Hunts: Has anyone considered this?

[Yumi_umi]

Simply why can't SE put a lifespan on hunts after they spawn?
Like after someone spots them and they r rendered on their screen, the timer will start to countdown and the hunt will disappear after it reaches 0.
So it will give a reason for hunts to be elussive, rare and not some fate for the everyday horde to zerg down.
Just a suggestion lol?

[Marcu18]

I would say no for these reasons:1) the target could disappear WHILE you are fighting lol. 2)it would entice more people to pull early to beat the clock. 3)And having a timer sounds like a fate and from your message you don’t want hunts to be fates. 4) this could tempt people to use 3rd party apps to know EXACTLY when they spawn.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Why bother making it vanish? It's not like people will ignore A and S marks.

[Shioban]

Simply why can't SE put a lifespan on hunts after they spawn?
Like after someone spots them and they r rendered on their screen, the timer will start to countdown and the hunt will disappear after it reaches 0.
So it will give a reason for hunts to be elussive, rare and not some fate for the everyday horde to zerg down.
Just a suggestion lol?

You could have it proximity based. "Os it on-screen", due to the fact that depending on your platform your draw-distance is going to differ would cause significant issues.


But at the same time, no this simply wouldn't work and or help matters.

[Barboron]

it would entice more people to pull early

There is no such thing as "pulling early". It's open world content. This would be an actual good reason for it, not that I am for it. But when people constantly complain, moan, and cry through the /shout channel about someone "pulling early", this could at least then be a way of telling them to pack it in.

[Yumi_umi]

I just saw it as a way for ppl to stop blaming each other and start blaming the game.
I.e " i had to pull it as time was running out etc"
Then ppl will be like oh ok i suppose or something like tht hopefully.
Also it's only realistic tht creatures will move around/ go away after periods of time right?

Also maybe refresh the timer after it is pulled and after that it will start the countdown again regardless if it gets resetted so the ppl who reset it will ruin it for everyone.

[Fooly]

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[Yumi_umi]

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Good point but then again we all know how fast these hunts get zerged down.
So imo woth a fresh coutdown that wouldn't be a big problem right?

[Viridiana]

There is no such thing as "pulling early". It's open world content.

I'd agree if it had a shorter respawn timer or if rewards were exclusive to the pulling group. Not that I'm advocating waiting 5+ minutes before each pull, just long enough for the people who are actually paying attention to get to it from the nearest crystal.

I just saw it as a way for ppl to stop blaming each other and start blaming the game.

Honestly, this probably won't stop until they introduce other ways to get seals. As it stands, we only have one real way to get them; and there's only a certain amount you can get within a given time frame, so of course people are upset when people pull early.

[Kyros]

This is a terrible idea. People will just claim the mob instantly and try to hold it while their party gets there. It will make every single aspect of the hunt worse than it currently is. Plus it introduces even more class-ism to the hunts. Pretty much just jobs that can solo or live long enough for their party to get there will benefit from this idea.

Unless you pretend the mobs to disappear mid-fight, to which I just say: Lol.