I wish FATEs mattered more in general. I had been hoping forever that losing or not fulfilling requirements on bigger ones would affect settlements and shops (examples of this are extremely rare) or the zone itself. When 3.0 rolled around I was praying we'd see a revamped version of Besieged from ffxi but that never came to be. I've given up on events that have actual repercussions on overworld since it's admittedly unimportant to the game itself as it's designed