The Big Problem With Zodiac Farm

[Doki]

It's reasonable for a casual player to farm a book and clear the book challenges every 2 days. No reason you couldn't have a weapons done within the first month. I am on my 3rd book now as well, and I only play for a few hours after work, and some weekend grinding. Fortunately the new beastman dailies take very little time to deal with. Hope to be up to like book 6 by next week when coil gets echo #1. The chest armor & improved weapons should make things a lot more manageable.

[Timethiuas]

It's reasonable for a casual player to farm a book and clear the book challenges every 2 days. No reason you couldn't have a weapons done within the first month. I am on my 3rd book now as well, and I only play for a few hours after work, and some weekend grinding. Fortunately the new beastman dailies take very little time to deal with. Hope to be up to like book 6 by next week when coil gets echo #1. The chest armor & improved weapons should make things a lot more manageable.

That would be great, except the time it takes to get to the book phase. I am 0/12 on Atmas right now. I am excited to get to the book phase. I think a better implementation would have been to forgo the Atma and jump right to the books.

[NaliaBrown]

That would be great, except the time it takes to get to the book phase. I am 0/12 on Atmas right now. I am excited to get to the book phase. I think a better implementation would have been to forgo the Atma and jump right to the books.

Yeah, I like this. The books sound like they would actually be fun - a variety of activities that you need to complete to upgrade the stats on your weapon. But as it is now, you have to grind fates for hours/days/weeks to "upgrade" to a weapon that's essentially just a paint job. What's the point of that?

[Deathscythe343]

Yeah, I like this. The books sound like they would actually be fun - a variety of activities that you need to complete to upgrade the stats on your weapon. But as it is now, you have to grind fates for hours/days/weeks to "upgrade" to a weapon that's essentially just a paint job. What's the point of that?

From what I have been told, the books do a much better job of letting you know where you stand on finishing the upgrade. From what I have gathered from this thread and others like it, is that most players hate that there is no kind of visual progression. Meaning there is no way for them to tell that moving towards the goal. They are just doing the fates hoping that they can finally get their atma.

[Deathscythe343]

I think a better implementation would have been to forgo the Atma and jump right to the books.

A better idea would have been to let players purchase the books as soon as they have the atma weapon quest, but not allow them to start them until they get all of their atma. It would give players the ability to get a large chunk of the grind out of the way. Another idea would have been to also include the mobs killed during the fates as potential drop chance for the atma.