Resurgence of people using third-party programs to find hunt marks?

[Stormfur]

Just like with Ungarmax, I don't think this should be allowed. You're using a third party tool to "scan" an area in the game, which in turn gives you an unfair advantage.

I miss the old camaraderie that existed when hunt linkshells were first formed and people would go scouting for the hunts, or commit mass suicide on Witchdrop trying to get that dragon to spawn. Good times!

[Tridus]

Just like with Ungarmax, I don't think this should be allowed. You're using a third party tool to "scan" an area in the game, which in turn gives you an unfair advantage.

It's technically not allowed. One of the websites with a tool for this on it flat out tells you it's a ToS violation and that if you get in trouble for it, you were warned. But, much like parsers, they operate strictly client side and if you don't go around saying you have one, SE is largely going to leave you alone.

No offense, but hunts are open world content and designed to be competitive as well. Attacking an open world mob before others isn't griefing. A ranks were designed to be beaten by light parties, S ranks for 8 mans. If they wait for others, thats nice but its not a ToS violation if they don't.

ToS violation? No? Jerk behavior? Yep. If the community expects people to play nice on hunts and someone chooses not to, the community is entirely within it's rights to dislike and ostracize that person.