The 2.2 update came the day after my 30 free days expired and I can honestly say that if I had seen these mobbings beforehand, I never would have payed for a subscription. It completely takes any enjoyibility out of it when you join a FATE and have everything you target killed before you have a chance to do anything.

There is a simple solution, I think, to this problem, however. Make it so these Atma things only drop when you're not level sync'd.

As for those saying there's bunches of other quests for lowbies to do to gain experience, not really. I've already completed all of the 1-15 quests that I've been able to find in all three regions and still am relying on leves and FATEs to gain experience at any reasonable rate. Now it's just the leves.