When are hunts going to be balanced with the rest of the game?

[KingOfAbyss]

Fixed that for ya.

Don't know what recent means for you but:

It is not widely known when instances were first used in this genre, however The Realm Online (1996) is sometimes credited as introducing the concept.

And then:

The term MMORPG was coined by Richard Garriott, the creator of Ultima Online, in 1997.