Regarding Elite Mark HP

[Mirhd]

Well, the second wave of S ranks started spawning on Aether after they "fixed" the hunt sniffing apps, and now the instances are hitting player counts of 200+ in less then a minute of something spawning.

I really think it would be a net positive to just disable the ability to interact with hunts while cross-world at least temporarily because things are getting melted even just with the localsshowing up.

Eh. I'm still of the opinion that cross-world hunts shouldn't be a thing at all, not temporarily disabled. I haven't bothered with hunts in forever for multiple reasons, and them just poofing out of existence the moment they spawn is one of them. Also, ya know... the trolling. No idea if it's still happening, but it wouldn't surprise me.

[Louvain]

It took me 3 years to get the kills needed for my tiger. Its a long term goal, not a 1 patch goal lol

I think the emphasis here was the "not having access to the community that other players have built to make hunting as efficient and convenient as possible" vs just hunts being called completely at random

[Rokke]

I think the emphasis here was the "not having access to the community that other players have built to make hunting as efficient and convenient as possible" vs just hunts being called completely at random

The emphasis is moot when I hunted on Balmung, where trains/standing around waiting for everyone and their mother to show up aren't the norm. It is and has always been doable, you just needed to be proactive, to get out and spend time looking for things to kill.

[TeaRenin]

Honestly though - is there a downside to implementing changes in the spirit of what Louvain suggested (whether exactly like that, or just something else intended to fix it) that isn't rooted merely in debate over whether or not it still matters what the Hunt was originally intended to be like? Apart from 'but it's not how SE envisioned Hunts when they made them initially', is there a solid reason to oppose a change like that?
There is clearly enough interest in attending S Ranks to make 'but what it it becomes too difficult to kill now?' a complete non-issue. Even ARR marks still get plenty of people attending; interest in EW marks isn't going to decrease so dramatically any time in the conceivable future that making them a little harder to kill would cause any problem whatsoever. Nobody's day is gonna get ruined because the mark might melt a little slower.

And frankly, I don't think beefing up marks' HP a bit is gonna cause the devs to spin in their chairs mourning the original spirit of the Hunt, either.

[Diplopod]

The emphasis is moot when I hunted on Balmung, where trains/standing around waiting for everyone and their mother to show up aren't the norm. It is and has always been doable, you just needed to be proactive, to get out and spend time looking for things to kill.

I'm sorry for your poor hunting experience and I hope things get better there someday, but "I have to suffer, so everyone else should too" is never a good reason to not try to make things better for everyone.

[TaterSwift]

if the A and S rank health values stay at what they are now i can only imagine how fast they will melt with gear scaling. i would be all for EW hunts in having their health increased.

[Kuroka]

Nunyunuwi spawn condition is to do all fates in southern thanalan for an entire hour without ANY failing

I recall, long before cross world and i think even lv 70 was a think i wasnt spawned on shiva for ages, or if, only when literally no one was around so many many needed it, i was there when some hunt ls finally spawned it again... i didnt see it then for ages till the first yokai event was up lol

[Rokke]

I'm sorry for your poor hunting experience and I hope things get better there someday, but "I have to suffer, so everyone else should too" is never a good reason to not try to make things better for everyone.

"I might have to grind!!?!" is a poor outlook to have when going into grindy content. Scouting is fun. I suggest it if you're going for achievements and want to guarantee a kill.

[Bellsong]

"I might have to grind!!?!" is a poor outlook to have when going into grindy content. Scouting is fun. I suggest it if you're going for achievements and want to guarantee a kill.

This has the same energy as "There is no war in Ba Sing Se!"

[Evergrey]

I've said it before and I will say it again.
I think A and S rank hunts should've been aquired from the hunting board like all the other hunts.
Only that A are daily and require a 4 man group and S are weekly that require an 8 man group.
And to spice it up a little add a small "hunting theme" to it.
You get the map and a general location and once there you have to find footprints of the hunt and track it to its nest and place a trap that will activate/spawn the Hunt.

In short it would be similar to a treasure hunt and in so make the hunts locked to the groupmembers.