It's Time To Reconsider Removing Crossworld Hunting

[Tranquilmelody7]

Yoshida has said a lot of things in the past that just don't apply any more. Besides, he said that he had considered the idea of making S ranks similar to Fates or Eureka NM's, but it would just be too much developer work for now. SS ranks and the mount achievements are definitely designed with linkshells and community relay in mind. It's also a reason we get a zone message when an S rank spawns now, so players without addons aren't at a disadvantage. They aren't blind to how we operate hunts.



I have no fears over this really. Stormblood A ranks were highly relevant and I both organized and joined Hunt trains constantly. Hunts drop older tomes, materia and Hunt currency which has multiple uses. Hunts would definitely be fine without cross-world.

Yoshi P also initially said "We don't want to make S rank spawns any more obvious then they already are."
Indeed, now we have the "You sense the presence of a powerful mark..." message.

It's become quite clear with the implementation of SS ranks that SE views the hunt as a cooperative activity and not a competitive one.