Hunt maps

[kaballfs 4]

So I'm kinda new here and I'm kinda getting my stuff together yet, but I would like to know about hunt maps.

 

I checked main site, ok, but there is something fishy, really fishy about this hunting and exping business... Really fishy!

 

On the guide it says MD1, 2 and 3 are exp, so I got lvl 95 and went to MD1 and there was a clusterfu. of hell spawns, like a ton of mobs, but no loot whatsoever. Damn, I'm cool with that, being able to get stuff done without having to sort through a bunch of crud is nice. But there was also ice2 as a hunt map, so I got 95 and went there.

 

To no avail.

Whatsoever.

 

Really, are mobs supposed to have some hidden status or something that I'm not aware of?? Because that doesn't make any sense at all. I played this game since forever, like 7 years or so, and the only status that mobs have that I know of is HP, and thats why they have SO MUCH HP while the tankiest of the tank builds have so little, and yet, as a mech, I had to use like 35 sparks, THIRTY FREAKING FIVE, on lvl 9x mobs, that is like 20k+ dmg done. Am I doing something wrong? What the hell???? Also, why does mobs on 9x grade hit like a truck???? With over 200 abs I can tank ice1 without freezing a sweat, in ice2 I'm iced in 6 hits or so, depending on the mob. WHAT IS GOING ON?? Not to mention that in the guide, wich is a freaking lie and I, as a fool, took it for granted, all those mobs have 10k hp or so while mobs with said hp (as ifist, grotesq, etc) die within 16 sparks, in other words, 9x mobs have more than 20k hp while 10x mobs have less than 12k.

 

I do not mind that those mobs have this much hp and this much dmg, not at all, but PLEASE, for the sake of ANYTHING, correct the info.

Also, if you're going to make lvl 9x mobs with power of 13x and 7x drop, please, warn the players before doing so, it's so wasteful that bores me, I'd rather grind a bunch of 8x crud on ice1 and use it till I can grind 10x crud than trying really really really hard to kill wasteful mobs to get wasteful exp and wasteful money and no damn items, since they mostly drop 7x stuff.

 

Thank you 

[jaylz 0]

Well, hunt maps are meant for finding items.  You kill one monster at a time because they are difficult but they have good drops.

 

XP maps are for killing huge mobs at a quick pace that makes your xp move faster.

 

XPing in a hunt map is slow.  Its just for hunting drops.

 

The reason there is a hunt map and an XP map for each level jump (95, 100, 105, 110, etc).  You may be want to kill slow and find good drops.  Or you may want to kill fast and xp fast.  The maps are either one or the other, not both (until CT3, I think) but you really can't XP there without a party.

[kaballfs 4]

Well, hunt maps are meant for finding items.  You kill one monster at a time because they are difficult but they have good drops.

 

XP maps are for killing huge mobs at a quick pace that makes your xp move faster.

 

XPing in a hunt map is slow.  Its just for hunting drops.

 

The reason there is a hunt map and an XP map for each level jump (95, 100, 105, 110, etc).  You may be want to kill slow and find good drops.  Or you may want to kill fast and xp fast.  The maps are either one or the other, not both (until CT3, I think) but you really can't XP there without a party.

 

I don't think you got it right.

 

I do know how they work, I got that after five minutes each, problem here is how weird it is.

See, exp maps with ton of mobs and no loot and hunt maps with little to no monsters and a bunch of loot is acceptable, ok? But making a 9x mob three times stronger only to loot crappy 7x crud and somewhat useful but rare 8x crud is WASTEFUL. On a 9x map is very very very rare to find a 9x item, even a crappy one, and so, you would have to hunt for hours to get something, and that is way too wasteful.

 

How is it wasteful? Simple: it is faster, easier and cheapper to just buy whatevs you want and/or need from npc and spec it with stone also bought. Or even better, you can get the same crappy 7x and 8x crud in ice1 without wasting all of your potions and still make some money to spec them. So, that said, why in the world there's a 9x hunt map?? Just tell me, if you can.

 

If, and only if, this 9x hunt map, wich is ice2, had mobs with their formal power and that loot, than everything would be fine. Got it?

 

To cut it: why is there a 9x hunt map with 13x powered mobs and 7x loot? What is the purpose? 9x players can't grind there, not in a lucrative way at least, because it takes forever and a bunch of potions to kill even one monster and the drop is crap. So, why change mob power, to begin with?? Answer that.

[igorb 0]

In fact there's no reason for a 9x hunt map, but no one spent months in this level, that's why no one's care about the importance of it.

and also,  12x--13 drops  in the future tend to be a waste of time too.

sorry for my stupid english

[sinderelli 0]

yeah don't hunt 9x stuff.

find a friend or a clan member, hook up and lvl up fast together, or find

someone to boost ya. Then you don't have to worry about gear that lvl.

Not worth the time wasted even thinking bout it, find some ns crap

gem it with divine mix lvl fast trash it. (personally I wouldn't waste the divines's either)

[kaballfs 4]

yeah don't hunt 9x stuff.

find a friend or a clan member, hook up and lvl up fast together, or find

someone to boost ya. Then you don't have to worry about gear that lvl.

Not worth the time wasted even thinking bout it, find some ns crap

gem it with divine mix lvl fast trash it. (personally I wouldn't waste the divines's either)

 

True, but not so simple. You see, I do play with mech because it's easy, but I don't like it at all, I like to play with ata and knight, but they are both very crappy in defense department, and without proper gear even leeching exp from a priest and a mech would be hard as hell.

 

I won't hunt, it's wasteful to all get out, but I do need some crud... So I'll just play along, get some stuff done with my mech since it's the only soloable class in the game. But thanks anyway.