Feedback/Discussion: Make Open World Content Appealing

[Raenra]

They really need to add new fates into the mix. They have just made reskins of the same 6 fates over and over each expac. Even the field zones just rehash the same fates. Fates have been just absurdly boring and tedious since ARR.

And I also want Hamlet Defense back. Those were a hoot and a half, no idea why they scrapped them with the relaunch.

While I agree with you in regards to the ARR fates being quite interesting, I also continue to enjoy the ShB fate chains.
The treasure hunters in Amh Araeng, the Pixie and the Frogs in Il Mheg, and the bunny-squad in Rak'tika.
They all had engaging personalities, an explained motivation, and a general arc to their stories.
Think it also helped that they existed in the worldspace outside of the fates, and actually fought in the fates rather than standing back and watching (for better or worse).

Compared to those, I've felt very little about the EW & DT fate NPCs. If there's personality or a story behind them, it hasn't made itself apparent.

In regards to the overall topic of "making the zones more engaging", I really think we need to look beyond fates.
Much like Garrisons did in WoW, retainers make gathering ingredients (especially from mobs) practically obsolete.
There's also no interesting drops beyond their simplistic loot tables, there's no treasures to find, no soloable rare spawns (both mobs and gathering), there's really nothing to be out there for.
(If they ever did, make it personalised, so only that player could see/interact with it)