It took me 3 weeks to the day from atma-animus. And I only did dailies and capped soldiery every week, along with helping people get their soldiery. the only book I did any grinding for was my 9th just to get it done. It doesnt take hours and hours of grinding to be able to get the myth for the books, its actually pretty easy.

As for the atma themselves, it would have been great if they were bosses or something, but then you'd either get "Why can't i take friends in to help me with this?" OR "Why do I have to party with people to get this, I should be able to solo it!"

Its a lose-lose for them there, as it was with the fates.

This should be a lesson to be careful what you wish for. Asking for a reason to go into the open world without giving good ideas/specifics and the dev's will do it their way.