Not receiving enough xp??

[Kusumura]

This feels like an AA class...

Hello, everybody. My name is Kusumura. And I am a healer. I feel that it is unfair I'm required to put out several times as much effort as the tanks and DPS in a FATE because I have chosen to dedicate myself to keeping their asses alive. This means that I'm usually unable to produce the same amount of DPS as either of them, unless I just spam Aero/Bio while rapidly TAB targeting. Which is useless.

[Inviticus]

I've noticed a couple of things as a Paladin trying to do fates:

1) When there are a number of high damage AOE classes, mobs don't stay alive long enough for me to generate enough contribution for the Fate to be worthwhile.
2) Emnity contribution appears to be much slower than DPS contribution even if both emnity and damage generate the same amount of contribution per point. Emnity/Healing should generate MORE contribution and therefore encourage players to perform their intended roles in fates.
3) Since the system rewards damage done above else, I have been in Fates mulitple times where Healers won't heal. When I complained about it, they said they don't heal in fates because "they aren't rewarded for it so it isn't worth their time".

Healers and Tanks get screwed in Fates and I would go so far as to say that Fates as they are now actively harm the team dynamics that this game is trying to encourage. Players should be encouraged and rewarded for playing their intended role

[jayquik03]

FATES are definitely broken but they will be fixed in the future. In the meantime grab class/job with AoE and get as much cheap xp as you can. People will be bitching up a storm in the future when they nerf the hell out of FATES. Get it while it's hot seriously. Also as a poster said above if you are playing a class that isn't your highest level you get an EXP bonus. The in game text states that the farther away in levels you are from your main class the more xp you get. I've been reading online that it's 50% even when you are only 1 level away. If that's the case expect that to change in the future too. There are many factors as to why people are getting more xp this could be one of them but DD clearly gets more xp and AoE gets major xp after fate and during (xp per kill stacks greatly).