Thank you SE for the new hunts

[gamersince1976]

I really don't see any reason to hold in regards to pulling B ranks any longer. It IS a 5 second respawn timer, and everyone is assigned a different B rank to kill. I was lucky enough to not have killed last week's elite bill, so I was able to get 2 back to back shortly after the server came back online. Each took less than 5 minutes of searching. Knowing that the mob is going to be up somewhere in the zone at all times makes things much easier.

Also, don't forget that the requirements to get full credit on these mobs has been eased significantly. When I had the second mob down to 1% health a random tank threw a shield lob at it. He got 50 seals.

[Mogi]

No, 274 is correct. You get 32 per day now, plus the 50 for the weekly.



You only get 5 per day. The only time 10 happens is if you accept and complete AFTER they reset, you can still get the ones for the new day.

Ty now i know :P oh well 274 is still fine for me^^

[Gilthas]

Well, at least now I can go out and kill the B rank mob for the bill when I want to.

Still, A and S ranks still continue to be a waste of time running around looking for mobs.

Really wish they'd turn hunts into leves or make allied seals available from content than isn't mind-numbingly boring.

[Ashkendor]

I really don't see any reason to hold in regards to pulling B ranks any longer.

Eh, yeah. It's sporting of someone to do it, but definitely isn't necessary. When I'm out in a field gathering or farming and I see one, I'll shout out its position to the zone. The same goes for when I find mine. I don't have any reason not to share if anyone else in the zone happens to want it. I mean, I'm not going to sit and wait 10 minutes but a shout and a pause is nice. Some of the zones are pretty big, so searching gets pretty boring even on a 5s repop.

I'm not ashamed to say, I hate the changes to B ranks. I mean, really! You had 7 days to kill a mob that spawns every 45 minutes?

Many people have limited time to play. B ranks were dying in 15-30 seconds on my server.

That makes it really hard for some to get the weekly mark.

A few complain so let's just take away all the seals and myth from B ranks and make them worthless.
For the first time in months I had a reason to sit down on my day off work and play ffxiv marathon style for hours... Not so much anymore, I guess it's back to the same weekly cap system that kept me from playing more than I did to start with.

GG SE

I don't think they would've changed it if it was just "a few people" complaining. I honestly think the hunt was rife with unintended consequences and they're starting to adjust and address those. Casuals have just as much right to enjoy the content as the more hardcore players do and it seems like that's the direction SE is going with this.

[lackofwords]

I actually think the changes to rank B are a good thing. On the other hand though I want to do hunts to find rare monster in the field that a mark calls out for. Not sure why they didn't make rank B dailies and make rank A the weeklies. Am already doing Animus so the fact that I have two pieces of content that require me to kill X amount of normal mobs and complete more FATEs is bummer. In my mind it should be:

4 Dailies = Rank B - solo
2 Weeklies = Rank A - Full Party
1 Monthly = Rank S - Alliance

Although, it's a tad silly to have the daily marks on normal monsters, but not that big of an issue in the design.
Would be slightly more pleasing to hunt some unique monster, than hunting something that sounds like a levequest.

The issue 2.35 patch is fixing is the problem before was the line between casual to hardcore was blending into each other.
Meaning, B ranks were shared between casual (the Elite Marks, weekly) and the hardcore people who are just killing time waiting for the next A and S ranks to pop.
This meant, before patch 2.35, a larger group of people would be killing B rank regardless if they had the Elite Marked bills or not.
I like to imagine the sharing of B rank was intentional to have casuals meet up with hardcore players, however it backfired due to the large turn out of players and how absurdly weak a B rank is.

Now, after patch 2.35, there's a distinct line from where these hunts divide.
Casuals: Daily Marks, Elite Marks B Ranks
Hardcore: A and S ranks

If you were to just make everything a time lock, it'll be essentially turning the whole Hunt system into a casual event.
Oppose to being an open alternative to getting Alexandrites for your Animus weapon, it'll push the hardcores back to grinding FATEs for alexandrite drops or DF for myth tomes.

Basically, think of back of simpler days with Duty Roulette.
Roulette was a nice addition for casuals to just cap their weekly tomes by playing a bit every day.
Hardcores couldn't care less since they would have just been finding the optimal dungeon that gives the most tomes for the least amount of time invested.

So, think of Marked Bills as Duty Roulette, and hunting A or S ranks as dungeon grinding if you have the extra time.

[Vallug]

Ew Fairy Tail. Feels more like Monster Hunter to me. But yes I agree thanks for the new hunts. I am actually picking up the smaller ones so i can grab a couple things from the huntmaster

[Miakisaki]

I'm not ashamed to say, I hate the changes to B ranks. I mean, really! You had 7 days to kill a mob that spawns every 45 minutes?

GG SE

I feel the same way. There is absolutely no shame in that.

The changes to B Ranks has gutted our once very active and friendly linkshell. I also introduced a few friends to the game that recently hit 50 and they feel like the rug was pulled out from under them. Just makes my disappointment that much worse. Took me a while to pull one of them away from a certain other game, and I fear he may go back as a result.

[TomTom1968]

I like the changes but they do not go far enough. Waiting for FATES or killing random open world mobs is not hunting in my book. I would prefer if the B mob was the daily mark and an A mob the weekly goal. And maybe an S mob as a monthly goal as an extra.

What I liked yesterday is how the changes affected the players. I saw people waiting for others to arrive on a B mob, shouting the position for B mobs and then waiting although they now spawn very quickly. Pressure on some people seems to be away now and hunters can concentrate on the A and S mobs. Less mobs, lesser porting and running to locations.

[Algin]

274 seals a week for not having to deal with horde mentality and the "you pulled you [insert random swear words]" conversations on /shout? Great job...SE. Two weeks for oil, 3 for sands... if you not do anything. Propably not good idea for all those "hardcore gearers", but as you don't need full 110 to T1-5 (and that's what I'm doing so far), I'm quite happy with my weathered gear and slight upgrades to few of the items.

[Zaiken]

I'm liking the new Hunt, but it seam to me like they try to make Casual stay longer with the low Seal doing Rank B that take 3 weeks for one Sand. You can still join the A Zerge Fest, but because of B rank no longer yield reward and A is the only option, I notice people pull early constantly and it is even worst then before.