Hunts and Trains; please fix the Hunts!

[Vahlnir]

Like others said, it's just a temporary thing, gotta deal with it. It will go back to normal soon.
As for hunts being fun? Actually they are for me, this week I've only done hunts and 0 expert roulette. Usually I prioritize roulette cause I can do it anytime while for trains I need to wait for one to be conducted, but lately so many are going on that I always find one.



Uh there actually is an option where you can limit the number of players you see to max of 30, I always have it on.

I'll have to look into that, thanks. I didn't think this was a thing. I do know that they have a rendering thing where you can prioritize who/what gets rendered, but I wasn't aware that this was a thing.

Edit: I am having trouble locating it though, so if you wouldn't mind pointing me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.

[Tlamila]

I'll have to look into that, thanks. I didn't think this was a thing. I do know that they have a rendering thing where you can prioritize who/what gets rendered, but I wasn't aware that this was a thing.

Edit: I am having trouble locating it though, so if you wouldn't mind pointing me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.

System configuration - Other settings - Display Limits - Character and Object Quantity.

[ReynTime]

Cross world hunts were a mistake, in my opinion. Way too many people in an area at once. If we had a more efficient way to filter who we see I suppose it'd be one thing, but we don't. A lot of MMOs have a setting that lets you choose the number of players you can see at any given time like 12, 20, 50, etc. FF XIV would benefit from such a feature, I think.

Agreed but not only for this reason.

[DrWho2010]

eventually this will die down as people get their upgrade items finished with. the initial rush is hyped but it's to be expected.

[LaylaTsarra]

The mayhem is awesome. It'll die down in a week or two when the main rush is over.

[Gula]

The mayhem is awesome. It'll die down in a week or two when the main rush is over.

The mayhem is why I even do hunts. I don't want to deal with the Great Mighty Poo and die die die between a group of 8 people. It feels good seeing that HP go down the drain.

[Cursix]

Even if nothing is done now; My hope is the developers will put some limitation next major patch to reduce this kind of thing.

[Halobump]

The issue being is that hunts are not well designed when scaled with the number of people that attend them. There are plenty of stories of people not being able to see hunts; players not loading into the zones quickly; character and animation culling.

There's also the question I feel often gets overlooked: "Are Hunts actually fun?". Sure, you are rewarded quite well for your time, but I feel a good measure of a fun system in an MMO is would you go do it if there was little to no reward for doing so? Take the Hero's Gauntlet for example, the dungeon is exciting to do, so I've done it several times knowing it is not an efficient use of my time. I've played Rival Wings mainly because I find the game mode fun and accessible. Would you undertake a Hunt because it is entertaining though?

[ACE135]

The issue being is that hunts are not well designed when scaled with the number of people that attend them. There are plenty of stories of people not being able to see hunts; players not loading into the zones quickly; character and animation culling.

There's also the question I feel often gets overlooked: "Are Hunts actually fun?". Sure, you are rewarded quite well for your time, but I feel a good measure of a fun system in an MMO is would you go do it if there was little to no reward for doing so? Take the Hero's Gauntlet for example, the dungeon is exciting to do, so I've done it several times knowing it is not an efficient use of my time. I've played Rival Wings mainly because I find the game mode fun and accessible. Would you undertake a Hunt because it is entertaining though?

Maybe the rewards for Hunts should be reduced to 1/2 or 1/4 since you can kill way more Hunts now. I found Hunts fun before cross world got introduced and I could do that all day long.

[Kleeya]

Maybe the rewards for Hunts should be reduced to 1/2 or 1/4 since you can kill way more Hunts now.

I would prefer to rewards staying the same, so that people only interested in getting their 500 stuff can have it the soonest possible, and so that the actual rush and all the problems involved can end the soonest possible as well.

There's also the question I feel often gets overlooked: "Are Hunts actually fun?". Sure, you are rewarded quite well for your time, but I feel a good measure of a fun system in an MMO is would you go do it if there was little to no reward for doing so? Take the Hero's Gauntlet for example, the dungeon is exciting to do, so I've done it several times knowing it is not an efficient use of my time. I've played Rival Wings mainly because I find the game mode fun and accessible. Would you undertake a Hunt because it is entertaining though?

It depends of your personnal preferences. For my part i find that hero's gauntlet is just another (2 packs of mobs + 1 boss)x3 boring faceroll. I would take a Mudman's hunt instead anytime, it is way more funny to still see so much people being flattened by mechanics who have been around for more than one year XD