ATMA: the worst thing ever made on A Realm Reborn

[Auloriel]

40 hours farming Central Shroud without a single Atma drop. 10 hours in South Than, 10 in Mid La Noscea. 12 times I have seen someone walk into a fate with 10% to go to clear and they walk out with an Atma, while I've received none. Eventually I just stopped, and started doing better things with my time that have more meaningful progression than a minor stat boost. In the same amount of time it took me to farm for nothing, I could have leveled botany and mining to 50.

I get that determination = perseverance, but playing the lottery is not enjoyable, especially when it's with my valuable time. I work full time, go to college part time, and don't have the kind of spare time to waste 60 hours doing something with nothing to show for it.

And that's just the first part. Even after getting all the Atma you still need to complete however many books for it, and that is a huge timesink in itself.