Quote Originally Posted by Arkenaw View Post
The customer is not always right, especially when that customer is an MMO player. Adding features just because the community wants them is terrible design. Hunts were not needed, Odin and Behemoth should have proved it doesn't work well. Not only that, but increasing their HP because the community demanded it was possibly the worst possible fix they could have added.
Hunts were needed, they are an amazing content with an unlimited potential for players to enjoy.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-in-open-world.