False choice. This isn't an either/or question. Do I like FATES currently as is? No. Do I want them to removed all together? No.

the problem I have with fates is the complete lack of strategy. they all basically boil down to tag as many mobs as possible or max out dps get gold and get out. In crowded areas for exp grind & atma farming. It typically boils down to spamming AOEs and get gold as fast as possible There is no sense of challenge or danger. the one debatable exception is odin & behemoth, but both those things only drop items for vanity and with enough people it too becomes a zerg fest that lasts only a few minutes

At the same time, one of the major flaws I found with the game is the lack of open world content. I want to be able to do things with my FC that aren't in nice little groups of 4 or 8, that isn't in a weekly lockout or put through a duty finder. Nothing out there is particularly dangerous, challenging or rewarding.

What I would like to see is more complicated, challenging fates. Wasn't there something about the Primals popping out in the open world. whatever happened to that?