ATMA is probably going to kill me...

[StubHub]

It is absolutely not healthy and with me being epileptic there is always a chance I could die from having a seizure.

Jesus christ. Stop trying to get ATMA, or stop playing. It is not the Devs responsibility to protect you from darwinism.

(This is not a defense of the ATMA system, this is an attack on stupid)

[MeiUshu]

Divine, I am like you and this is my opinion, health is the most important thing, atmas are RNG, it has nothing to do on wheather you are able or not to do it, we all are able to do it, some will take them yeras (I exagerate) others just matters of minutes (i exagerate here too), it has nothing to do with you being able to achieve this it is not in your hands, it doesnt depend on you at all. Once you know this, and since I am in the same boat as you, just dont bother with Atmas, do fates when you come accross them and otherwise as suggested find an alternative way of reaching the end goal and more importantly enjoy the game and dont take it too seriously and you will see that you will achieve the same and in a far better state of mind.

Mei

[Gallus]

TC, I've farmed 36 atmas and I'm still alive, though don't know for how long xD. But I get what you mean, it's extremely frustrating...the best way to deal with it is by trying "not to play the game" while you do it, keep watching films or series or something, learn to deal with the grind, that's not the perfect cure, because even if you do that and the atma doesn't drop in like 7-8 hours it's still very frustrating...but at least for me it has done the whole thing a bit more manageable. Do not sit in front of your computer for 4 straight hours nonstop doing atmas, it will destroy your nervous system, and can even cause an anxiety attack if you are prone to these things.
Still, if you can't manage it, avoid it. Health>relic.
I too think this content is terrible and frustrating to a point that can lead you to anxiolytics depending on your mood state.

[Sanne]

I am healthy, I still don't have 1 atma, I don't atma fate grinding much, and I am not planning to do it more then is good for me.
It is just a game, I want to enjoy it, doing fate grinding for more the 3 hours, I refuse that, so I don't do it.

I don't need it, what I do need is good health.
ATMA is about patience. I do it when I want for few hours, then I stop.

Everyone who stopping more time in it then is good for them, (be it sickness or frustration) Has the wrong priorities in a game.
Don't do that, it is not worth it, no game is worth it.

While I would take me years in how much I play and spent time on atma, I don't want it to change, i like this patience battle.
But that is just my opinion.

[FelisC]

Haha... you should congratulate me for that, I finally got 1 atma from a fate today, and I have been doing fates for at least 5 hours a day if not 8... since the day atma was a thing. Let's see how long it's gonna take me to get the rest of them.

You've been running fates for a minimum of 40 hours a week for more than 3 months? That seems believable.

[Laf]

Wait till you get to "novus" stage!

[Gallus]

Wait till you get to "novus" stage!

There's nothing frustrating about the Novus/Animus. You can set your own pace and literally spend half an hour every day and progress very nicely through it. Try spending half an hour every day for the atma quest and tell me how lovely it is having 2 after an entire month.

[Theresa]

An atma isn't more important than your life. You don't need to do it.

[LineageRazor]

There's nothing frustrating about the Novus/Animus. You can set your own pace and literally spend half an hour every day and progress very nicely through it. Try spending half an hour every day for the atma quest and tell me how lovely it is having 2 after an entire month.

I agree completely. You can start a session of Atma farming not knowing whether or not you'll be any closer to your goal at the end of the day. This is not the case with Novus and especially Animus. Animus, there's a very clear set of tasks to complete, and once you complete them they are progress towards completion. Novus, as long as you don't try to farm Alexandrites from FATEs, is similarly straightforward (unless you happen to pop a set of treasure map mobs you can't handle; I can solo any Alexandrite map on PLD except for the Cyclops).

[Kajukai]

UAT (dropped by the last boss in ST) + 1300 Sold (10 Rowena Token) > i100. Then farm 1 Sand of Time by hunting a bit. Then you can upgrade it to 110.