I can understand your frustration Hysterior. As a dragoon, I only have 2 AOE abilities, both of which do minimal damage, and one of which requires a target to be selected. Everything else I do is single target so unless I actually belong to a FATE party, I find it near impossible to achieve any kind of real participation in these events that would merit any realistic reward. The issue is obviously wide-spread for console players and this, we need to be more active in making it known.