit late...^^;

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

being in a party doesn't even matter. it's still hard to get seals. i get 1~5 seals from all rank marks. thats B, A and S Rank marks. they all always award me with only 1~5 seals. and half the time i am the one to discover it and form the party. it doesn't even matter if the games frame rate is decent or not. heck there have been times when the game simply refused to register my enmity and didn't reward ANYTHING.

all-in-all The Hunt is hugely broken. and for those that it does work... thanks for ruining Tomestones of Mythology. >_> is okay though. not your fault. SE implemented this "The Hunt" in a VERY POOR manner.