The hunt system is going to have its own currency and offer a lot of stuff that is buyable with myth so they are doing something in that regard. Alexandrite is supposed to be rewarded from it as well but atm we don't know if its a straight drop or just another method of getting the maps.
Also I do believe they have reduced the spawn time of Animus FATEs. The devs mentioned it being implemented in 2.28 in a post recently and myself and a few FC members have been able to finish all our FATEs from freshly bought books within an hour or so. If it's not that often then it's just incredible luck for several of us I guess.
By the way, they also made Four Winds solo-able.
