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

[Adiell]

No, it's not melodramatic. When one activity makes all the others pointless and obsolete, then it's actually doing a huge disservice to the game, especially when you spend a lot of time and effort to create content like Syrcus Tower and Ramuh EX that most ouf your user base is completely ignoring and will continue to do so. Hunts is just bad designed content, and in its current form it should have no place in such a high quality game.

[Cherie]

No, it's not melodramatic. When one activity makes all the others pointless and obsolete, then it's actually doing a huge disservice to the game, especially when you spend a lot of time and effort to create content like Syrcus Tower and Ramuh EX that most ouf your user base is completely ignoring and will continue to do so. Hunts is just bad designed content, and in its current form it should have no place in such a high quality game.

/agreed

Basically if anyone doubts this, just go in to Syrcus Tower and just watch all the gear hit the floor. It's all about the Unidentified Allagan tomestone at the end that you have fifteen sands on standby to upgrade for your 3rd alt. People might have grabbed up a few pieces of gear for Syrcus Tower the first or second week, but now that word has gotten around about the Unidentified Allagan Tomestone at the end, there is just gear littering the floor. Too bad moogles can't ticket players for littering!