Why bother with ATMA now?

[Yotsu]

Do you really think login -> coil static -> logout is more hardcore

Yes

than login -> atma farm for 200 hours -> dailies -> myth grind -> animus books -> novus upgrade -> craft -> craft/harvest -> achievement grind -> do coil?

because this (in my opinion) is retarded

The logic is sound. Someone who is only interested in Coil and essentially unconcerned about the remainder of the game, while perhaps a hardcore fotm gamer in general, is not a hardcore FFXIV player by any stretch of the imagination.Furthermore, admitting they've never touched the content this thread is talking about isn't a very good way of qualifying their stance on the issue...

Housing, Sightseeing, Crafting, and all that stuff?
I tried most things but things like crafting and dailies are just way too boring for me.
My routine looks somewhat like this:
Log in > Fish(since i can go half-afk) while queuing for pvp to cap soldiery and buy vanity gear
Raid on Tuesday, then find a raid for my alt
>Repeat

Someone can get by and outshine all others while never touching myth/soldiery or doing anything outside of BCOB of SCOB if they so choose. That is not balance.

What is the point of having full 110 gear and an Animus weapon when noone wants you in their raidgroup because you can't play for shit