Invite to what?

[Zuri_54]

Hey, just wondering why there are times when the chat is randomly spammed with like fifty people asking for invites? I'm probably being really noobish here but what do they want an invite to?

Oh and then they start saying 'dead' or 'pulled early', what is that all about?

[Genaxx]

Its because a hunt spawned in that zone, either A or S rank.

[Zuri_54]

Its because a hunt spawned in that zone, either A or S rank.

A hunt? Sorry I'm a new player so I don't know many of the terms for things yet. Thanks for replying by the way

[Sagittarian]

When you get to level 50 you can participate in notorious monster hunts. They come in 3 ranks: B, A, S. The B ranks can be done solo and are given out as weekly quests. The A ranks spawn every 4 hours. The S ranks spawn every 48-72 hours and only under certain conditions.
Participating in a mark kill gives you Allied Seals which can be traded into the grand company for various things.

[Zuri_54]

Ah thank you!

[yoco007]

this is only when you reach lvl 50? you can't participate at low lvl?

[Keydah]

If you see a specially-named level 50 monster on the map you're on that has a blue (non-aggroable) symbol, it's a B rank. You should shout its name and position for anyone searching for it for their weekly, so that they can find it more easily.

If you see a specially-named level 50 monster with an orange (aggroable) symbol, shout its name and position too so that people can pass it along to their hunt linkshells. If it's a huge one, it's probably an S rank.

If you're unsure of what it is, you can check [this] page.

this is only when you reach lvl 50? you can't participate at low lvl?

You can participate in A & S rank hunts, and you should receive allied seals (the hunt currency), but you will die every single time something hits you if you're below about 40. That's just an estimate...I've seen level 5-20s do it, and 45+, but never in between.

So I'm not a new player but I'm new to hunts (never bothered with them in ARR), I did all three quests so I have access to the dailies and the weekly B rank now.. But how do get access for S and A ranks? Or do those count even if I don't have a bill for them? Forgive me if these are noobish questions but like I said I am a newb to the hunt lol

A and S ranks aren't weekly or daily or anything, you just do them when they spawn. You will never receive bills for them. Tbh, I don't know how Heavensward ones work...I'm only 56 right now.

[Niwashi]

You can hit the monster on your own (solo) but if there is a party hunting it as well then you wont do enough overall damage and likely won't get credit for doing it.
Thus the reason for the invite.

More specifically, you're unlikely to get full credit solo. The minimum you can get is 4 Allied Seals and 3 Poetics tomes just for tagging an A rank as opposed to getting up to 40 seals and 30 tomes if you and your party do major damage to it. There are also some intermediate levels in between those for players who did more than just tag it but not quite enough for full credit. (For an S rank, full credit is 100 of each, so I expect the lowest tagging score would net around 10 each if they have the same 1/10 pattern as on A ranks.)

[AskaRay]

You can, but you have a higher risk of dying and nothing you get from the hunts will benefit you before level 50.

[Zuri_54]

Really? Because I did something earlier where it posted the location and stuff in chat, and I got people asking for invites, but I'm only lv 19 :/