Make Fate Parties Relevant again, devs!

[TaleraRistain]

I think the biggest issue is that FFXIV's leveling mantra has essentially become 'POTD or die.' Nothing is competitive with it, and no matter how odious like 15 hours of that place may be, people are always going to default to the straightest line between point A and B.

Before POTD it was "FATE or die" because that was the default straightest line between point A and point B. POTD was like a breath of fresh air when it came out because we didn't have to grind FATEs until our eyes bled. It's kind of ironic to me that people want that back now.

I definitely think they should keep FATEs relevant. I just don't think we're ever going to see FATE farms like OP mentions again because a lot of that was due to having no other choice. I thought the Shared FATE system was a good idea and also the exp boost they started putting in with SB FATEs. I think there will just naturally be a ceiling to their usefulness unless SE makes them the only option again. Which I don't see them doing, given the popularity of newer options.

[Vahlnir]

As someone who fate partied heavily during ARR launch and hated them since...fates could disappear tomorrow and I don't think I could care any less.

[TaleraRistain]

As someone who fate partied heavily during ARR launch and hated them since...fates could disappear tomorrow and I don't think I could care any less.

I'm with you, because they seem to be SE's go-to on a lot of things and after 7 years of that I'm just done with them. That's a big reason I noped out of Bozja once I learned you couldn't progress without them.

I did like the Shared FATE system in ShB though because I liked getting rewarded if I did do them with things like crafting mats.

[Calevr]

I really enjoyed the FATE hunt activities. The were much more fun than repeating dungeons in my experience. I would love for those to be a thing again. I would go one step further to ask that FATEs were more varied, though. Repeating the same FATEs in an hour can also be tedious. SE could increase the amount of FATEs available for each zone but keep the respawn timers similar. I just love to FATE

[BigTough]

I really enjoyed the FATE hunt activities. The were much more fun than repeating dungeons in my experience. I would love for those to be a thing again. I would go one step further to ask that FATEs were more varied, though. Repeating the same FATEs in an hour can also be tedious. SE could increase the amount of FATEs available for each zone but keep the respawn timers similar. I just love to FATE

Yeah! I agree to a certain extent, I'd love to see more varied fates in the world, FF was always about gaining levels on the world map! But even that way it is now, when you're with a ton of fun people you barely notice it. Still tho, I'd like see the varied fates added.

[Holystyle]

What is point of having them to be need in party?
I do fates people go around do stuff and we complete it without being in party.

Only logical reason for you needing to be in party is as stated before :"I can't do the bare minimum, let me level afk without getting kicked plz!"

[Vahlnir]

What is point of having them to be need in party?
I do fates people go around do stuff and we complete it without being in party.

Only logical reason for you needing to be in party is as stated before :"I can't do the bare minimum, let me level afk without getting kicked plz!"

They are doable without a party, but if an area is congested enough not everyone may make it in time to complete fates and get full credit on their own. That's where a group comes in to play. It's not really about being lazy. It's about being efficient. Being a tank or healer helps a ton though for soloing fates even in packed zones because it gives players more credit for the enmity than the overall damage. So yeah, if you are a GLA or PLD as your mini profile suggests you are having a much easier time than dps would if the zones are very active. As a tank they are braindead easy, not that fates are hard to begin with. They are seriously the equivalent of doing the bare minimum for exp. Run in, AoE, maybe dodge a little and on to the next...

[Kyrj]

Wish they could take what we got in Bozjan and Zadnor and put it out in the open world, in all expansion zones, they tried to make FATEs better in SB and SHB by adding those Maiden mobs that increase Exp but never added them to HW and ARR.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Just have them do something akin to the tiger mount for hunts... Add a mount in each map that has fates that unlocks with an achievment of clearing like... 10000 fates on that specific map... >.> you'll have completionists doing fates for years... lol