ninja pulling hunts

[Theplatter]

peppole ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm sorry, but as I read this post, all I could think of was this.

[LunaChild]

Reporting player who played content as intended... srsly...

[StouterTaru]

Reporting player who played content as intended... srsly...

I think you are misremembering the patch notes about the hunt:

- Regular and Elite Marks
While regular marks denote enemies commonly found in the wilds of Eorzea, elite marks denote powerful enemies that only appear under certain conditions. They are ranked according to the risk they pose: rank B (lowest risk), rank A, and rank S (highest risk). In addition to the bounties listed on the Hunt board, elite marks will yield rewards including Allied Seals, Allagan tomestones of mythology, and Allagan tomestones of soldiery. Players are free to pursue elite marks without procuring an elite mark bill from the Hunt board, but they will not be eligible for the bounties stated on the bill. To learn more of the nature of these elite marks, players can consult the hunter-scholars stationed at every hamlet about Eorzea. After an elite mark is discovered, players should stand around for as long as it takes for the entire server to get there before attempting to fight it. If someone attacks an elite mark while players are still en route, everyone in the area should shout about early pulling and report that person.

[Dogempire]

I think you are misremembering the patch notes about the hunt:

For some reason that seems really fake.

Seems weird that they're saying you need to wait for the entire server for the hunt.

[StouterTaru]

For some reason that seems really fake.

Seems weird that they're saying you need to wait for the entire server for the hunt.

I don't remember exactly where it was, but I think it was a live letter where Yoshi added that players should hold hands and sing Kumbaya while waiting.

[Kaedn]

The bit in bold was sarcasm. That said, the hunt community really needs to get over that they're entitled to every hunt mob.

[Cherie]

Well, think of it this way. You are a actual hunter in a actual jungle... If someone shoots the deer you saw first or scares it away... That guy is a jerk, but it's not like the police are going to arrest him.

NPCs aren't owned by anyone. They own themselves if anything and have programming to defend themselves... :x

If they had to police the issue though, I'd prefer some magical moogle police come and carry way the people being jerks and tickle their feet with feathers for a few hours. That would work. Unless they enjoy that sort of thing...

The way this game has worked since 2.0 launch has been that it goes to who it goes to. For instance, i remember the fleece farming off sheep at launch was freaking brutal.

[Yukiko]

Why couldnt they just add NMs from 1.x ?
S-Ranks die within 1 Minute with less than 16 players atting... its a joke!
The fix didnt help anything, do they even monitor the situation or have they already given up on hunts?
To think in diadem it would be different, who was responsible for that bad idea?!

[Evangela]

Everybody has the rights to kill any monster in the game. Early pullers didn't do anything wrong.

You're too slow. Get over it.

[Theodric]

Everybody has the rights to kill any monster in the game. Early pullers didn't do anything wrong.

You're too slow. Get over it.

It's a bit more complicated than that. Most people don't have the time to wait around or explore the game world in the hope that maybe there's a A or S rank lurking in the area. With that in mind it's not unfair to consider it good sportsmanship to call out the location and give people 5-10 minutes to gather and assault it.

It makes for a more pleasant experience overall - and it's very telling that it's the norm over on the Japanese servers but not on the EU and NA servers. It'd be interesting to learn if the developers themselves play on the NA/EU servers to see how the method of players tackling content differs compared to over on the Japanese servers.