A massively.com write up on why hunts are ruining this game

[Lemuria]

Wow... it's like none of the defenders actually bothered to read. I guess that would require too much effort on their part.

The fact is that you have one type of content where you can obtain literally EVERYTHING. Tomes, check. Gear, check. Raid items, check. And this content is being monopolized by a select few. It's not even remotely fair to the majority of those playing the game, and unless you're one of the lucky few, which I'd argue most of the defenders are, you're screwed.

Good luck trying to get in a single blow when there's 100 other people doing exactly the same. Good luck trying to work on your allied seals when the daily marks are so utterly worthless you'd be better off spamming dungeons and buying the gear the old fashioned way.

Open your eyes. It's a broken system which needs some serious attention. When you can do this ONE thing to the exclusion of all else and get everything you'd ever need, there's a big problem. Doubly so when it can be done in such a short time frame that all other content becomes meaningless to attempt.

I doubt that they do not understand what they are doing.

Assuming they did know what they were doing, it just proves that SE has no clear direction for the future of the game.