Hind sight being 20/20, I think the hunts were a way to level set folks to the new gear set. Let's face it, 120 will be the new 110 in a few weeks and 100 is the new 90, which was the new 80 and so on. The hunts just made it easier for people to get. I will say this: (1) I get more blood spattered mark logs. I've received 7 over 2 days. That's pretty good odds. (2) S ranks ARE dropping poetics, so don't skip them fi you want some easy poetics.

I still hunt. I will still look to get BSML's, Alexandrite, chocobo fruit seeds, etc from the Allied Seals and gear from Soldiery. I think they changed the hunt for the better by leaving the poetics out of the A's. Now we've got people running dungeons. Heck, 9 or 10 dungeons is all you need if you do the right ones for max poetics per week.