Actually, S Ranks do give our Poetics, but it's minimal (I think I got 10 or 15 this morn). There's still Alexandrite and blood spattered mark logs to be obtained and they're usually more fun than trying to earn seals for ventures. The fruits to change chocobo colors are still there. All in all, they just removed the iLVL 90 gearing (pfft) from it. I think they did the right thing.