Hunt Mob Entitlement?

[GalkaBikini]

The party that strikes the mob first is usually the one who gets the most out of it.

I dunno who told you it works like this but they were wrong. Completely wrong.

[Kaethra]

As a rule of thumb? About 3 minutes.

Tried that too, still sketchy if you get credit or not, especially if there's a LS group gunning in on it.

I dunno who told you it works like this but they were wrong. Completely wrong.

No one told that to me. I've experienced it that way.

Try it yourself.

Like I said before. Tag it as soon as your group is ready and unload on it.

[GalkaBikini]

No one told that to me. I've experienced it that way.

lol... I don't think you understand how hunt contribution reward works. It not much different from FATEs.

[Kaethra]

It not much different from FATEs.

You're right, its not different than fates. As a Paladin you can flash spam everything in a fate, as a Black Mage you can scathe everything in a fate. And then let everyone else kill it and get full credit.

Aka, the first group that pulls gets full credit... Guaranteed. Everyone else have to compete with each other. If 'everyone else' hits the mob once for a few damage and there is enough people there that that 'few damage' each is enough to add up to kill the mob (as it was in my experience above) then credit goes a little 'wonky'. As in many people won't get credit and many will get little credit. But the first group that pulled the mob, will get full credit, regardless of the damage they did.

Hence.... you see the mob, get your group there and pull it as soon as possible. That's how it was designed. If its not how it was intended (design can be different from intent). Then they'll change it. But until then, grab it and kill it before it goes up to lady luck to decide who gets credit.

[Viridiana]

No one told that to me. I've experienced it that way.

I have. I'm almost never in the claiming group, and I almost always get full credit. If I get reduced credit, it's usually because not all of my group made it in time. If I get no credit, it's because I didn't attack the mob. Failing one of those two scenarios, I don't think I've ever *not* gotten full credit.

In short, you're wrong.

[Aegis]

This isn't being selfish or mean either. When the hunts first came out. I tried the waiting thing. I was able to get literally 30+ people there waiting until there was no one else 'on the way'. We pulled, mob died in 5 seconds, my group got no credit

If you pulled it, you got full credit. That's how it works. I can confirm this as I have been solo, done nothing more than claim A-ranks and let the zerg kill them. 100% contribution. Several times.

If no-one in your group got any credit at all, you all managed to fail to hit the mob. Even one hit on the mob gets you a minimum of one seal.


If you honestly hold that you hit the mob and that your group pulled but nobody got any rewards, file a bug report because that's just not the way they work. Of course you could just be misremembering/lying.

[GalkaBikini]

If you honestly hold that you hit the mob and that your group pulled but nobody got any rewards, file a bug report because that's just not the way they work. Of course you could just be misremembering/lying.

I noticed she's a WHM. She might not be (sounds like she probably isn't) hitting the mob with anything before going into Medica mode.

[ElHeggunte]

I don't think you should be required to announce a hunt's location and wait a moment for people to show up, but since not announcing it doesn't really benefit you in any, way, shape, or form it seems borderline spiteful to keep it to yourself. People are going to show up late and bitch no matter how long you wait so that's a poor reason not to share.

I'll be one of the first people jumping to say SE clearly didn't intend for hunts to be zerged the way they are now and really should have foreseen this happening to begin with, but since that's how the community as a whole has decided to deal with it why not go with the flow?

[GalkaBikini]

People are going to show up late and bitch no matter how long you wait so that's a poor reason not to share.

Agreed. There's no reason to say "screw the system" just because a few angry children (although sadly probably 30 year old adults) are doing what they do best - whining and calling people names.

[Galliano]

Both ways are fine in my eyes, if a small group can take it down then cool, if the big groups find it and kill it then also cool. It's an open world mob so people have free reign to do what they like.

I personally prefer the huge hunt group we have on Excal, but if we come across a normal group attacking an A rank we stand back and let them fight it. If they die then we will engage, or if they've done a fair chunk of damage already we will engage. But nobody will ever complain about the small group claiming it first.

the simple fact is: you either make it to the mob in time; or you don't.