While I do agree with OP about the fate grinding (I felt the same way about getting the shards) honestly tho what are the alternatives? Make the shards cost 1000 myth each? Yay bray farming is sooo much better. Make them cost 250k gil each? Yes. Lets make it easy for the rich. Hard for the poor. Have them do mindless quests requiring teleports and cutscenes? That's way too easy AND boring. The fate idea (while completely annoying and grinding) is the best option, but they could have tweaked the drop rate a little bit to help out the unlucky ones.