Feedback: Final Blow should not be required to progress weapon hunt track
I noticed, like many others, that the weapon hunt count on your profile does not actually reflect how many monsters that you hunt. It did not take long to figure out that the only way to progress this is to be the one to hit L2 first (on the PS5) when the monster is downed. It definitely should not be this way, as it creates all sorts of problems.
One, it promotes competition between players, in a coop game. Some may view this as a positive, but I certainly don't.
Two, there are trophies, achievements tied to hunting 50 kemono with one weapon, and 300 in total. All well and good, except what this is actually saying is get the final blow on 50 and 300 kemono, respectively. No small task if you are doing a lot of farming in coop. Your odds of getting it to register is around 1/3 in a full group. Much worse if you are using a ranged weapon (thankfully, I am not). Those numbers, therefore, are really more like hunt 150 and 900 kemono respectively, unless you only play offline. Is the game wishing to promote no coop play? I wouldn't think so.
Three, a big side effect of this is that when you use the Hunter's Gate, the hunt ends immediately when someone initiates a final blow. You are given no time to collect drops, but are instead sent back to your Minato. If you use Join Session, initiating hunts from the map view, you are granted 30 seconds after the final blow to collect drops. This means players should not play through the Hunter's Gate, which may explain why people requesting assistance while playing hunts on their maps or from story-based hunts are having difficulty finding assistance. Why would I join someone that way if I will be kicked at the end of the hunt before I can collect drops? I think it might be a contributing factor as to why Hunting Gates are avoided. I tend to avoid them, sadly.
I really don't think this was intended, or maybe it was just not fully thought through, but I feel as though this needs to be revisited and possibly reconsidered.
