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OP, I don't know what server you are playing on, but I doubt that the decreased activity is from the patch. Faerie has seen no less activity than before, and I dare say we are getting more folks at A's when they do pop specifically because of the patch. Hunting parties are just as prevalent as before, except now they don't bother with B ranks at all whereas before B ranks were a way to kill that 10 minutes between the last A kill and the next A spawn.
Its a bandage since the problem still remain and the damage is already done regardless.
But yes, B-ranks were perhaps the biggest source of seals, people only tend to don't think so cuz, like usual, they're only ignorantly impressed by big numbers. The amount of B-ranks you can kill before an A-rank or S-rank spawn is pretty significant.
While everyone is entitled to their opinion regarding the Hunts, I find that taking B ranks out of the equation was a bad move. The already toxic player base that did hunts is still there, but now that they no longer need to choose between B or A, more people are joining the ranks of "toxic" players when they can't make it to the A ranks because of early pulls, not calling out the spawns, ect. The issues are still there regardless. Just because you only have to deal with it every 4 hours instead of all the time doesn't erase what's still there.