Just wait until 3.1 where we get our new Relics and the impending "Grind FATEs for Atma!" style quest, then people will be doing FATEs.

I've very much enjoyed the added difficulty to the open world, things are still far too weak though but I certainly appreciate the effort, and the moment you unlock flying (as I predicted) everything is a joke, though it works with gathering nicely (and am I crazy, or as DoL level they're getting less HP? Certainly adds more to the danger I suppose). FATEs have really impressed me at least, only issue is they're not really worth spending time on. I've enjoyed the majority of the ones I've done, but I'm not going to sit around grinding them when I still have quests to do. Perhaps for a second and third 60.