I really don't understand all the fuss. Only 2 of my 12 atmas took extended amounts of time to obtain. I mean, yeah, while I was doing those particular ones that felt like they took forever I was "hating life" but now that I have my atma weapon I love it and I'm glad I did it.

Getting the Atmas themselves isn't even the real grind for your Atma Weapon. >_>;

Next you'll be whining about how you have to spend 1.5k seals on a book and complete the challenges in the books. Oh but that's too hard/time-consuming! /sarcasm

Atmas are optional weapons. You don't -have- to get them, you don't -have- to complete them.

I know some folks that are grinding out 1.5k seals a day to buy and complete a book each day. I think they are pretty hardcore, and I'm not personally going at it that fast though I did pretty much complete my first book in a two days of playing. Was easy enough to be honest. The real grind is just getting the 1.5k seals now that they have reduced Myth rates on dungeons.