Quote Originally Posted by GerMagic View Post
I understand this is not the absolute most fun, but to me it's interesting. "How much WORK (yes, it's not fun, but work) do I have to put in if I want that weapon?" and "How long can I wait?". I personally will probably take a few weeks for the FATEs on my main, and probably much much longer for 2nd/3rd one, and I'm fairly sure I won't bother doing it with every class, because for me it's not worth it. For others it might. Just do what YOU want to do/achieve. It's not like farming Coil 500 times would be more fun than doing the same FATEs over.^^
A ton of people who hate the FATE system, still love things that take a while to get. In fact, the person you quoted actually said he liked the Step 2 part of the quest. Which is going to take a lot longer, and be a lot more involved than the FATE portion. I have no problem with work at all. FATE grinding though, is not work. It's tedious, yes, and not fun.. but that doesn't automatically make it work. Work (to me) is difficult and requires you to pay attention, not just something being time consuming. FATE grinding does not require me to pay attention, and it is not difficult. It reduces me to tabbing out while waiting, then running into an area and hitting a whooping one button. Sometimes a whole -two- buttons. I could even do it without looking at my screen and it most certainly doesn't require any sort of coordination.