I hated hunts in 2.3.
They gave out rewards far too quickly compared to other content and created a lot of drama in the community.

Hunts are great now. The fights are much more fun with less people doing them, and I still see 1 or 2 groups doing hunts in PF most days so they aren't totally dead.

Wasn't the original intention something like solo for B, light party for A, full party for S?
If anything changes I hope they just drop the marks' HP back down to their original levels, not up the rewards.