I'm very new to the game. I'm trying to do mission chains to level and have problems when I happen to impinge upon a fate and get sucked into it, especially when it overlaps with my mission area. I have no desire to do fates at this time. It's disrupting, and if I do join the battle I typically end up dead because the enemies just keep coming and I have limited healing abilities.

How do I disable the auto-join functionality? Or disable fates entirely? I've looked around and haven't found a way to do so.