Honestly, it's not that the fate wasn't working as intended, it's that the community made completing the fate a point of derision. People wanting to move on to the next step wound up becoming community pariahs for just wanting to get it over with. While some servers stayed civil about it, others made it into some game-ending, life-altering attack on their egos. I know I was on the receiving end of said rage, and I popped the fate not knowing it was THAT fate. Tried to take part but... as many have said, if you're not in a group you're SOL. But, being level 50, the exp means nothing to me so I killed the lambs. And if I had that to do all over again, I'd still kill the lambs. We all pay to play this game, it's not our place to decide how eachother plays. You want to make people play your way, then pay their subscription fee. I'm sure they wouldn't mind playing by your rules if it means playing for free.