So buffing the reward, and nerfing the marks is the answer to fixing the Hunts?

[RiverTams]

Have you even logged on the game to see the positive impact this has actually had?

[faris]

Have you even logged on the game to see the positive impact this has actually had?

Yep, and I've spent most of the day reading (actually legitimately worth arguing about, now!) shouts from people annoyed As are still pulled before people can get there. I've also been twiddling my thumbs / leaving disbanded hunting parties because the As are down and it's 90mins+ until we can gain marks again. Mega positive. Far better than the way it used to be. Fantastic, even!

Have you?

[monochromicorn]

Yep, and I've spent most of the day reading (actually legitimately worth arguing about, now!) shouts from people annoyed As are still pulled before people can get there.
I've also been twiddling my thumbs / leaving disbanded hunting parties because the As are down and it's 90mins+ until we can gain marks again. Mega positive. Far better than the way it used to be. Fantastic, even!

Have you?

all 3 of my hunt LSs are still active. right now its about 30 minute downtime. is there something wrong with having to wait a couple hours and being able to do something in between hunts?

[faris]

all 3 of my hunt LSs are still active. right now its about 30 minute downtime. is there something wrong with having to wait a couple hours and being able to do something in between hunts?

I'll probably be over it in a few days, it's just annoyed me a little because some players can't see that yes, the dailies are a positive change (Great!) but the elites have undergone a negative change (Boo.) and are pretty much calling the hunting system as a general thing massively improved when it isn't.

[monochromicorn]

I'll probably be over it in a few days, it's just annoyed me a little because some players can't see that yes, the dailies are a positive change (Great!) but the elites have undergone a negative change (Boo.) and are pretty much calling the hunting system as a general thing massively improved when it isn't.

honestly, i think it has improved. a lot of people in those LSs quit doing almost everything but hunts, all 3 ranks. now that there are no rewards for Bs, theyve started doing their roulettes again. in general, does the change suck, yes, i dont disagree with that, but the way it was setup was taking away so much from everything else in the game. now, with nobody realy competing for B ranks anymore, other parts are starting to get some activity. i saw 5 different PF groups not too long ago, the most ive seen since before was maybe 1, and that for titan ex or T5.

[SendohJin]

I've also been twiddling my thumbs / leaving disbanded hunting parties because the As are down and it's 90mins+ until we can gain marks again.

it's a positive change when this is exactly the reaction they want from people.

[RiverTams]

Oh i am sorry to be the bearer of bad news but theres content outside of hunts.
Or maybe you've been so submerged in this content you missed the part how it affected the rest of the game?

[faris]

Oh i am sorry to be the bearer of bad news but theres content outside of hunts.
Or maybe you've been so submerged in this content you missed the part how it affected the rest of the game?

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but despite these new, amazing changes you love so much and cannot imagine possibly being a bad thing it'll still take you around a month on 32marks/day to get your vanity gear. And if you actually do parties, you'll see with increased competition with A marks just how much better post 2.35 was.

(Truth: I legit believe dailies needed to be buffed, the reward was pathetic. Just not at the expense of A and B marks. idek why you're so mad at people that gain their marks via grouping up with strangers, using linkshells, communicating and partying up but whatevs.)

[RiverTams]

The only people affected by this patch are the ones who spent their playtime grinding them.

Heres some news: that was the point of this patch. To stop the craziness! Go run some dungeons. Go raid. Go craft. Or if youre that pissed /logoff.

This gives space to other people to finally also go and have some hunting done instead of following the kill train and hoping to get a drop because hunts were near privatized by linkshells.


Theres my "logic" which you wont understand because you were too busy grinding hunts to realize how dead the rest of the game was becoming.

[Khyra]

The only people affected by this patch are the ones who spent their playtime grinding them.

Heres some news: that was the point of this patch. To stop the craziness! Go run some dungeons. Go raid. Go craft. Or if youre that pissed /logoff.
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No, it did the _exact opposite_. Anyone who was grinding them won, they already got all their seals.
Those of us who _were_ doing dungeons and stuff now have a hugely nerfed seal rate when we do do hunts. Before, I could hunt for a couple hours and make a nice amount of myth/sold/seals, now I can get 50 from my weekly and then sit around waiting for As. Dailys are only useful if you play every single day, otherwise a few hours the old way was more seals than you can get from a couple days a week worth of dailies.

So now I have to spend more time getting seals and less time free for dungeons and ST and so on.