Hunts bring down this game.

[Jojoya]

I know the above post is a bit old but this attitude that A rank belong only to hunt trains is over the top. I agree with trying to make Hunt marks available to the greater number but the intransigence and attitude of some players is toxic and non sensical.

The ShB A rank hunt train on my server is usually around 10 am (Do people not work?). The other day it was somewhere between 8-10 pm and I sent a shout about some A ranks being available. Verbal abuse immediately followed with things such as x is going to kill you; if you touch that everyone is going to hate you and other niceties.

What was the harm in killing a few A rank at 8-10pm when the hunt train is at 10 am the next morning? Everything would have respawned by then. Why claim exclusivity over something that is not meant to be exclusive and that respawns 4-6 times a day and when the Hunt train is at hours where most players are not available anyway? If the Hunt train would have been in the next few hours, I would understand suggesting not to kill the marks but the next morning? It’s nonsense. And verbal verbal abuse is not needed. A simple “there is a hunt train coming soon, why don’t you join us” would do.

Most of the current hunt communities don't understand how SE intended hunts to work. They were invited by friends who told them "X, Y, Z happens" and assume that's a full explanation of the Hunt.

I do my best to explain if I run into someone who thinks marks can't be killed outside of train.

As you say, some people have to work or have other real life obligations. They may not be able to make the trains but might want to get a kill or two in while they are still online. That's their right per SE's design. The part of the community that wants trains should have made certain to get one organized and rolling sooner if they wanted those marks included in the train.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the pre-set scheduled trains because of the drama they can cause. But at least now with world visit and data center travel, players can attend trains on other worlds if they can't make the scheduled train on their world. I'm even seeing Travelers show up at the off-off peak trains I sometimes run.

But if people have reasons to kill outside of train, no sweat. There's always the next time and there are other ways to earn tomestones and seals/nuts.

Reminds me it's time to stock up on popcorn. 6.2 is coming soon and the community is going to turn into a whinefest as raiders appear to farm clusters and nuts for materia.

[Toutatis]

But if people have reasons to kill outside of train, no sweat. There's always the next time and there are other ways to earn tomestones and seals/nuts.

Reminds me it's time to stock up on popcorn. 6.2 is coming soon and the community is going to turn into a whinefest as raiders appear to farm clusters and nuts for materia.

I agree with what you said.

See I do like hunt trains, I find them practical when you can catch them but I don’t get angry when a mark is down; we’ve already received a bunch of nuts and it’s usually the same people killing the marks over and over.

In the case I mentioned above, not only the train happens at off hours, I was on a character that could not yet access all areas in Novrandt and even less fly around them so a hunt train was a big no for me.

However, I made the shouts knowing that there would be no interference with the hunt train as it was in 12 hours only. The marks would have had the time to respawn at least twice so the hunt train would not even have been affected and everyone would have had their nuts plus a bonus yet my shout was met with angry replies. The structure has become so rigid, people can’t use their brain anymore...pardon the expression but this is nuts.