SE Why Do You Hate Hunts?

[Cadwgan]

Novus is old content, why is it now more time consuming?

Hunts was a one-stop-shop for almost everything, this nerf was needed, now people have to actually (dare I say it) play their jobs to progress, rather than waiting for someone to find a mark while half the people "AFK" in hunts linkshells until a reward for doing practically nothing in dangled in front of them.

[Daniolaut]

Hunts was a one-stop-shop for almost everything, this nerf was needed, now people have to actually (dare I say it) play their jobs to progress, rather than waiting for someone to find a mark while half the people "AFK" in hunts linkshells until a reward for doing practically nothing in dangled in front of them.

Yes i understand, and even agree that hunts shouldnt completely trump other content. Its supposed to be balanced.



--- but--- you completely missed my point.

I even put it in bold and with blue letters and made a comparison using an example from 2.3 and 2.4 and everything.

It is now more time consuming to obtain alexandrite.

After patch 2.0 with patch 2.1 or 2.2 was it i dont remember, i was able to get all zenith weapons in a matter of a few weeks (2-3 top i dont remember, i just remember it was super easy.)

Now from patch 2.3 to patch 2.4 it has gone from being able to easily get 3 alexandrite per day (doing 3 hours of hunts to get 200 seals and 800 myth) and your daily, to now just getting 2.5 alexandrite per day (doing 3 hours of hunts and the daily which was originally Lost City, Halatali Hard and Brayflox hard, now its been bumped up not only 1 set of additional dungeons but two full sets.)

Note: The item level requirement to enter Brayflox is i55, while the second set of dungeons is i70 for Stone Vigil hard, and i80 for Snowcloak.

[Dinh]

When it comes to the balancing of content rewards, however, after a patch has been released we are continuously checking data for how much each type of content is being played and how many rewards are being earned. Based off of this data we will continue to make adjustments as we move forward.

What did the devs honestly think was going to happen? Are they that detached from the players to not see the trends in this game over the past year?

[niwaar]

Greetings, everyone.

We received a comment from the development team that I’d like to share in regards to the amount of Allagan tomestones that can be earned from content in Patch 2.4.

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It would be really nice if they would then fix the participation requirement for S ranks. This is has happened to me a few times and I would really like to see it remedied. With the Poetic reward being so low, I think it should be given to anyone who attacks the boss above 25% of its health. I have received 1 tome after being active in the fight from 60-75% of the S ranks health. Its one thing getting 1 when you dont participate in the fight but when I am there for 5 minutes I should get more than 1 or 2.

[Cadwgan]

It would be really nice if they would then fix the participation requirement for S ranks. This is has happened to me a few times and I would really like to see it remedied. With the Poetic reward being so low, I think it should be given to anyone who attacks the boss above 25% of its health. I have received 1 tome after being active in the fight from 60-75% of the S ranks health. Its one thing getting 1 when you dont participate in the fight but when I am there for 5 minutes I should get more than 1 or 2.

It's not broken, by the sounds of it you were solo and not doing much (or on SMN, DoTs not applying due to the 30 debuff cap). Just like FATEs there is a party participation bonus, form or join a party, problem solved.

I've joined in on S ranks solo on my PLD or WAR that last no more than 30 seconds and get at least 50% credit.

[Renarudo]

Stuff

Just like Cadwgan said, you were either doing something wrong, or your party was. I've had the greatest success on S Ranks treating them like primals and having a traditional 2 Tank, 2 Healer, 4 DPS party. Participation is the name of the game on Hunts, and while a party of Tanks and Healers are fine for A ranks, you need to include some DPS to do damage for S Ranks. Also, different participation requirements for different party sizes. Solo, you can get full credit on a Tank class with A and S Ranks. 4 Man parties can go the light dungeon route.


Please keep in mind that if you engage as a light party and invite someone mid-way through, the requirements adjust to that of a full party and you risk not getting credit.

[Enthy]

SE should have added a few new Allied Seal rewards to keep Hunt's from completely dying. Even if it was just glamour items.

[Monsalvato]

SE should have kept the old level 90 AF2 gear.
Some people want to collect them for each job just for looks.
AF items are iconic and important in the world of FF. They are specific for each job and look different, it's understandable why many FF fans want to collect them all.

The new system that forces you to spam the 3 new dungeons is just a cheap way to bring people into doing those dungeons even more, and once new content is released it will be quite painful to farm them.



Concerning the new changes to Hunts/Seals I think this is how things should have always been, honestly. Hunts were way too generous first, I'm surprised they didn't patch it immediately.
Of course we're all used to that sort of generosity, so anything less than that (even if more "balanced") will rightfully make us angry.
As sad as a choice as it may be, I can understand it and support it.
The removal of AF2 gear instead has no reason at all, it's just stupid.

[KariArisu]

SE should have kept the old level 90 AF2 gear.

Uhh, i90 gear is still in the game. You exchange the Ancient Armor Pieces you get from the new dungeons for them now.

[Katsushiro]

Uhh, i90 gear is still in the game. You exchange the Ancient Armor Pieces you get from the new dungeons for them now.

But I think he still wants to get them from hunts. ^^; What about the i90 accessories, can you get those from Ancient pieces? It's not the most outrageous comment in the world... why shouldn't there be multiple ways to obtain these items like there was before 2.4? It promotes diversity in favored acquisition methods. I personally think we should still be able to get them from Mor Dohna merchant NPCs for half the cost of the Soldiery equips. But something I don't get is... if Soldiery equips were truly meant to replace the "vintage" armor sets, then why aren't the prices lower and the yields higher for Soldiery tomes? Though I think Poetics drop rates can stay low because that armor is the new top tier tome prize.