My understanding was that early pulling has been brought up before, with their statement being "working as intended". Their position is that this is open-world content so there should not be restrictions on who can pull or when (same applies to people who scout ahead mid-train or snipe A ranks). As much as I'd like an invuln timer or something, it's been made clear that they do not intend on making any changes. In a similar vein, GM rules imply that directly asking somebody to not early pull, calling somebody out for early pulling, or asking somebody to stop sniping a train is a bannable offense under Harassment, so currently the TOS are on the early puller's side. Genuinely the best way to get around this is to get involved with your server's spawning/scouting/conducting group. If you spawn an S, then chances are that you're going to make it to the hunt before anyone else.