Public Poll: Are FATES a good idea for FFXIV?

[Thriar]

No contradiction. They were not threatening, they were an inconvenience at the best of times, i could solo them as a Tankspec Warrior dipping into Reaver but it was more productive to ignore it and let it go away on its own. The 'rewards' were a joke anyway.

Actually no they weren't. If you completed enough zone event of your level range, you could buy epic planar equipment that would last you a good 5 to 10 levels. Those zone events were also another gear upgrade path for those that did not raid. You could get almost raid equivalent gear if you did enough zone events. The rewards were not a joke and clearly you did not research enough on it. I never went down that path because I could clear all the raid content but it was definitely a viable option and I sure as hell used that option when SL released to get into the first tier of raiding.

The rewards were there, you just chose not to participate in them and that's fine but don't say that invasions were pointless and meaningless.

[Sylve]

The rewards were there, you just chose not to participate in them and that's fine but don't say that invasions were pointless and meaningless.

In the time it took you to save up for the one epic planar piece, you outleveled its usefulness and needed to start saving for the next one. Unless you got lucky with a string of events with a dozen people around, you were getting minimum rewards due to the time taken to solo them.

So yes, for the most part, they were an inconvenience. FATEs are a choice, and i like that i can choose to participate or not. Rift never gave me the option of continuing to do normal quests around the event, it forced them down my throat.
Also, there was no variety whatsoever in the Rifts. Pull a rift down, you get a spawn of some weak mobs, then some slightly less weak mobs, then a lolboss. If you had enough people to beat the timer, you got the bonus waves... Which was more of the same.
never said they were meaningless. I said they were without threat, and mostly an irritant on low pop Shards.