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    Quote Originally Posted by Nixxe View Post
    You only have as much time to get to the hunts as you do because they're so far away. It's Balmung. The hunts get pulled by people who pull as soon as they show up. The faster they show up, the less time you have to get there as well. That's why it's important to be in good hunt linkshells and drop everything you're doing to get to the hunt.
    Quote Originally Posted by SenorPatty View Post
    I think the faster adn easiest solution for overpopulated servers like Balmung is increase the re-appearance rate of the fates.
    I would add, and this is something SE should be concerned about that it's not so bad to respond quickly when you have an SSD but I've had someone in my group teleport /with/ me and not make it to the hunt while I did because ps3 load difference. That like 10 second difference on Balmung lol.

    For some, depending on the popularity fo the content at that time, it's possible they can't be part of that content - it's just not possible for them to get there before it vaporizes xD. (Ofc there are people who check their retainers, do a few beastmen quests, water their garden, and then teleport there and are upset it's dead- but I'm not focusing on those sort of people :P)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
    For some, depending on the popularity fo the content at that time, it's possible they can't be part of that content - it's just not possible for them to get there before it vaporizes xD.
    Well this might sound like a crazy idea but if you really want/need a hunt you could search for it yourself instead of waiting for someone to shout it's position.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Silica-chan View Post
    Well this might sound like a crazy idea but if you really want/need a hunt you could search for it yourself instead of waiting for someone to shout it's position.
    WITH the assumption of loading issues that during peak time they can't be part of the train, the rate of your suggestion is hilariously different. Like miles of difference. Although without the loading issues or outside of peak time then yes, this would be preferable as it helps everyone.

    So yes, it's a crazy idea (given the presuppositions I made to the issue I then followed), it's still rather pointless in comparison to the rate of being part of the hunt train. If we buck the assumptions (unfocusing on those who can't load quickly) then less of an issue, yes.

    Perhaps you can argue that one once in a while is still fine (something better than nothing), but imo at least given the difference between train or no train it's a waste of time unless you have no other possible progression tool. Because Balmung's train is that powerful and that fast (when the content is releveant, things are better during the luls).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
    I would add, and this is something SE should be concerned about that it's not so bad to respond quickly when you have an SSD but I've had someone in my group teleport /with/ me and not make it to the hunt while I did because ps3 load difference. That like 10 second difference on Balmung lol.

    For some, depending on the popularity fo the content at that time, it's possible they can't be part of that content - it's just not possible for them to get there before it vaporizes xD. (Ofc there are people who check their retainers, do a few beastmen quests, water their garden, and then teleport there and are upset it's dead- but I'm not focusing on those sort of people :P)
    I can 100% see that being a problem. Personally, I try to wait five minutes, but unless it's like 3 am, I am probably not the most impatient person there. We spawned Gandarewa earlier today and it lived all of about 1.5 minutes after I initially called it out. That's a bit faster than usual, but average time between first call and pull for S ranks is only about two minutes, which really doesn't afford people with slower loads much of a chance to get there.

    Quote Originally Posted by Silica-chan View Post
    Well this might sound like a crazy idea but if you really want/need a hunt you could search for it yourself instead of waiting for someone to shout it's position.
    There are usually multiple hunts up and being actively searched for at any given time. You can't be in multiple zones simultaneously, so not making it to a hunt doesn't necessarily imply people are just chilling by an aetheryte waiting for other people to find stuff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
    I would add, and this is something SE should be concerned about that it's not so bad to respond quickly when you have an SSD but I've had someone in my group teleport /with/ me and not make it to the hunt while I did because ps3 load difference. That like 10 second difference on Balmung lol.
    This will get fixed in SB
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    Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
    This will get fixed in SB
    mmmmm nope, a LOT of people still won't have an SSD and PS4 (not that much faster in load times than a PS3 also they use HDD primarily and the users who buy them aren't as frequently modders)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
    This will get fixed in SB
    Maybe, I just picked PS3 for high chance for a slow HDD- a lot of PC users have this issue too and I don't think the PS4 has an SSD. Although I don't have and never check about the PS4 lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
    Maybe, I just picked PS3 for high chance for a slow HDD- a lot of PC users have this issue too and I don't think the PS4 has an SSD. Although I don't have and never check about the PS4 lol.
    Not as standard, but you can buy one and build it into the PS4
    https://www.amazon.com/Skywin-Perfor...4176813&sr=8-3

    Quote Originally Posted by Ama_Hamada View Post
    Having 2 next to eachother in sea of clouds who one is also near the exit of the foundation, meaning it does not take long to get there from the foundation to one of the Aetherite points does not sound like thinking hard to me. At that point looks random and "hope it works"
    I can understand if you have mentioned Western La Noscea, but the two in Sea of Cloud are not really near to each other. Try to travel from one to the other without flying. And which one of the two do you want to move somewhere else, away from it's quest hub? And where? Don't forget, not in the middle of enemy camps.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
    ry to travel from one to the other without flying.
    Try gathering in HW without flying then, each HW zone needs 3-5 in that view.
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