The only way to fix this mess is to make hunts into quests with spawn able monsters. While at it add a Tier system that will give you better marks the more notorious you become as Hunter. Why this is not in the game is beyond my understanding.
  1. Get hunt mark and assemble a group.
  2. Go to area it has last been seen according to Lore.
  3. Use item to bait/spawn the mob.
  4. Fight the mob. (obv. only attackable by your party)
  5. Everyone in party get's reward and a chest is spawned with some loot.
  6. Return the Mark and Rank up to get Better and more dangerous Marks.

It's so simple and easy to fix and it also adds more depth to it than it has now. I don't know what has happened to SE but they lost their magic a while ago.