I liked much of the FFXV event and I enjoyed having those chat options. The FATE was crowded and the mobs went down easily. The first instance was a bit more challenging, but it seemed a good preparation for the next instance.
That one did not go well.

After my 1st failure I found a youtube playthrough video, but I noticed no real differences between my actions and the ones in the video. Either this instance has much RNG involved or is affected by lag, or I'm missing what the other players did differently.
I recognized the AoE markers the first time. And after seeing the video managed to escape the gravity effect. No further progress.

Either I got defeated or Noctis. I have stopped retrying. I was nearly always late with that special action, and only later I understood that from a greater distance the action has more effect.

Finishing the event and getting the gear rewards would have been nice. But at least now I don't have to bother making 200K in gold saucer coin.

I will now crawl back to the parts of this game that I still find rewarding.