I see people whining that this destroys hunts. From my experience so far it makes hunts worth doing where they were just stupid zerg mobs before. I've only had fairly small groups (8~12 people) go after A-ranks after 2.4 and it's more fun that way. It's more challenging, and this way people actually have to know at least some of the monsters' mechanics instead of just being able to faceroll their way to the soldiery and allied seal cap.

Yeah you can't effortlessly "work" towards some of the highest-end gear in the game now, but it's still good for seals and solds and the experience itself is, for the first time since hunts came out, relatively enjoyable at least as far as I'm concerned.