Atma Weapon: Do not rush!

Hello,

maybe a silly thread but just to tell people who feel pressured to get the weapon ASAP because some people already have it: Do not rush!

This is not a competition. people who have the fully upgraded weapons have spent their whole time on it and this weapon quest is clearly designed to be a side-quest, not something you should devote your entire time.

So just do not get frustrated. If still trying to get atma, try to do fates when waiting for duty finder, if you do it intensively, takes some breaks.

in the end, you are fighting for some pixels in a video-game.
Your life do not depend on it and if you want that weapon you will get it eventually.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction

"In May 2013, video game addiction was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in the Conditions for Further Study section as "Internet Gaming Disorder", and in January 2014 a diagnosis of internet gaming disorder was included."

I completely agree with you. If you are obsessively farming, I would look into the above. It's unhealthy.

Lol go tell people on the Monster Hunter forums "don't feel pressure to get a wyvern stone drop (2%)" And you'd get ripped to shreds.

If people want it they want it. At the same time I have to say i don't fully understand the amount of complaints. I mean if the drop rate was higher the same guys would be here complaining about not having stuff to do. You just can't please everyone.

Also it WILL get adjusted when they want people to move on tho higher ilvl content. Anyway It's not like there's not options on stuff to do at this point...

Yea its silly to suggest not to rush, I haven't been rushing by any accounts but I still want it and I still want this Fate grinding to be over.

8/12 so far should be done by next week, but I am still sick of it.

grind till you die

Wouldn't be so bad if we could get the atma on any job so then we could at least get exp on something for those that don't have everything at 50, even though I hate fates....

I don't think that is necessarily the idea that players are rushing to get this done because of the pressure to get it done sooner than later. I think it is a matter of the amount of people zerging the fates now vs. the amount of people that will be doing them weeks or even months down the line. A lot of the people that I have talked to while trying to gather atmas are of this mindset. They know that, while the drop rate may change, it will likely not be for some time.

How I wish I don't need to get 60 Atmas for all of my character. But nope, not gonna do it. I already had enough, and I'm fine with experiencing the content already.

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Originally Posted by Seif

Anyway It's not like there's not options on stuff to do at this point...

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Weapon wise, not so much. Comparable weapons are T5, levi ex, and the upgrade. If you don't have a static or a good group, clearing T5 is almost impossible. To do Levi Ex one needs to have done all of the other extreme fights. If a player has not, for whatever reason, then that option is defaulted. This only leaves the upgrade as a viable option for people.

Prior to the patch, one could do the entire relic quest in under 8hrs. With the upgrade quest, a player could spend that 8hrs trying to get 1 atma and still not get it. And that's 1/12 of part one of the entire upgrade quest.

OP, it's simple. They added a thing to the game that, while not required, everyone is going to want. It's their relic weapon - it defines your class, and it's good.

And now it's not fun to get.

That's the problem. This is Atma thing, it's not fun.

"People have it, I don't have it and I want it now!"

I agree with you 100%,
I've got 4/12 atma. I've hunted non of them.

Traveling threw a zone random with my level 50 and hope off it a fate is in my path.

You are compelled to rush the FATE grinding part because you need to get it done early, or get stuck doing them when far fewer people are doing them. Plus it feels like the pre-requesite rather than part of the process. Once you start on the myth books, yeah, rushing is silly. Its funny seeing posts on reddit where people are saying "Finally" finished animus grind. the patch was 2 weeks ago! Getting animus in 2 weeks isn't getting you anything. There is no need to go nuts trying to finish all 9 books ASAP. Do a book a week. You will be ok.

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Originally Posted by Lurkios

OP, it's simple. They added a thing to the game that, while not required, everyone is going to want. It's their relic weapon - it defines your class, and it's good.

And now it's not fun to get.

That's the problem. This is Atma thing, it's not fun.

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The point is people are rushing it who do not like it, and then complain about it. This doesn't make any sense. They put away hours and hours of their day for something they don't even really want. If you break it up over smaller increments of time at your leisure, you might find it's not so bad. I like this quest because it doesn't have a set amount of time I -have- to play. A dungeon/trial/raid, you're in it till you finish, 20-60 minute increments typically. But farming? If I'm waiting for an event to start, not enough time to clear a dungeon, I farm. I don't feel pressured to play this way, and I still can make progress. Farming in bulk will not land you better odds than farming periodically.

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Originally Posted by Clavaat

Farming in bulk will not land you better odds than farming periodically.

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However, farming now will land you better odds than farming later. Right now a fair number of people are farming these things, meaning fates go down A LOT faster, thus those drop chances roll in much quicker. Once the folks grinding give up or get what they want, it's going to be much more difficult/longer process to aquire Atma.

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Originally Posted by Deathscythe343

Weapon wise, not so much. Comparable weapons are T5, levi ex, and the upgrade. If you don't have a static or a good group, clearing T5 is almost impossible.

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This right here. I was trying to get all my Coil drops before Echo kicked in and all the content gets zerg'd for numerous reasons but nooope. Missing one thing from 2, haven't even been able to get into 4 except once and the group was completely new to it and I don't want to imagine what 5 is going to be like (I'm just a DPS; pulling numbers will only get you so far).

Like someone else said, the problem is that it is not something with an abysmal drop rate (well, its a large part of the hate at least), but it is possibly one of the most boring things I've experienced in a game. You take your character skills, rotations, class knowledge, and then have it locked out for an indefinite amount of time while you do this. You can stand in AOEs, there's no threat of danger, just mindless zerging. No one wants to do this, so naturally they want to rush.

I use it as filler while waiting on Coil parties to fill up, but I still hate it immensely.