I don't like it either. And right now I'm on a fate that I can't solo. And who would want to sit around with me for 2 hours just to help me out with a fate?
Being a whitemage in a boss fate sucks. I can survive but I can't kill the boss before the time ran out.
Yesterday I completed one fate cause when it had 2 mins left a tank and a bard came helping me and the boss went down soo fast. While me spamming stone deals like less than 1% per stone 2

So I'm kinda stuck til someone comes around and helps me out