It's both, but it's manly the system. Wether it's being played the way the devs inteded it to be played or not, this is the reality, and they didn't take it into consideration. I honestly could not care less about sands of time, I wanted to hunt marks because it reminded me of XII's mark system, which was super fun. Sadly, all I experienced is pointless drama in shouts and invisible players and marks because the PS3 can't handle so many people in the same spot (and that is entierly on them).

They need to put a cap on seals and the people involved in the hunts. We are lacking endgame leves and guildhests and this could've been the perfect opportunity to introduce them, but instead it's just another Odin/Behemoth mess.