Things iv'e seen since hunts incorporation:

-less party finder parties than ever
-less players inclined to raid SCoB
-More toxicity in the community as a whole
-increased amount of players leaving the game


Short answer: Yes.

while you have some people bragging about their 1k seals and 2-3 tomes they get on a nightly basis, (not exaggerating) Others are left out due to being unable to even participate due to ps3/ps4 (yes ps4 too!) limitations thus widening the gap between pc and console players. The whole "Buy an X instead of using Y" is not gonna work here. Don't even bother with it because it'll just be on deaf ears. Then again I suppose that anything said on these hunts is just going on deaf ears at this point...