I would like to officially petition for the removal of FATEs from all future content

[Culfinrandir]

Did you read what OP said? He's wanting to NOT be forced to do fates. Your suggestion would make the fates take longer to kill making it even worse for those of us being forced to do them.

As I said to the poster above you, I should have stated at the beginning of my post "I agree with the OP". FATEs are a nightmare way of doing promotional things, I am currently slaving through Yokai but also levelling jobs & I find it deeply unpleasant.

My concern is that people who are genuinely levelling, & maybe new to FFXIV, rather than gathering items are screwed over. They should remove FATEs from the promotional system altogether or make it so that you're guaranteed a drop if you do it "as if" you were levelling, as per my suggestion.

[ChameleonMS]

My concern is that people who are genuinely levelling, & maybe new to FFXIV, rather than gathering items are screwed over. They should remove FATEs from the promotional system altogether or make it so that you're guaranteed a drop if you do it "as if" you were levelling, as per my suggestion.

This is not really a big issue. There is almost always a FATE PF available the levelling player can join. Or, just ask to party up.
Once in the party, the low player just needs to tag each mob with a DoT skill and will be guaranteed a Gold rating on the FATE.
The high level players do the killing and the low level players get the XP.

As for OP, FATES were never the issue, the spawn rate of the required FATE was. Or, drop rate of the item.