OP forgets to mention how many mobs/fates he'd done prior to coming back to the game. I leveled my first 3 jobs through fates back when it was the optimal way to level. I only just got those 2 achievements like 2 days ago and I'm on my 4th weapon. And I've been doing it casually, inbetween farming alex from fates as well. Stop being overdramatic. Its completely random luck and impossible to do 2 fates per minute in certain zones frankly because I've gone 10+ without a single one popping. If you're going to try and post research and factual information, you need all the data and statistics laid out before making a thread like this. Moreso because, as has been said, these threads were made months ago. If you don't like the grind, don't do it. Go do coil and make a Geralts weapon or get High Allagan, fairly simple alternate solution. Or grind mirrors for an i100 weapon. Fact is, unless you're doing top tier content, you don't need more than an i90 weapon to begin with.