Ishgard Firmament- Didn't get to Participate

[SenorPatty]

I didnt had the chance yet to see a FATE there, so maybe someone here can enlighten me what the big deal about them is...? From what I've gathered so far they give a lot of exp (...uninteresting for someone with all crafts at 80 - and not even that impressive for someone who doesnt, considering how easy it is to level crafters) and 500 of those scrips. But... that cant be it, right? Because neither of those rewards seem to be worth all this fuss, at least not to me.

So... can someone tell me what I'm missing here and why those FATEs are such a big deal?

Participation.

[Vidu]

Participation.

The feeling of being part of the rebuilding process I get! (As some kind of reward, I mean - I just didnt expect that to be a huge factor for a lot of people, but I'm cynical, I guess)

Some would like to see the changes to the area, but for the majority, it's the rewards.

Yeah, I get that - I'm curious to see whats gonna change around there, but I figured one can take a look at any time, basically...

I just wanted to make sure that I'm not missing anything here - neither the exp nor the scrips seem to warrant all this complaining to me... not saying they're not good rewards, but they're also not that difficult to get using the non-FATE method, so I was curious if it was really only that.