Maybe make that Hunting Log thing a weekly quest type item?
IE: You can only purchase 1/week for 250 AS.
An 8 man static clearing T9 will net 8 sands/8oils per month (or 1 each / person)
So limiting players to 1 Log / week (however it is obtained) would give any player almost the same monthly upgrade as clearing Second Coils.
The hunt system almost completely replaces every other method of gear/myth/soldiery farming in the game right now, instead of supplementing