July 15th Hotfix Notes - "S rank elite marks will have top display priority."

[Nekodar]

There wouldn't be problems with hunts if people could learn to pace themselves instead of trying to get everything in shortest time possible at the cost of burning out, lack of enjoyment, etc.
From 2.3 day we have at least 3 months before next patch... That's plenty of time to obtain sands and oils and there's likely going to be more ways of obtaining them before 2.4 hits.

[Brine_Gildchaff]

There wouldn't be problems with hunts if people could learn to pace themselves instead of trying to get everything in shortest time possible at the cost of burning out, lack of enjoyment, etc.

I can't really argue with that. I can attest from personal experience that hunting without the zergfest running around (i.e. go on off-peak hours, be in a party of active searchers, optionally have one or more members hooked into an LS of people who are also actively searching) that when the hunt mobs live more than ten seconds they're a fun little challenge (B less so, admittedly). Ghede Ti in particular hits like a Mack truck made out of atom bombs, and the other day I discovered to my surprise and rather lethal detriment that Marraco not only has both of Chudo-Yudo's attacks, but when he uses The Lion's Breath he'll often spin around and point it at whoever he feels like! It really does feel like the Hunt system on its own is not particularly bad, but only becomes a painful experience when 90% of the server are trying all at once to get the too-easily-obtained shinies.