An example of why the ARR Hunts need an adjustment

[RokkuEkkusu]

The main issue I have with the S rank hunts is that they spawn AWAY from the ones who actually took the effort in spawning the said S ranks in the first place. How is that fair credit- and achievement-wise?

And as far as the Ariyala site update situation is concerned, not everyone who hunts use or update the site timely when a hunt boss dies on a particular server. So it's fair game for anyone who relies on it to keep track of hunts.

[SuperZay]

The main issue I have with the S rank hunts is that they spawn AWAY from the ones who actually took the effort in spawning the said S ranks in the first place. How is that fair credit- and achievement-wise?

It's not that bad actually.
Nandi spawns on top of you.
Croakadile spawns on top of you.
Brontes spawns on top of you.
Mindflayer spawns on top of you.
Kaiser Behemoth spawns on top of you.
Gamma spawns on top of you.
Laideronnette and the Garlok are autospawned and 100% on schedule which you know days in advance.
Can't miss SB hunts because they have a lot of HP.
Can't miss hunts like Bonnacon or Zona Seeker because their small areas.
Nyu spawns in large area, but you are likely doing fates with a party and know time when it's supposed to spawn.

So if you are spawner, you'll never miss any S ranks you've spawned.

[Bach_of_Behemoth]

geez you\\'re really not getting what the OP is saying.

That on his server the people are purposefully not tracking (or incorrectly tracking) the S ranks, and not relaying them, so it makes it almost impossible for others who aren\\'t in that elusive club to know what the spawn window is currently at.

Of course joining a spawn party would help...if they could find out what the spawn window was, or if they could find out how to join the existing spawners. Other servers are better about cooperating so more people can participate in spawning.

Your screenshot just shows that on your server (which it looks like you\\'re on Odin and he\\'s on Behemoth), you\\'re probably all better at actually tracking correctly and reporting.

Imagine if tomorrow someone decided to go on your tracker (I\\'m assuming Ariyala/Odin) and decided to mark every single S rank as being dead. It\\'d be a similar experience to if no one was reporting when an S rank died at all because the window would always be inaccurate.

To the OP:
for the time being focus on the few S ranks that are not spawned by players.
example: Croakadile is spawned based on when the full moon comes. Get an android app called Eorzea clock (get an emulator if you don\\'t have android) so you can see the moon phase.
example2: there\\'s another one that\\'s based on when the weather rains twice in a row. There is a website out there for that as well.

So at least for those it\\'s based on the server, not on people, so if you show up whenever that happens, even if you can\\'t know the window, at least you have a greater chance of seeing them.

Now that you mention this. Yes. There are literally a few people who became so salty because they missed a couple hunts; a husband and wife according to the majority on behemoth that they; a heals and dps/tank now purposly flat out pull anythibg insight the second they see it, they spawn any and all s ranks from A realm reborn to Heavensward to Stormblood, dont bother to say shit regardless of it being an A rank or S rank alike they will pull it upon contact. So i can confirm that yes there are those people and those that are defending them aswell with the "git gud" mentality.

[Cakekizyy]

Not telling people when a hunt is killed is not disrupting.

[Rita1989]

Not telling people when a hunt is killed is not disrupting.

That is easy to say when your a server that tracks hunts properly.

On Behemoth hunting anything besides SB s ranks is close to impossible for a casual player, seriously the best solution might be to just get off that server though as its not the norm.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/HuntTracker/Behemoth

Literally all their hunts are missing and I heard from some people this same group is purposely putting in false information just so they can get an advantage for them selves.

[Cakekizyy]

That is easy to say when your a server that tracks hunts properly.

On Behemoth hunting anything besides SB s ranks is close to impossible for a casual player, seriously the best solution might be to just get off that server though as its not the norm.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/HuntTracker/Behemoth

Literally all their hunts are missing and I heard from some people this same group is purposely putting in false information just so they can get an advantage for them selves.

You would have gone crazy in EQ if you think anyone has obligation to let others know when a boss is killed.

[Rita1989]

You would have gone crazy in EQ if you think anyone has obligation to let others know when a boss is killed.

Why are you bringing up something that is completely irrelevant?

I played ffxi and finding out tod was never that hard to get, guess the community had decent people though and most servers on ffxiv are the same and every s rank has tod marked.

So it's a small amount of the community who has toxic mindset like you.

Hunts are not supposed to be like HNM or world bosses from other games anyways considering there are no rare drops.

[MajinkenSouga]

It's sad the devs probably won't even acknowledge this issue

[NolLacnala]

Did XI get this much whining with NMs?

[Settiesama]

Did XI get this much whining with NMs?

No, mobs were claimed in XI, meaning the first person/party to hit it were the only ones who could attack it, so competition for such things was expected and normal. Anyone actively hunting would know the respawn time. The idea for hunts in this game was also to be something of competition, but that was lost when people started believing that shouting out to people who aren't even hunting to come join and wait for the entire server to show up was the only way you should do it.