Me and my friend had just gotten off of Cape Fury, doing the Hamar Rumour, when we once again talked about the Behemoths we needed not spawning, until he gave an idea that actually sparked a good discussion: Aether-Laced Bait
The idea is rather simple, adding 7 new kinds of consumables, one for each element, that can be bought/crafted at Granny Strega using something like Stone Fragments from a Skarn for Terra, or Emberhorns from Embermanes for Blaze. How it would work is simple, it will draw out a Behemoth of that element when a slot is free. Use before you kill a Behemoth, and bam! You summoned a Dreadfrost instead of fighting your 17th Sahvyt
There lies a question, what about islands with more than one of an element? Simple: Using it on an island with 2 Behemoths of the same element will give a selection wheel, letting you choose between the creatures of the element. It's a simple idea that could cut down on grinding a bit, because the grinding of this game has just been boosted to such a higher level that just makes the game tedious rather than satisfying, so the bait system could add more freedom of choice to a player in what they want to farm, since let's be real, Solo Hunts are never coming back, unfortunately
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