Introduction
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the most improbable mount to obtain in the game… The Centurio Tiger! How do we obtain this magnificent beast? You need to kill 3,000 A ranks and 2,000 S ranks. The A ranks are bearable to a certain degree, but the S ranks is where things take a toll.
Assuming you get every S ranks, and it spawns dead on the 72 hour window opening. I work it out at 207 days. That’s not missing a single hunt. 27 S ranks, ~72hrs each, assuming you are there for every single S rank spawn and that every S rank spawns as soon as its window is open, would take 222 days. Or in hours, 5333 hours. (Ardene Pyrali of Sargatanas for the math)
*Edit: I assume he excluded The Pale Rider and Agrippa the Mighty due to them almost never spawning on our server.
Looking at these numbers, it is evident that no human person can actually achieve this within any reasonable timeframe even in the most ideal conditions. I'm not asking for a change because I don't want to put in any effort, I'm asking for a change so that my effort goes towards something that is achievable.
Here's a list of solutions:
Solutions
1) Change the 2,000 S rank kills to 1,000 or even lower and add whatever the change back into A rank kills or even include B rank kills.*1
2) Lower the respawn timer to one day or something.
3) Add more S ranks
*1 Since people are saying people already own the mount, they could easily change the requirement for 'You Got Game" to have "Straight As I" and "Straight Ss I" or "Bring Your A Game IV" and "Bring Your S Game IV".
Conclusion
At this point, the Centurio Tiger is the most absurd mount requirement to obtain and I am asking you, as an avid mount collector, to change this requirement to something that is logically achievable or adjust the way S ranks function.
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“They didn’t change Astrope”. I own Astrope, took 2 months with 0 clears. Astrope is possible, this is not. Astrope can be farmed whilst S ranks cannot be farmed because of the time gate. With Astrope you could grind and work really hard if you wanted to, S ranks you have the mercy of the system or by sacrificing your health to obtain a mount.
Edits
Edit 1: For the record, Hunts came out in Patch 2.3 (July 8th, 2014), not 2.0 launch.
Edit 2: It seems as if people automatically assume that I'm a moocher. Yes, I help find A's and help spawn S's the best I can. But for the hours I spend to /maybe/ get an S rank to spawn, the current rate of progress does not feel worthwhile or reasonable. Although, I still do it.
Edit 3: Also, the fact that you spend hours trying to spawn an S to no avail, then decide to call it a night to only find out it spawn moments after you sleep is quite disheartening.
Edit 4: My problem here is that you cannot grind S ranks. I am perfectly fine if you can grind S ranks. I don't mind the "grind" at all if it was grindable. I like grinding in RPG, but I cannot choose how much to grind or when I want to grind like you can with every other mount. The reasonings are due to work, real life, school, etc. With Astrope, you can choose whenever to start grinding. You can even set a number for yourself per day as to how much you want to clear. As for S ranks? You cannot set a fixed number due to how finicky the system is. You can be spending hours trying to spawn multiple S's and come out empty handed. You cannot calculate when you will be getting the Centurio Tiger whereas Astrope, you can easily calculate when. I do not mind killing 2,000 S's. I am asking to make it grindable.
Edit 5: Changed the word "impossible" to "improbable" because a lot of people seem to be focusing on that one word.
This is pretty noteworthy if it is true.