Thank you SE for the new hunts

[Dyvid]

Well I have to say I'm more disappointed now than I was with the zerg hunts. Let me explain. I actually think the changes to rank B are a good thing. On the other hand though I want to do hunts to find rare monster in the field that a mark calls out for. Not sure why they didn't make rank B dailies and make rank A the weeklies. Am already doing Animus so the fact that I have two pieces of content that require me to kill X amount of normal mobs and complete more FATEs is bummer. In my mind it should be:

4 Dailies = Rank B - solo
2 Weeklies = Rank A - Full Party
1 Monthly = Rank S - Alliance

[lackofwords]

I actually think the changes to rank B are a good thing. On the other hand though I want to do hunts to find rare monster in the field that a mark calls out for. Not sure why they didn't make rank B dailies and make rank A the weeklies. Am already doing Animus so the fact that I have two pieces of content that require me to kill X amount of normal mobs and complete more FATEs is bummer. In my mind it should be:

4 Dailies = Rank B - solo
2 Weeklies = Rank A - Full Party
1 Monthly = Rank S - Alliance

Although, it's a tad silly to have the daily marks on normal monsters, but not that big of an issue in the design.
Would be slightly more pleasing to hunt some unique monster, than hunting something that sounds like a levequest.

The issue 2.35 patch is fixing is the problem before was the line between casual to hardcore was blending into each other.
Meaning, B ranks were shared between casual (the Elite Marks, weekly) and the hardcore people who are just killing time waiting for the next A and S ranks to pop.
This meant, before patch 2.35, a larger group of people would be killing B rank regardless if they had the Elite Marked bills or not.
I like to imagine the sharing of B rank was intentional to have casuals meet up with hardcore players, however it backfired due to the large turn out of players and how absurdly weak a B rank is.

Now, after patch 2.35, there's a distinct line from where these hunts divide.
Casuals: Daily Marks, Elite Marks B Ranks
Hardcore: A and S ranks

If you were to just make everything a time lock, it'll be essentially turning the whole Hunt system into a casual event.
Oppose to being an open alternative to getting Alexandrites for your Animus weapon, it'll push the hardcores back to grinding FATEs for alexandrite drops or DF for myth tomes.

Basically, think of back of simpler days with Duty Roulette.
Roulette was a nice addition for casuals to just cap their weekly tomes by playing a bit every day.
Hardcores couldn't care less since they would have just been finding the optimal dungeon that gives the most tomes for the least amount of time invested.

So, think of Marked Bills as Duty Roulette, and hunting A or S ranks as dungeon grinding if you have the extra time.