Quote Originally Posted by Ultimatecalibur View Post
No, it is the reason that Provoke was changed to not work on S/A/B Hunt marks and FATE targets. During ARR's original release Provoke worked on FATE targets (and Hunt marks when those were later added in 2.2), but after a large number of publicized cases where Paladins and Warriors would use Provoke to reset nearly dead A and S ranks (Odin and Behemoth getting reset through Provoke shenanigans might have also happened) FATE Bosses and Hunts were made immune to provoke.
Provoke has never worked on FATE targets, nor hunts for that matter.