Elite hunt marks aggroing in sarter zones! WTH?

[Esp]

What if, instead of a bug that needed fixing, this became an unintended feature? Just hear me out for a second. I saw earlier that a monk had a quest location where an A rank had spawned and it did not like him AT ALL. So he was forced to stop and wait for hunters to take care of it. ACTUAL INCONVENIENCE. What if Elite ranked monsters started attacking towns and villages and such? Or the Ixal beast quest's little hideaway in the south shroud? It goes from a chore of busy work to doing a public service in the game. Just food for thought.

I...would not mind this actually. I think we need a few beastmen/hunt mobs to wonder into a town, say, Idyeshire, and begin ripping apart all the unsuspected people that constantly AFK there. Then folks would have to fight them back for them to retreat.

FFXI had this in the Wings of the Goddess expansion areas (Conquest) and the Whitegate city zone (Besieged). NPCs could also be taken away too and it was up the players to go and rescue them, or those services they offered were not available until they were rescued.

Imagine, the tomes and item trade NPCs (or Rowena...>.>) could be hauled away to some area out in the Diadem and it would be up to the players to put together a rescue mission. No tomestones upgrades until you take care of business or defend the area to keep that from happening in the first place.

Yea, bring it xD

[Esp]

In that case, how is it that in al the time I have played his game, I have never seen an A spawn anywhere close to one ot the major cities, and now in the space of two days I find 2?

I think that since the old hunt marks aren't really useful anymore to most players, or hunts at the time you started running into them were just not popular enough that people are actively going out and killing them. I can't think of a reason to even go after a S rank anymore unless it's a HW area one.

Players just don't need anything from the old 2.0 seals, so that could be a reason your seeing them much more often than usual. If they are in the way of a quest or progression point, can always call out for some assistance and usually someone can not only destroy these things, but also raise you and send you back on your merry way. If you were on my server and I heard you ask, I'd be there in a heartbeat xD

[Lulu89]

OMG you died? tell me did it hurt? how much gil or xp did you lose? did it take you 2hr to get to that spot? how many items did you drop on death? I must know! .. Other y get over it! Kids now a days dont know how easy they have it in MMOs today... >.> play EQ1/FFXI when they 1st came out.... then you can talk. Sry to be a bitch about it but it getting old when ppl have this need to QQ over something so small like this.

[KitingGenbu]

I think that since the old hunt marks aren't really useful anymore to most players, or hunts at the time you started running into them were just not popular enough that people are actively going out and killing them. I can't think of a reason to even go after a S rank anymore unless it's a HW area one.

Players just don't need anything from the old 2.0 seals, so that could be a reason your seeing them much more often than usual. If they are in the way of a quest or progression point, can always call out for some assistance and usually someone can not only destroy these things, but also raise you and send you back on your merry way. If you were on my server and I heard you ask, I'd be there in a heartbeat xD

Well the old hunts do give 2.0 stuff, but they still give a small amount of cent. seals and lore. Most people will pretty much only do HW ones due to capping scriptures (whatever the latest tome is) faster.

[KinnisonArc]

You're not exactly new to the game so your alt should already be in a linkshell/FC with other veteran friends you can call for help or just shout in Gridania or naturally login to main character and beat it to pulp lol. I understand while it is inconvenient to fresh newbie experience but you only lose a couple of durability % in this game that can be repaired with a few coins.

I'm pretty sure there are plenty of people here who played RO before and had worst of losing precious experience and efforts over someone's genius idea of dropping a few Dead Branches at Prontera entrance, which only then it's worth the QQHelpKill thread.

[ruskie]

Well, don't ever play XI then. Aggro in this game is a joke, as you can probably sprint away from whatever SAW you (that's right, you ran in it's line of sight).

Actually you still have sound aggro mobs - which you can avoid by walking past them. So no it's not only line of sight.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

One time while leveling...

I did Titan story.

Got placed at the location where you start it, head outside the little ravine back towards town.



Walk outside the opening and fall over dead.

Look behind me to see a giant tonberry hanging out just outside the entrance where I couldn't have possibly seen him.
Sneaky Marbery...

[Violyre]

OMG you died? tell me did it hurt? how much gil or xp did you lose? did it take you 2hr to get to that spot? how many items did you drop on death? I must know! .. Other y get over it! Kids now a days dont know how easy they have it in MMOs today... >.> play EQ1/FFXI when they 1st came out.... then you can talk. Sry to be a bitch about it but it getting old when ppl have this need to QQ over something so small like this.

I played FFXI when it first came out. Yes it was tough, but they didn't put King Behemoth right outside of San d'Oria. They put fair enemies outside. Sure, they may have gone insane after the cap was raised to 99, but the mobs outside of town are still fair. This game was made to be more casual. I think if I was a fresh level 1 and ran into a level fifty monster right outside, where the nice NPCs told me to go, I'd go to that unsubscribe. But that's totally not the reason I selected this post to quote over the other, much better said, arguments of why higher levels get more arrogant.

I must know! .. Other y get over it!

Other y get over it!

Other y

I wonder if Alonzo Lerone would accept an FFXIV forum post.

B ranks won't aggro at all unless you hit them.

When it was first implemented, they did.

[Hasrat]

Just do what every other normal person does. Swear revenge and come back later.

I've got my eye on you, Sabotender Ballerina.

[Culfinrandir]

It wasn't recently spiced up, it has always been that way

That said, it is kind of inconvenient. I remember trying to do my low level MNK jobquest, and an A rank was right on top of the quest location.
I tried to complete the quest 3 times until I just gave up and decided to return the next day when the hunt was over ~.~

I had that, Maahes on top of the Pugilist quest. So I shouted the name & position using "<t> at <pos>" & people came to kill it in about 10 minutes. Worth it.