suggestion for new DoL job; Hunter

[Ghostwk]

I think a hunting job for gatherers could be a lot of fun, and give a way to obtain meat and hide in a more fun way than just buying from NPCs or killing mobs.

you could use a hunting rifle or hunting bow for main tool, and a skinning knife for offhand. Alternatively, maybe your offhand could be different ammo types, similar to how fishing has different bait.

you could track the monsters, or set baits to lure them out. and have legendary creatures for rare hides and mats. then once you track them down or lure them out, maybe use the mini game where you aim to shoot, and if you hit the crit spot it gives more mats. then once you kill the mob, you could walk up to it and skin it and get graded on your performance and size of the creature. You could even use it for housing decorations too and taxidermy creatures and make legendary mats used to make trophies.

very simple stuff i think could be very fun to do, and i think it would work ok for Retainers too because you could send them out on hunting parties to bring back mats and minions etc.

if anyone likes or dislikes this idea, or has any other ways to improve it or suggestions leave a comment <3

[DarkKumori]

First sentence in your post made me instantly on board.

[Kanehana]

I hate to say this but........ Rare hides and mats are obtainable in map dungeons. We're... Treasure Hunters, so to speak.

[Ghostwk]

yeah, i dont want to take away from whats here already, just add ways to obtain the things that dont really have a home so to speak. i think it would be ok to still have NPC and treasure hunt mats for leathers and such too.

[AnimaAnimus]

This would be amazing, since leveling crafters like leatherworker are a pita due to the skins drop counts. In the new zones you are better off doing fates and buying them with bc gemstones. Same when we need fleeces or the flowers on top of the new cactuar's heads. It's just such a bother compared to other crafters.

[Ghostwk]

i think there could be a few neat mechanics surrounding hunting as a DoH honestly, Id love more people to look at this and drop in ideas and hopefully the devs take a look. I think they could def make it to where there are certain items that still come from vendors and still implement something like this

[geekgirl101]

We already gather meat and hides using combat jobs, were this to be removed from combat jobs then what would combat jobs offer in return? Some people don't want to level another annoying job outside of their main combat job, especially if they gotta buy specific gear for it and have to pentameld it with expensive materia.