Atma Fates and Timetables: Not a spot to complain

Lets see if we can compile a list of where it takes longer to get atma to drop. Personal experience so far was:

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins: 6 hours no drop
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer: total of 4 hours 30 minutes no drop
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram: 1 hour
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion: 2 hours
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish:2 hours
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab:3 hours

Western la noscea was my longest-10hrs
Western thanalan- 7 hours
Was about a 3-4 hour average for the rest minus central thanalan- I man moded that one and got drop on first fate haha

Not sure there is a reliable pattern in these

Southern Thanalan: 2.5 hrs
Eastern Thanalan: 2 hrs
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins: 1 hr
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales 1.5 hrs

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden 10 hours no drop
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat 30 mins in and i was sleepy and logged out

Central Thanalan: 15 hours
Eastern Thanalan: 40 minutes
Southern Thanalan: 1 hour
Western Thanalan: 5 minutes (1 fate)

East Shroud: 1 hour
Central Shroud: 5 minutes (2 fates)
North Shroud: 3 hours

Middle La Noscea: 40 minutes
Lower La Noscea: 5 minutes (1 fate)
Western La Noscea: 2 hours
Upper La Noscea: 2 hours
Outer La Noscea: 2 hours

Total: 26-27 hours

got all in a reasonable time so far but been Western Thanalan 3 days on and off 8 hours no drop :mad: 8 down 4 to go
10mins after posting got drop at horzion 3 to go :)
Well been fating for next for 12 hours at least no drop :( got 2 hours later
last 2 took 3 hours between them :)

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion:
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull:
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins:
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales: 1 hour no drop

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden: 4 hours no drop
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat:
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer: SEVERAL hours no drop

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer:
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram: 2 hour no drop
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion: 2 hour no drop
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish: my last 10 minutes farming no drop
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab: 2 hours no drop

I f***ing give up

Tried with FC, didn't get anything and one guy got 2 in like 20 minutes. Since this last reset I haven't gone a day without getting at least one Atma, and I'm sitting at 9/12 right now(just need the Shroud ones). Apparently I'm also the only one in my FC that has more than 1 Atma that isn't duplicates.

i got 10/12 atmas rather quickly. roughly 2 to 3 hours separating each acquisition. some within 5min. however the last 2 (fish and maiden) took almost 3 days of grinding each, I don't remember how many hours, but it took ages

Outter La. I didn't do a single fate out there on anything but my SMN; I'm now rocking almost 70 of each type of titan shield piece; so at least 220 of just those 3 fates(not including al the other random ones int eh zone...)

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins:
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden around 45 hours to drop
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat 4 1/2 hours total to get the drop
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer 1 hour so far, no drop

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer:
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram:
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion:
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish:
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab:

I've been in Middle La Noscea since last Thursday doing 20 FATE a day, still no Ram... Others I lost track of to be honest.

Southern Thanalan:
Eastern Thanalan:
Western Thanalan: One hour, nothing so far
Central Thanalan:

Central Shroud: took around 7 hours to drop
East Shroud: A been trying for 4 days, 2 to 4 hours a day and nothing yet
North Shroud: took less than two hours to drop

Upper La Nocea:
Middle La Nocea: 2 hours, nothing so far
Outer La Nocea:
Lower La Nocea:
Western La Nocea:

13 hours, east shroud.

my fastest were probably north shroud or central shroud, got them in a few fates
my longest were lower la noscea and western thanalan

I try not to FATE grind since it becomes tiring. When I learned that you need to do FATE again for getting ATMA weapon, I had to stop and waited.

So, I started yesterday and randomly picked where to go first. Since I was in East Shroud, that's where I started.

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat - 1 hour
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer - 15 minutes

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion -
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull - 2 hours
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins -
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales - (been in here for half a day and nothing, so I'm going to stop for today and maybe try next week)

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer:
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram:
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion:
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish:
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab:

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins:
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden around 45 hours to drop
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat 4 1/2 hours total to get the drop
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer 4 hours to get the drop

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer:
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram:
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion:
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish:
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab:

Southern Thanalan - 5 hours
Western Thanalan - 30 minutes
Eastern Thanalan - 1 hour
Central Thanalan - 2 hours

Central Shroud - 3 hours
East Shroud - 2 hours
North Shroud - 3 hours

Upper La Noscea - 1 hour
Outer La Noscea - 10 hours (split into 2-3 days)
Middle La Noscea - 4 hours
Western La Noscea - 2 hours
Lower La Noscea - 1 hour

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat - 1 Hour NO DROP
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer -

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion - 0.5 Hour
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull -
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins -
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales -

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer:
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram: 15 Hours NO DROP
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion: 1 Hour
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish: 3 Hours
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab:

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Originally Posted by Ilitsa

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden around 45 hours to drop

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That's rough...

Southern Thanalan- 1 hour 2 pieces on back to back fates nothing since

Although I posted this in another thread, it might help here too. I didn't keep track of exact times for each drop (only cumulative), but I did keep track of the number of FATEs I had to do for each, which can also be used to show where my trouble spots were.

