If that was your point, what does that have to do with XI..? Absolutely nothing. Especially since ATMA farming in XI can be 100% Every. Single. Time if you actually play with people and not try to solo everything lol, so in all reality, Atma farming in XIV isn't even comparable to XI "grinding" since a lot of XI's item grinds, especially these days, are way less random than what's being reported here. Some clear in 2-4 hours some have yet to get even 1 atma, 2 days later.

Nobody asked for FATE grinding, so I'm not sure how you equated a non requested feature with FFXI-2 or "this isn't XI-2" since if it was XI-2 we'd be able to not only guarantee our Atma drops, but we'd be able to actually have a reason for all of this "pain" since XI weapons weren't purely stat items, they had special attributes to them as well, including new weaponskills.