that does seem a lil extreme tbh
it seems as a few ppl have been blasting away at those mobs lately.
the way i look at skills is that it allows you to hunt bigger mobs which have a bigger chance of HoFing than say an exo etc but never guarantee profit etc :P (i know you didnt)
but i must admit i have been getting increasingly annoyed at the many many hofs and globals lately that are on the 'lower' mobs... i think as in mining it takes a certain amount of skills and or eqpt to even have a chance of finding the decent ores and enmatters , (I personally also think the amount a lower skiled player can get should be limited i.e not an ath)
I think that should be applied for hunting and crafting too, ie mobs like exo daikiba etc etc should not be able to HoF for above 10k (i have seen it in the past)
would mean then that all those hard hours spent skilling to try and work your way up to those kinds of mobs would seem to have a reward... when at the moment it seems like the best way to go is to grab yourself a nice cheap weapon and go kill argo's for the rest of your life..
Rip