New hunt marks in 3.0... Server wide drama for a month AGAIN -_-

[Pyroclastic]

I just read the Preliminary patch notes and I just cannot believe they are adding hunts AGAIN?!!? This is just preposterous!

HOW the HELL have they not seen what kind of toxic behaviour this causes? The idea is great and all but I only see it working out with either 1 of these 2 changes:

Change 1:
All hunt marks, beside the S ranks, are now instanced. This would eliminate all bullsh!t because you don't have to worry about other players using maphacks and what not, leaving you with 0 chance of ever getting a mark if you want to play it fair, unless you quit your job and play during nighttime. >.>

or

Change 2:
This is the one I would prefer. All rewards are now restricted to glamour, minions and maybe even mounts, but NO items that give you access to raidtiered gear what so ever. This would eliminate that "rush feeling" that almost every player has when it comes to these things (gotta have all gear upgrades ASAP to have better progression in raidcontent!!!11!!1).
Instead of feeling the need to hunt down all marks asap, I think this would create a more "layed back" mindset in the playerbase, because you can get glamour and mounts whenever you feel like it, instead of almost being forced to rush it if you're progressing trough raid content.

What do you guys think about this? And how can they "fix" these hunts in your opinion?

[Shadowsun]

Hunts are fine, learn to steak.

[Urielparadox]

Or learn to read. Hunts in heavensward are going to be a lot different based on the patch notes

[Eardstapa]

It has also been said, that at E3, players whom chose to attack A rank hunts, and even B ranks, regretted it immediately.

[Pyroclastic]

Hunts are fine, learn to steak.

Explain to me what "steaking" is and I might consider learning it.

Or learn to read. Hunts in heavensward are going to be a lot different based on the patch notes

Qoute me the part from the patch notes where it says or implies hunts will be "a lot different" please.

[Urielparadox]

"players will have the option to choose from three types of mark bills: level 1 clan mark bills, level 2 clan mark bills, and level 3 clan mark bills. Level 2 and level 3 clan mark bills can only be accepted after completing the aforementioned special quest"
all hunts will now require bills and marks instead of being anyone and everyone is what I take from this.

[Anatole]

well the mark bills are:
lvl 1:really easy normal mobs(like kill 3 lvl 51 mobs)
lvl 2 marks is the same just a higher lvl.
lvl 3 marks. the same, but with lvl 60 mobs

you also get a weekly elite mark, which is the lvl 60 version of B ranks and depending on class. can be soloed.

so its the same as the old stuff

[Culfinrandir]

There's still the A/S ranks though but I don't know if they drop different gear in 3.0 areas than in 2.0 areas. It's still a zergfest either way.

[VitalSuit]

It has also been said, that at E3, players whom chose to attack A rank hunts, and even B ranks, regretted it immediately.

I find it funny that you say this because I just watched a level 60 drg solo a B rank with their chocobo out. They're not as tough as people seem to make them out. Hell even before that I saw a level 56 Warrior tank a level 60 A rank with a bunch of lower leveled (51-53) healers healing him. Yeah it took all those healers to heal him but they still managed to kill it.

[Mirakumi]

I thought they were gonna hot fix the fact that hunt mobs can be up in different zones, so if you kill two A ranks in 1, go to 2 and they will be up, such as 3 and 4. The Hunt ls talked about this last night seems op. Surprised lol