hunts are still broken, se has created a monster i think

[Shioban]

im gonna try that, BUT, when they say in shout "get on ts if you want an invite", that pretty much sums it up. and if by the entire server means except me and my friends, then i guess ya, the entire server was co-ordinated lol. i dont want to report anyone, i dont mind if someone doesnt invite me to a party, i do mind you taking my chance to fight a mob. please fix it so mobs cant be reset. thats my gripe.

You can't report people for wanting you to join the TS to find a party, but ask to join one of the "Season" LS's which will eventually get your name forwarded to the Team Speak.
People are allowed to set their own party conditions to whatever the feel like within the ToS.

If possible (I know not everyone can), access TeamSpeak via a mobile device, it's available on iOS and Android.



Resetting mobs is against the ToS, if you see people leashing and resetting a mob, you can inform a GM about it, (don't witch-hunt someones name unless you're 100% sure it's them)

[Fooly]

The teamspeak has an LS they invite people that jump onto the teamspeak into. This serves two purposes:

1.) To better coordinate between parties the locations of mobs via <pos> and ctrl+clicking

and

2.) So PS4 players don't have to juggle between their consoles and mobile apps/laptops.

If they're excluding you just because you either can't or won't get onto TS, then they're toolbags and you should talk to the people currently overseeing the TS server.

[PArcher]

I'm guessing this is a server thing. I'm on PS4, and its rare for me not to get a group, and rarer to not get full credit. Marks are called out over linkshells and FCs, and shouted all the time.

This points to a community problem, not necessarily a Hunts issue (not saying there aren't issues with hunts, just that this issue isn't something SE directly caused, but the players)

[Taban]

I haven't hunted in a few weeks (got all my glamour gear, so just going to S's if I see they're up). But when I was hunting on Excal resetting the mobs like that in TS was very much discouraged. I can't tell you how many times it was called over TS telling people not to reset the mobs.

[Colt47]

At this point hunts are the great equalizer for new players to get caught up with the early PC players, at least hypothetically. I mean, it's an easier way to get i90 armor and gear at least.

[Lumidus]

It's not broken. Sounds like a group on your server are policing them lol

[Lithera]

The latest maintenance fixed the S Rank popping out problem it seems. As for resetting...what would your solution be? First solution...remove the boundary. Issue there? Trolls would kite it around the entire god damned zone. Okay so leave the boundary but don't reset HP. Issue there? People would use the reset to negate mechanics.

Not readily apparent with the zerging of course but if you're killing a mark with the intended group you do have to handle the monster mechanics and hanging out at the border of the reset zone would allow you to cancel certain less desirable attacks. You could discourage this by leaving the individual progress reset in place but that would lead to people trolling people's progress with resets and since monster HP wouldn't return to full people would potentially not get any credit at all.

So how about instead of resetting the mob, it resets players who step out of the boundary just like FATEs. If you've ever gotten hit with Steropes' knockback with him at like 2% and been flung out of the FATE radius you know why this option could suck. Brontes at least could be a major pain for people losing all credit at the end of a fight simply because of knockback.

[Renen]

The OP clearly either encountered some less than helpful hunters, or was just unclear about inability to join TS.
Most times, if you ask for an invite to the hunts you will indeed be asked to join TS. If you just say that you cant, most will just go and ask one of the LS leaders to invite you into LS only.
Reason for TS, is that is is very easy to just look at TS lobby and see exactly who needs an invite, as well as increased coordination.

The hunting on Excalibur is likely the best around. Everyone splits up and looks for the mob. Once mob is found, everyone in LS is notified.
One of leaders then picks a time when we pull, using eorzea time. If people are running late, they ask for an extension, and the pull is pushed back abit.
Most everyone shows up as a tank or healer, allowing for max credit for everyone. It is so so sooooo rare not to get full credit.

[Jynx]

Solution: Make hunt mobs never leash, move faster than players, or just strike divine punishment on anyone who attempts to "Flee" from a hunt monster.

[Thayos]

If you're pro-cooperation, transfer to Hyperion.

I can't remember the last time I saw someone reset a mob, and I still head out to NM fights whenever I can. The hunt groups are very cooperative and I've seen less early pulling than usual since the last patch (which is a pleasant surprise that I honestly didn't expect).