I'm not much of a fate person myself, but I don't care. They're fine. I love the fact that I can do anything in this game and feel like I'm leveling. I don't just Fate grind because it's fastest. I quest. I LOVE the hunting logs. I've even just chain-grinded mobs for xp. I've seen WAY worse leveling systems in games and I just don't think it's that awful.

Long story short, if you're doing something you don't like to level, the joke is on you.