I have my ATMA Artemis Bow,let's discuss on drop rates.

[Xzaral]

I got my first atma off the very first fate I did after being able to loot them. 250ish fates since I'm at 3/12 (I technically have four, but one was a duplicate while doing beast tribe dailies for Sahagin).

I've already got the weathered book of spades now, considering farming hunts this weekend.

[Dude]

I still only have 2/12. I usually go run 2/4 fates every time i play. They never drop. The last few times, while gathering, I wont even participate in the fates.

Honestly, if they don't fix the issue I will never get an atma.

[JustPlainLucas]

For those who don't have their ATMAs yet, I'm sure they're pissed off because they know that's only the start to one of the worst grinds in the game. I did the ATMA grind on the first weekend after they implemented them. I got the my very first ATMA on the very first FATE, but of course, Lady Luck is never that kind, so it took about nine hours for my second one. Then, it was about an hour to an hour and a half for each one after that, until the last one took me close to 12 hours. I've talked to people who said it took them a week to get one, and I asked how much they were playing per day, and they said usually an hour or two. Well, that's why it's taking you a week to get it. This isn't meant to be a casual grind by any means. It's meant to be hammered out, where you sit there and keep doing fates until your eyes bleed. That's the only real way you beat the RNGod, because if you chime in just an hour or two each night, then you'll just keep getting bad luck.

[Destinova]

Someones thinking like me.

More than him. Im 2/12 for ninja I know others that have their 12 for ninja.

[Appleh4x]

For those who don't have their ATMAs yet, I'm sure they're pissed off because they know that's only the start to one of the worst grinds in the game. I did the ATMA grind on the first weekend after they implemented them. I got the my very first ATMA on the very first FATE, but of course, Lady Luck is never that kind, so it took about nine hours for my second one. Then, it was about an hour to an hour and a half for each one after that, until the last one took me close to 12 hours. I've talked to people who said it took them a week to get one, and I asked how much they were playing per day, and they said usually an hour or two. Well, that's why it's taking you a week to get it. This isn't meant to be a casual grind by any means. It's meant to be hammered out, where you sit there and keep doing fates until your eyes bleed. That's the only real way you beat the RNGod, because if you chime in just an hour or two each night, then you'll just keep getting bad luck.

Still not a good way to look at it. Spent 43 hours trying to get atma of the water bearer before I gave up when they first came out. I just decided to do them again so I'll have a 4th i110 for my bard and it took me another 3 hours there before I got that atma, so thats 46 hours of grinding fates only to get 1/12. Potentially all 12 COULD take that long, which is just unfair to those with bad luck.

[Kazumac]

It is luck based and a low percentage drop. As fate completion rates vary from person to person, I'll describe my experience in # of fates which was between 600-700 fates for all 12 going by achievement tracker. My largest dry spell was 132 fates between drops. It was horribly boring and I hated it. But when I'd work on it I'd go through as many fates as possible to maximize my chances. If you are only doing a few fates per hour... It's going to take a lot longer than someone doing 10-15 per hour.

If you are on a class that solos slowly consider doing it on another class or leveling up another one. It was significantly faster once I got my SMN zenith instead of only having SCH available to me.