the goal of a forum is talk about the feature of the game, people will complain about broken feature, it's natural.
the fact people defend hunt come from the sole fact that it's an easy way to get what they want. not because it's challenging or fun, simply the fastest and easier way to get stuff they want.
actually if it was possible to have a feature that allows you to get one part of stuff for free every 4 hours it will be a blast for this sort of person .

the hunt as it stand is the most toxic feature of the FF14, it's almost the most bad side of the game, when i talk of the game to my friend is the part i want the less talk about, because it's soo bad that i'm ashamed to talk about it.