This is a trend that happens a lot with bounty campaigns this days for blockchain projects, the truth is if a project doesn't meet its hardcap it is almost impossible to pay out the entirety of the bounty budget.
I think a change of approach should be adopted, projects should have a bounty budget that they will be capable of paying as long as the soft cap is reached.
This may mean a smaller budget but it also ensures hunters don't just join out of greed and spam repeatedly.
At the end everyone is happy
I think you've got a little confused here. Projects that offer 30% more marketing dollars than softcap are definitely bad projects. because they can not anticipate market risks. When you encounter such projects, you should avoid them. At present there are many good softcap projects and they still have enough money to pay for bounty hunters.