Are you enjoying this?

[Ransu]

Thing is, I DO enjoy PvP. I actually enjoy CC quite a bit, but FOMO makes me enjoy it less. (And, yes it is real. It's a real thing that some scumbag developers design to exploit)
But fundamentally your argument is backwards. I DO enjoy collecting things, that's what I enjoy in this game. So when some cool mount is dangled forever out of my reach, because I wasn't quick enough to PvP... like the magitek chairs from the Feast that were gone before I started on PvP in this game, it's frustrating and annoying, despite finding the PvP fun itself. My enjoyment is lessened because of the design.

Yeah, you shouldn't force yourself to do things you don't like because of FOMO. But that means that people who legitimately do enjoy the collectable aspect of things are locked out of part of what they find enjoyable about the game, for the benefit of... who exactly?

Sounds like a you problem to me.