I've heard people saying this before. I don't know how a chat log parser is going to see mob spawns. Packet sniffer? Sure. But I doubt those exist in this game. They were big in FFXI.
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I've heard people saying this before. I don't know how a chat log parser is going to see mob spawns. Packet sniffer? Sure. But I doubt those exist in this game. They were big in FFXI.
From what I've heard, they've been confirmed to exist, for this game. <_<;;
Ahh, no one I know uses them then. And we as a group were finding a majority of hunts yesterday. I found 6 myself.
Most people that use ACT have it setup to read directly from memory, so it's not at the same level of a typical log file parser. I haven't personally tinkered with looking at the memory ACT reads directly in the memory, but mobs in the general vicinity can probably be determined.
Well from what I've heard, they only offer a slight advantage. Players still have to be reasonably close to the NM, though apparently not so close that it'd actually appear on their screen. So it basically just widens out their search radius.
Edit: If I had to guess, there are probably more comprehensive exploits out there somewhere as well. I mean, if people can figure out how to walk through walls, and cheat their way through Turn 8....
Only thing preventing us from seeing it more often is probably the amount of players. If somebody did something too obvious during a hunt, they'd be reported by a dozen people.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the range at which the game requests mob data from the server is actually not that much bigger than visible area around you. Radaring helps, but not a whole lot, you still can't just sit in one place and see the whole map.
Yeah, it's pretty annoying how stingy they are with the gear loot.
The range may not be the whole map, but some people already have trouble seeing hunt mobs in plain sight. Radar-type assistance means people don't have to worry about which direction they're looking at too. All these people have to do is ride on their chocobo and make rough laps around the map without having to look closely at hidden corners, etc.
I think the range for what you request from the server is about the same as the map circles you see from a guildleve. At the max request distance, you can see the mob/chest but the name won't show up/become legible until you get closer.
My idea is to scratch the current daily/weekly quests they have now. Make 3 dailys of kill any B rank hunt-10 seal, any A rank hunt-20 seals, and any S rank hunt-30 seals.....60 seals a day, 420 a week 2 weeks for a sand. No other reward from killing them. And make it so they can't drop logs. One person is lucky and gets a log that's worth 100 days of dailes atm
ilv 70 gear gives .015 to .25 now at dlv 85 it's more like .10
You know all that junk Darklight accessories in Brayflox HM... I've been converting all of it, no one wants it. lol
Also I desynthesized the same Rose Gold Bracelets 8x, it kept converting to the Rose Gold Ingot... then in the end it turned into a Battlecraft Demimateria III
For every Materia you attach to an item it raises the desynthesis success rate by 5%
I'm carpenter. There is no ilvl 70 stuff I am grind dungeons for other than the darklight bow which rarely drops.
If you want ugly gear, sure.
Hahaha bard problems
Start buying several of that i70 PvP bow! 3 frontline victories = 1 i70 bow?
Except I think all the CT gear for every class was pretty ugly.
Yeah, CT gear all the way around (except for Fuma) is pretty damned ugly.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Yeesh was in the ICU for 4 days >.>, missed 2.3 launch lol
Reading up on the info, crazy stuff and them mixing things up, but most of the content looks it will be kneecapped in a few weeks/maybe a month+, then the wait cause the carnival wore out the players all over again
Reading up on the info, crazy stuff and them mixing things up, but most of the content looks it will be kneecapped in a few weeks/maybe a month+, then the wait cause the carnival wore out the players all over again
Just you, Galen.
No one gave you the right to give out my secret identity like that. You've gone mad with power.
Anyone else get a sand already from hunts?
I'm back to work, so won't have as much time. Just wanted to go crazy on it incase it's nerfed which I think it will be.
EDIT - Looks like next update / maintenance is planned for tonight / tomorrow morning. So if it will be nerfed, now's the time.
I'm back to work, so won't have as much time. Just wanted to go crazy on it incase it's nerfed which I think it will be.
EDIT - Looks like next update / maintenance is planned for tonight / tomorrow morning. So if it will be nerfed, now's the time.
You ok? Everyday I was expecting you to pass by the Gridinia MB
Crafted Augmented Armor #3. What the hell kind of myth tomes do the Hunts give out? I passed by a GAF Hunt ambush, some bear looking thing, I blew it a kiss before it was taken down in less than 5 seconds. lol
Not necessarily, yesterday was the day it became obvious just how generous the Hunt system was. Even if they have made the decision to nerf it, they likely would not have had the time to program out an appropriate adjustment.
Is it secret if everyone knew anyway?
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
While not lvl 50 yet, it's been interesting watch people hunt Naul while I'm doing story quests. If that's what hunts are going to be, they don't seem terribly fun or special. The creatures spawn fairly regularly and get zerged down hard. The whole thing seems like a brain dead way to farm seals.
FrankNitty
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^ so ugly. all of it the only piece that is somewhat decent is the casting body and thats a strech
Augemitbutter
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once again, you don't need to know anything about this game or your class. it's good enough to get into a fate party and run with the mob. tag a hunt or wack him twice for possible best in slot armor. SE, why are you even wasting your time balancing class mechanics? we don't need any of that.
coil2 is the new glamour dungeon.
i had a 15 sec. wait time in expert roulette tonight. that's new.
coil2 is the new glamour dungeon.
i had a 15 sec. wait time in expert roulette tonight. that's new.
Mr Nash
square pies = communism
The best part is that these people running in packs will have the most hilariously outrageous demands for people joining their raids, and be all like, "Get gud!" So glad I'm in the GAF FC and can avoid this nonsense.
tiggerkiddo
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It was kinda fun before but I'd like it if treasure coffers just gave us gear instead of cooking sherry.
It's only chaos because people aren't executing the mechanics. Just like every other battle in this game.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
I finished these up last night. They worked fine for me.
You do need to finish all his previous delivery quests to get the pet one to show up.
This is a problem no ones really talking about or getting as much attention as it should.
Unknown Soldier
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No one is going run dungeons anymore if Hunts stay as they are. If they nerf Hunts then maybe.
Unknown Soldier
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Why do you care so much what gear other people have?
It was sort of annoying in those, but feels like it got worse in Hullbreaker/Tam Tara HM/Stone Vigil HM. I'd leave almost every dungeon with something (often more than one thing) I could turn into GC seals; now I think I've averaged one piece of gear per three runs of the new dungeons, and most of the people I've run with have gone without gear too.
Replace crafting mats in expert dungeons with sands, oils, and UATs. Problem solved!
RellyRell28
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I love how people think it's the end of the world cause people are running around doing hunts. Calm down people are still gonna do Coil or whatever raids and dungeons are out there. All this stuff is gonna die down eventually.
I don't know about you Haly, but I could always use more Coke and Animal Fat.
Get back to Full Boost.
Exactly. They felt it necessary to keep sands out of CT2 (and we thought oils were out at CT2 launch too) for a little while, while putting a weekly lockout on oils, and yet opened up the floodgate for sands and oils via hunts at the same time. Seems really inconsistent to me.
IIRC a preview said CT2 would drop UAT, oils, and sands, but they would slowly add each item in over time. For whatever reason both oils and UAT showed up on day 1 CT2 so eh. Lol.
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