allied seals .....

[Tiggy]

yes they should allow all currencies to be placed in various ways in a game this way it does not force you to have to do one type of specific content which for some people like ps3 users as i stated above is almost impossible.

I completely disagree. The answer is to fix our balance the content. Not to roll the rewards to other content. This solution in no way attempts to fix the actual problem.

then totally remove tomestone from hunt.

I'd actually be ok with that. When the tome reward was lower on A ranks people farmed it less and the balance felt better.

Now that I'm on lunch I can actually post some ideas for fixing hunts that I was thinking of.

- Double the spawn rate and half the points. More hunts means more chances for people who are unlucky or have slow loading times.
- Make it so even 1 hit can get you full credit. Makes it more flexible for slower people getting there or solo players.
- Make the A rank HP on a scale that is based on the previous amount of players to kill it just like fates. Add a half life or some other degradation if the mob sits unclaimed long enough.
- Add an ability like the gatherers have that finds the hourly nodes but this point points to hunts that have popped. Evens the playing field between users who can and can't/won't user radar. Might even negate the need for it entirely.
- Add some mildly farmable items than can be used to force pop an A rank. 1 per character type items. Possibly a key item. I'd see parties forming with each player holding one of these items. 8 A ranks in a row is a good night of farming and it would be relatively easy. These force pops are tiered to the difficulty of an 8 person party. Or heck make them full alliance pop items. That would be a blast.

[Hik0]

Do not try to make it to you can farm every currency by doing only one thing.

then totally remove tomestone from hunt.

[Ashkendor]

i90 gear for newer players as well as vanity gear minions and seeds for gardening which are untradeable or unsellable. so forcing gardeners to hunt is unfair for some. theyallow other currencies to be gained in lots of other ways... ie/ soldiery and poetics can be gained in almost everything.

The i90 gear from the hunt billmaster went away several patches ago, whenever Allagan and Myth gear became desynthable. The i110 gear is more cost effective to buy with soldiery anyway. Gardeners can do their weekly hunt for 100, and the daily hunts give 64 per day if you finish them. That's 548 seals a week without ever having to touch the zergmurdertrain. In any case, just because some currency is available through multiple activities doesn't mean they all should be. I mean, if we're going to go that route, I should get PVP points for listing things on the market because dealing with undercutters is just another form of competition between players.

[writeraeria]

No, no, no. Those points are for hunts. You're just trying to make it possible to get all currencies from all content. This idea homogenizes the content. If you have a problem with how hunt rewards are balanced that's fine. Have that discussion. Do not try to make it to you can farm every currency by doing only one thing.

Wait what? My point was there are multiple ways to get the allied seals and essentially there are options to exchange one type of currency for another in PvE. But the hunts have to stay as the only w2ay to Allied seals... just cuz? I'm not seeing a concrete reason, so I'm curious why this one currency HAS to be unlike the others.

[Sorrik]

But as for the hunts, be patient. Most people only started doing hunts again to get Carbontwines and Carboncoats. SE said that they would eventually add those to WoD. When that happens, I'm sure the hunt zergfest will die down again and "Troll Tower III: World of Troll" will get into full gear.

I'm not gonna invest in this thread cause I get heated over Hunts in their current iteration. Just wanted to say "Troll Tower III: World of Troll" ... I laughed out loud for a solid minute. +1 dude, +1

[MistyMew]

Again debating back and forth is pointless sadly.
SE needs to step up and fix the issue today...not continue to ignore it, not 4,5,6 patches later....today.

They have been well aware of the problems for a long time, no excuses imo.

Adding a few seals from other means is not a bad idea, but actually fixing the hunts themselves FIRST would ensure hunts can be enjoyed by all. And not for just now, but throughout the lifetime of the game.

Many people on the forums and in game have come up with some excellent solutions, time to implement, or at the very very least acknowledge the problem and let us know a solution will be implemented in a timely fashion.

And no need to up the cost of the newest items 3 fold each time.... 4 years from now, will we need to farm hunts for a year straight to grab 1 item? They tend to have reality "issues" with the cost of many things in game, never a slight increase but bam...mega increase.

[Windklinge]

stop beating on a dead horse guys. they wont "fix" this anymore with heavensward beeing so close hunts will be obsolete soon anyway and a new system will give out the seals. highly doubtful they are going to make lvl 60 players farm lvl 50 mark hunts. SE has known these issues and was offered countless solutions to it some good some bad some average. they didnt pick ANY of em. so what makes you guys even THINK they will care NOW when lvl 50 content is going to be outdated so soon? just doesnt make sense anymore to add a cap or something else at this point. deal with it or take a break till expansion.

[papichulo123]

yeah add seals for pvp allied seals

[Gallus]

No, no, no, No, No! Keep hunts and everything about it out of Frontlines!

If this is the average mentality of the average player in FFXIV, god save us. Why would you even care if allied seals were given in Frontlines? Not like you would PVP anyway, but those who enjoy PVP would have a reason to do so, and those who enjoy hunts could keep doing them (haha enjoy hunts...lol). Is it better that the entire server is zerg hunting like soulless thralls while the rest of the stuff is dead because DF has abysmal queue times and there are only PFs about hunts and about people selling 4 star crafts?

No wonder SE takes everything what is said here with a grain of salt, some of you make absolutely no sense.

[ladyJ]

if i recall, did the not say that there would be hunts in the new regions in 3.0 in the land of the flying regions etc in a live letter a while back?