Yoshi-P: Atma drop % = "it's just luck"

[Duuude007]

Meh, relics are most likely never going to be the best weapon out there.

2.28 has them slated for i115, so there's that.

[kiraan]

2.28 has them slated for i115, so there's that.

Do you have the source for this? i doubt they will be i115 in 2.28 especially since we'll upgrade it more in 2.3

[Nero]

Do you have the source for this? i doubt they will be i115 in 2.28 especially since we'll upgrade it more in 2.3

From left to right; Relic, Allagan, Soldiery, Primal ( Levi )

So according to this ( was Famitsu iirc ), the next Stage after Animus will be 115.

[Deedsie]

I believe my aquisition of my atmas in a timely manner is a result of the game paying me back for all those times I've gone into coil and to this day NEVER seen a Ring of Striking or Ring of Maiming drop while I was there.

[kiraan]

From left to right; Relic, Allagan, Soldiery, Primal ( Levi )

So according to this ( was Famitsu iirc ), the next Stage after Animus will be 115.

hmmm brb i have some myth farming to do

[Kiara]

Someone had a great idea in a previous thread about Atma drops (let me know who it is and I'll credit them):

* Everyone starts off with the current Low Drop Rate.
* For every FATE completed with No Atma Drop (in that region), they increase the Drop Rate +1%.
* So eventually (if Start Drop Rate was, say, 1%), at the worst, it would take 99 FATEs to eventually get your Atma Drop (1% + 99% (99 increases of 1%)).

If people think 100 FATEs is too little, they can start the increase after X# of FATES Completed with No Drops.

This sounds like a good compromise with the RNG and Time Sink that Yoshi P wants (and that "lottery" feel), but eventually working your way to a guaranteed Atma Drop with patience and effort.

[Duuude007]

This sounds like a good compromise with the RNG and Time Sink that Yoshi P wants (and that "lottery" feel), but eventually working your way to a guaranteed Atma Drop with patience and effort.

100 is still really low. I would reconsider your 'compromise' if the odds didn't increase on a per-fate basis (remained low), but at 300 fates in an individual zone, an npc in the zone would recognize your efforts culling fiends in the area, and offered up an atma he/she "found". This feature would be zeroed-out, if an atma drops before the 300 mark, to prevent exploitation.

[SionDurant]

100 is still really low. I would reconsider your 'compromise' if the odds didn't increase on a per-fate basis (remained low), but at 300 fates in an individual zone, an npc in the zone would recognize your efforts culling fiends in the area, and offered up an atma he/she "found". This feature would be zeroed-out, if an atma drops before the 300 mark, to prevent exploitation.

I would actually agree with you. I feel 400 Fates is fair for all 12 atma, but honestly I'm at 700+ and I'm losing heart.

I'm 5/12 as of yesterday on my first atma weapon and I have no idea what will be my new main now that multispeccing is obviously going to be much harder in light of this new weapon system.

Paladin, White Mage and Dragoon are what I'm debating XD, I would say BLM but I feel like there are a gazillion casters (at least on Excalibur)

[LoLo]

I already knew this.

[SionDurant]

Someone had a great idea in a previous thread about Atma drops (let me know who it is and I'll credit them):

* Everyone starts off with the current Low Drop Rate.
* For every FATE completed with No Atma Drop (in that region), they increase the Drop Rate +1%.
* So eventually (if Start Drop Rate was, say, 1%), at the worst, it would take 99 FATEs to eventually get your Atma Drop (1% + 99% (99 increases of 1%)).

If people think 100 FATEs is too little, they can start the increase after X# of FATES Completed with No Drops.

This sounds like a good compromise with the RNG and Time Sink that Yoshi P wants (and that "lottery" feel), but eventually working your way to a guaranteed Atma Drop with patience and effort.

This is similar to how Blizzard addressed people's hatred of the RNG in Diablo 3 and it has turned the game around.