As someone who has used FATEs to grind to level 50, I have to agree with OP. The amount of experience points gained is just over the top. It's just ridiculous how players grind to 50 by spamming level 40 events. Of course at level 45, there are better and faster areas to farm, but most players just tag along the zerg train, getting free exp. Having to rely on the duty finder to find groups, because my friends haven't caught up with level yet, I've often encountered players that don't understand simple mechanics in dungeon runs. Of course they don't. Many of them have never played an MMORPG that requires more than autoattacking according to my experience. That's where the storyline dungeons come in to prepare those players, yet those are getting skipped due to FATEs just being so advantageous for fast leveling.