Hunt Mob Entitlement?

[KamikazeMan]

If SE intended on hunts to be competitive PVE then they would have made it so the hunt mobs are claimed by the party that attacks it first. So I have no reason to believe this and to my knowledge SE has never claimed otherwise.

I don't recall them ever saying we're supposed to share hunts with half the server either. And they went on to say the number of players each kind of rank of elite was intended for. They didn't have to bluntly state something that was obvious.

[GalkaBikini]

I don't recall them ever saying we're supposed to share hunts with half the server either.

No, but the fact that everyone that touches the mob gets credit should say something. And regardless of how all of this works this is a social environment and there are social repercussions for the way people behave. The general consensus (of any decent human being) is that you wait a short time. On my server we shun the fast pullers and they are removed from hunt parties. Don't want to be a part of the community? Well, then, don't.

[KamikazeMan]

snippy

That's just how the claim system works in XIV and I don't think it has anything to do with it. I also doubt people really blacklist early pullers....at least the people that matter on my server. Ever since hunts were introduced, I always only waited for my party to show up before pulling. I get nice /shout messages and some interesting tells, but I have yet to notice any kind of difference on PF or the way people treat me after 5 minutes of them raging. And the truth is, you can never wait long enough and will upset people regardless to how long you wait.