Hunts were a terrible/irresponsible idea

[Reynhart]

FFXIV ones drop Allied seals and rare times drop stuff you can get from the said seals.

Allied seals that allows you to buy items to upgrade your gear to the BEST one in game.

It's the same except that you remove the "random drop" part.

Sorry, but if the rewards for the Hunt were not as interesting as those drops in FFXI, no one would participate.

EDIT : Actually, it's not the same...in FFXI, after the long time it took to make one NM pop, only ONE party could ever participate in the fight, and for the most part, only ONE person could get a reward.
I think the Hunt is far more better, from this perspective