Terribly designed Levequest ""Tail in Tow"

[Tounces]

So I'm trying to figure out if this is a way to waste my leve allowances or what.

I started the quest "Tail in Tow", which is an Escort quest in Western La Noscea...around 30% of the way through the Escort, a "Fate" spawns directly on top of my head, at a Bottleneck point, around 8-10 monsters all aggressive, killing me instantly.

Is this a bug, or just really terrible design? I had no way of knowing the fate would spawn in advance, no way to defend myself once it did, and unlike normal deaths, it's a costly experience.

[JimboTCB]

It's not a bug, just stupid design and bad luck. Fates have predetermined locations and spawn randomly after a certain length of time has passed since they were last cleared, and they like to spawn on top of things like quest objectives when you least expect it. You just got the shitty end of the RNG stick, that's all.

[Cakekizy]

Happens to me quite often when questing.

[Garlyle]

FATEs are rude like that. They actually acknowledged during the last live letter that one of the advantages of the incoming Heavensward areas being so much larger would be that they didn't have to overlap content because they just had more space to do that.

[sciondar]

This is part of why I don't bother with escort leves. Mainly I avoid them because they make me yell at the screen when the guy is 5 feet from the destination and can't run in on his own and you're stuck fighting a monster that spawned behind him. Lol. Also don't care for the pacification leves.