Do you stop and help low levels doing Fates as you're flying by?

[Tanis_Ebonhart]

Usually, they seem to have it but if it's just one or two by themselves I like to drop down and help them finish it a little faster. Though is that right or am I ruining the experience for them?

[NekoMataMata]

Help is usually welcome, I don't think anyone's going to complain about that.

Although be smart about how you're helping I guess. Like a lot of times if I'm fate farming in EW on my own I'll just be playing WAR, usually hanging out around the spawn points for the monsters in the FATE. If someone showed up and started dragging them all over the place so I couldn't aoe them down at the spawn point then I'd get a tiny, tiny bit annoyed. I won't say anything of course, but at that point you wouldn't really be helping.

[AnnaUK]

Better to group with them so they can get good credit.

[hynaku]

Only if looks like they won't finish it before time runs out or they are dying to fast in it.

[Gemina]

Better to group with them so they can get good credit.

I believe it's you that loses out on that credit. Not them.

Only if looks like they won't finish it before time runs out or they are dying to fast in it.

Exactly this.

[Allegor]

Only if looks like they won't finish it before time runs out or they are dying to fast in it.

Specially if it's on a really low level zone where even if sync down I can pretty much one shot everything - it makes me feel I end up hogging all the progress/showing off instead of actually helping.

[Jeeqbit]

It's common for people to die to the fates below level 50 in particular because they are sprouts, they have limited abilities and don't know basic things like chocobo companions, so they actually die to them a lot. It's fun to just go and save them.

[Kaurhz]

I do, if I see someone or a couple of people trying a FATE, I usually do join in on that.

Though is that right or am I ruining the experience for them?

It's an MMO, so no, I don't think you're ruining the experience for anyone. In fact, I would argue that in many respects it enhances the experience

[GTK0HLK]

If on my All Capped Main.., if I'm grinding for something, or if I want to..,

Turning to healer and healing somehow feels off, unless they dead and the fate is still going..,

I mostly see random doing fates if it's a grindable zone, like the Shb Relic Grinds, or the Gemstone Zones.
And if I'm grinding for gems and they don't accept inv, I just ignore them and do my thing.

When on my low level alts, it's nice to see other low levels and work together..,
[otherwise, it's only if they have the time to help that I see high levels]

TLDR: if it doesn't seem like ilk bother them in anyway, I will.

[Espon]

FATEs are for anyone to participate in, and everyone gets full experience and rewards if they earn a gold rating. You're not ruining anything by participating, and by helping you're making things go faster so they can move onto the next FATE.