Just something to remember when your farming Atma

[Calyanare]

I think most people have a problem with it being FATEs. From those who I've talked to a majority wouldn't mind the RNG as much if it wasn't FATEs.

I not only hate FATEs, I hate that it's solely RNG. I much prefer a goal to work towards, rather than "farm this until your eyes bleed and maybe you'll eventually finish it". For example, if the quest was "complete every FATE in these zones with the highest possible rating", I wouldn't mind that, even though I think FATEs are the most boring thing ever. I want to know when something will be completed, even if it will take me months to do it, and be able to work toward that goal. Spending hours upon hours grinding FATEs with no drop and no end in sight is really depressing me.

Also:

If you go into this expecting to get them all in a timely manner your going to end up upset and frustrated. This doesn't mean you can't try to farm them just don't have unrealistic expectations.

The first bragging posts from people who got the Atma upgrade started coming in within 12 hours after the patch, so I don't think it's unrealistic to expect that I would be at least halfway finished 3-4 days later. I still don't have a drop at all.