OP is correct, FATES need some major nerfing. They pop up far to frequently and provide far to much experience, the experience they provide needs to be balanced to the level of leve quests. People are leveling classes/jobs without learning how to play them. Its bad for the ingame economy(in the long run) with people not purchasing equipment ffrom one another when they can just skip upgrades because exp is too easy. Along the same line, people are not running dungeons for mid level gear because it just doesn't matter if you have it with easy exp from FATES. The lifespan of the game will probably take a hit if people just finish their classes in a few weeks and start running out of things to do. I know SE wanted to make FF14 more casual friendly than FF11 but this is just beyond insane.