It would be nice if the books had more options in them, so you didn't have to get "lucky" and get the exact right fate that might be once per hour, or might be "only if you do this chain of 5" or might be "can't happen if THIS fate is active, and will only happen in a specific window" ...

That might soothe the burn just enough that I wouldn't mind doing all 9 just as much.

I thought I'd say something in here about fates, and aiming for one specific fate, it was VERY much an ARR thing. The ARR hunts require you to kill monsters that only show up in fates. The books require specific fates to show up as well. This can take hours to get the fates. This is somehow less fun then grinding for atma.