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Originally Posted by Velox

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Eastern Thanalan:        42
Southern Thanalan:        121
Central Thanalan:        16
Western Thanalan:        68

Upper La Noscea:          9
Western La Noscea:        34
Middle La Noscea:        52
Outer La Noscea:          61
Lower La Noscea:          87

North Shroud:            11
Central Shroud:          51
East Shroud:              79 

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Final Total:              631
Average FATEs per atma:  53
Estimated drop rate:      2%
Time Spent:              ~39.5 hours

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Convinced it doesn't exist even though people seem to have gotten it. I've been farming fates at least 4-5 hours a day from April 5 - April 11th & still haven't seen the thing.

Maiden - Central Shroud 1 hour
Goat - East Shroud 1 hour
Archer - North Shroud 1 hour
Ram - Central La Nos 2 hours
Crab - Western La Nos 1 hour
Bull - Eastern Than 2 hours
Fish - Lower La Nos 1 hour

We're certain on the Outer La Noscea one? Because I've been trying to get that one for 5 DAYS now, and nothing.

I wish I made note of mine. Most took a while, I was lucky on a couple of occasions to go to a new area and get the drop within a couple of fates. I got my last ATMA last night, it was Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales which took just over 12 hours of grinding that area for it to drop.

I am 12/12 on my main but still farm others for alts during downtime. I found this today and will be testing it tonight. hope it helps.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...theory/cgrg28m

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion - 7 hours
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull - 5 hours
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins: 2.5 hours
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales - 4.5 hours, no drop

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden - during hunt, 1 FATE
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat - >1 hour
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer - during hunt, 1 FATE

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer: 5 hours
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram: 1 hour
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion: during hunt, 1 FATE
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish:2.5 hours
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab:

Atma of the Twins: 6.5 hours almost exactly

This is the only one I really tracked...I remember East Shroud taking a while too though. Western Thanalan I was determined to get in one go, along with a friend of mine thus the time (never did that again).

Most of them I had within 3 hours, and a couple within 1 hour. Middle La Noscea though, 90-120 minutes per night every night for 10 days straight before I got it.

I unfortunately didnt keep track of all 6 weapons but its really random.

The zone i had a the most problem with was Western Thanalan Atma of the Twins, but on some weapons i got it either within 5 FATEs or in less than 1-2 hours.

The most time i spent on any given atma was western thanalan, at around 10+/- hours which is about over 300 FATEs.

Most all Atma tend to drop around completion of 40 FATEs. (which is 2-4 hours of FATE grinding depending on spawn rates, completions and zone.)



This:

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Originally Posted by Velox

I also kept count of my area fates, more for statistical reasons as I know a lot of people are wondering what the drop rate is (and the more people who do keep track, the better the chance we pinpoint what it is).

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Eastern Thanalan:        42
Southern Thanalan:        121
Central Thanalan:        16
Western Thanalan:        68

Upper La Noscea:          9
Western La Noscea:        34
Middle La Noscea:        52
Outer La Noscea:          61
Lower La Noscea:          87

North Shroud:            11
Central Shroud:          51
East Shroud:              79 

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Final Total:              631
Average FATEs per atma:  53
Estimated drop rate:      2%
Time Spent:              ~39.5 hours

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I can confirm this is about how each of my weapons played out. 1 or 2 atmas giving trouble, some not giving much trouble (even gotten some after just 1 FATE) while the average/medium being about 40 FATEs per atma.

But if the medium/average is 35-60 FATEs per drop the drop rate is no way in hell 2% probably much closer to about 25-35% drop rate.

Mine was like:

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion 1hour
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull 1min
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins: 3mins
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales 10mins

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden 2mins
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat 5mins - i got 2.
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer 1min

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer: 4hours
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram: 1min
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion: 1hour
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish:3mins
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab:7hours

Total like 12hours or something. The struggle was real.

Got my 12 ATMA within 2days.= Farming >14-18hours/day. Appx - 32Hours ++ (Before patch 2.4)

I think it will be much easier after 2.4

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Originally Posted by xjia

Got my 12 ATMA within 2days.= Farming >14-18hours/day. Appx - 32Hours ++ (Before patch 2.4)

I think it will be much easier after 2.4

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Yes, it is.

Took a couple of months pre-2.4 to get 7.

Today I got the "last" 5 in 3 hours - only while in a Party with another person who had got all 12 in a day, I joined for her last 5 also. Prior to party formation I probably done 20 FATEs and nothing....

I kept calling her lucky after that.

IMO this "mechanic" where the producers say that the FFXIV community needs to come together seems to have changed since patch. It was *most likely* time based before, but I say in 2.4 the "increased" drop rate is due to being in a party with another player. I am going to test this theory in the next week, when I start my SECOND atma weapon <.<

BTW a little irony with Atma drops: Lower La Noscea is the hardest, due to being so spread out and only having one aetheryte, but I got back to back Atmas (e.g within 5 minutes), not even realising it was possible to have more than one at a time.

Anything stricken out I haven't attempted to get yet.

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion: Just did Rank 2/3 Amalj'aa Beast Dailes and got two over time, so no actual grinding of FATEs.
Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull:
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins:
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales:

Central Shroud: Atma of the Maiden
East Shroud: Atma of the Goat
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer - Roughly one hour.

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Bearer:
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram - About 50 minutes (taken in 2.4).
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion - Roughly one hour.
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish - About 45 minutes.
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab - About 30 minutes.

i get 11 atmas before 2.4 the last is atma of archer this f... do not drop oh god, played 5 hours by day on fates on North Shroud and do not drop T__T

im on a bug? D=

Behemoth server, Char: Amido Himawari

i get a rogue to not go crazy with this, but i need the last atma, of the archer on my whm T__T