Zodiac Weapon quests's feedback to Yoshida (since you asked for it from your letter)

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Good for you, Duuude. I'm sure that gave plenty of players, myself included, time to catch up. One could even suggest it was a ruse intended to push players to work harder for it, but I'd rather not get into speculation like that.

Anyways, those who actually like the Atma/Animus system, you are unfortunately the majority. By and large, players both hardcore and casual, Japanese or otherwise dislike the system. It's not the length, it's not even really the grind. It's the completely random element. Imagine if even with the best gear, the most solid team, and the best strategies, it was still based around RNG to survive a Primal fight? No patterns, no warnings or visual cues. A pure RNG battle. . . Do you think people would be satisfied with that? (I'll head off the sarcastic responses ahead of time: some would. But with patterned battles already posing a challenge, adding a completely random one would be a step in the wrong direction, and even SE has noted that themselves.) That is what we're dealing with. It doesn't matter where, it doesn't matter how, it doesn't even matter which FATE you run - you have virtually NO control over whether you get it or not. That's not a grind. That's a gamble.

I said it before, hit 'em where it hurts. Just don't go for Atma/Animus weapons. I've got one, and one is enough for me. Any other classes, I'll gladly take the alternatives for, knowing that the time and effort put in (loot drop rolls being the one random factor, but to a FAR less severe degree) will give more clear results. The numbers will speak for themselves. If that holds back content, to those who've successfully gotten Atma/Animus weapons, I'm sorry. I would hope it doesn't affect it in the future. But I gave pretty clear examples before. You want their attention on the Atma/Animus issue? Stop GIVING it attention.