*sigh* Almost feel like giving up on this game

[KingOfAbyss]

If you go into a grinding game expecting the game core to change, you are in fact in the wrong genre.

Yup - it sucks for everyone, some more than others, so I feel you.

But quitters don't win, and winners don't quit!

[NorthernLadMSP]

I feel your frustrations. Mainly because I've been doing Frontlines a lot over the past week or two trying to rank up. My queues are always 30 minutes long, and besides Fates, there's almost nothing to do. You can't join parties, you can't hunt. Basically, you can craft or Fates. I've gotten one Atma in this time. I don't even care that much, just trying to make the time feel faster.

[kidvideo]

I'm at 1,140 Fates so far, (

That is... oddly specific. How are you counting? How many are you up to today? I about to call shenanigans...

[NorthernLadMSP]

That is... oddly specific. How are you counting? How many are you up to today? I about to call shenanigans...

It's quite simple. He/she look at their achievements to see how many Fates they had done before starting the Atma farm. Then, you can easily go in and see how many you're at currently (as long as you have not already received the 3,000 Fate achievement).

[kidvideo]

It's quite simple. He/she look at their achievements

AchieveMEHnts.

[SirSaber]

Here have my Heart swordrain !
I hope it chears you up !!


Moe~ Moe~ Kyuuun!!

[Velox]

That is... oddly specific. How are you counting? How many are you up to today? I about to call shenanigans...

Some people do count, especially those of us who were the ones trying to nail down the drop rate (which SE doesn't tell us).
Not only did I count every single one that I did, but I even counted each one on a per-zone basis as well.
I ended up doing exactly 631 FATEs for all 12 Atma (121 just in Southern Thanalan alone -_-; ). Overall it was about 40 hours of just pure grind.
I consider myself lucky that I didn't end up as a mathematical outlier like the OP is sadly drifting more and more to becoming (and others I have talked to)

[Ecks007]

OP, Drink Sake and have a party while doing fates for your atmas. It worked for the Devs.

[Fendred]

I put a ton of time into getting my sphairai atma, and I completely agree that it was a huge waste of time. I'm on my sixth book and I've fallen behind my brother in progression who is only playing at max two hours a day. Hunts may be boring, but they shoot your ilvl up into the air like a bottle rocket compared to the atma nerf gun.

[Fendred]

OP, Drink Sake and have a party while doing fates for your atmas. It worked for the Devs.

... it makes all the pain go away ...