Thank you for the new relic quest

[Velox]

I'm fine with the RNG value of the atma pieces, but people don't realize that pure RNG yields the chance of never seeing a drop, even if you did 250,000 FATEs in a zone. What SE needs to do is simply alter the system a bit so that RNG becomes more of a reward function rather than a necessity. I don't know what the drop rate is on atma pieces, but from what people are saying, based on numbers I've accumulated by friends it's around 5%.

My suggestion? Every fate you complete in zone X and fail to get the atma piece, your odds of getting it in the next FATE increases by 1%. This way, if you are indeed lucky with RNG, you can obtain it after 20 minutes of grinding. But if you are not so lucky, you're not spending 3 weeks in Western Thanalan with no guarantee it will ever show up. If you have to do 100+ FATEs for a single atma piece, you earned it.

[NyneAlexander]

My suggestion? Every fate you complete in zone X and fail to get the atma piece, your odds of getting it in the next FATE increases by 1%. This way, if you are indeed lucky with RNG, you can obtain it after 20 minutes of grinding. But if you are not so lucky, you're not spending 3 weeks in Western Thanalan with no guarantee it will ever show up. If you have to do 100+ FATEs for a single atma piece, you earned it.

This ^. This is what I would hope for out of a 2014 MMO. The grind is still there, but at least you know there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

[Simaril]

I'm fine with the RNG value of the atma pieces, but people don't realize that pure RNG yields the chance of never seeing a drop, even if you did 250,000 FATEs in a zone. What SE needs to do is simply alter the system a bit so that RNG becomes more of a reward function rather than a necessity. I don't know what the drop rate is on atma pieces, but from what people are saying, based on numbers I've accumulated by friends it's around 5%.

All MMOs need to stop with RNG NAOW!1!! I really hate this crap. It's more like playing the lottery, than work. I actually think it should be RNG at first, with increasing odds of success, and finally some max number of attempts...