Whatever glaring design flaws inherit to the hunt system, and there are a ton of em, I'd say tonight was the most fun I've had outside of coil in this game in a long long time. It's also the most interaction/playtime I've gotten with the FC as a whole ever. Hunting/patrolling areas, experimenting trying to get S ranks to pop, finally getting them to, then trying to survive them while not being able to see the mob half the time. The glitchy/brokeness of it's current state made it all the more intense. Of particular note is Safat(who we FINALLY got to spawn) where I was lone healer and people kept getting this nasty stacking 1m poison. Lots of esuna and medica spam and we still had people dying, was fun. The added HP has helped quite a bit, even when late I can often get full or near full credit on many mobs when in a full group. This was the first time I've done these late night hunts and I noticed while there is still a zerg, there are a lot more people willing to wait, even if for a brief period longer. This lowers the frustration factor considerably as there isn't as much warping to "dead" announcements.
I also got into a nice conversations with some non-GAF people who were defending us in shouts, and generally calling out the BS witchhunts that we have been subjected to. Someone asked earlier in the evening why were we even bothering to announce to people/wait anymore and I'd say that is good enough reason, people are dumb but they notice things eventually. I saw a lot of people calling out actual culprits rather than the scapegoats. There is hope.
I thought that would happen after this weekend but if anything it increased. Krael has been doing hunts for 7 hours straight as of this post, for example.
S rank night too hype. (thought I did take several breaks) I've been busy on all the previous days following resets where the S rank action is, I am glad I got to be a part of it this time. Even got some logs at last.
