Design Flaws with Atma, let me count the ways

[Ringabell]

Atma rates are low because they don't want a ton of people to have Animus & Novus weapons.

If getting Atma was like getting Alexandrite, which is damn-near guaranteed with dailys & maps, how many people would have an Animus? Answer: EVERYONE.

Everyone would have one. There would be no need to do Primals for weapons. There would be no need for weathered weapons. There would be no need to get High Allagan weapons. EVERYONE would have Animus, then Novus weapons.

It would make ilvl 100 weapons the basic standard that everyone has and cause other weapons to be obsolete.

So they put Relic+1 weapons behind the frustrating, infuriating RNG of Atma. It wasn't a mistake. They knew what they were doing. They knew that most people would be turned off and give up, moving on to other options. This is why they refuse to raise the Atma drop rate. Because if they do then the Relic+1 weapons would become too common.

Grinding for Atma was one of the most sucky experiences I've had in FFXIV. And they're not going to change it. As weird as it sounds, it isn't SUPPOSED to be fun, because if it was fun then everyone would do it for however long it takes and eventually get their Relic+1! They don't want EVERYONE to have a Relic+1. They want it to be rare and special.

Something isn't special when everyone has it.