Any love for ATMAs?

[Zyrusticae]

Nope.

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To put this in perspective: the ONLY reason I have not started working on a second Relic weapon is because I absolutely do NOT want to do the Atma phase again until it is nerfed in some way, form, or fashion. In the meantime I will make do with an i110 UAT weapon.

There is absolutely nothing about the activity that is intrinsically entertaining or social. You can make friends or appreciate the scenery doing basically any other activity in the game and it'll be less boring and monotonous besides. I don't even know how anyone can possibly find any entertainment out of running those awful level 10 FATEs where you can't even use more than three abilities in the first place. How does your mind not go numb from this?

In comparison, the Animus books at least gave me measurable and very consistent progress (aside from, yep, the FATEs section, which is just as bad with the hours of waiting), and Novus lets me do basically whatever the hell I want as long as it generates Myth tomestones. I can actually stand those phases and find some level of entertainment out of them, but no such luck with Atma.

Oh yeah, and don't even forget about the fact that your entire 'reward' consists of a color change and unlocking the right to work on Animus! Talk about adding insult to injury... I fear the next phase released on 2.38 is going to be just as bad, and if it ends up that way... ugh, I don't even know how I could express my distaste at the idea without being banned for it.

[Mogi]

Some parts were very fun others made me never wanna look back but yea^^ i meet some very cool ppl a long the way

[Scootaloo]

Cry some more please, I need a new glass of tears because i'm parched!

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To OP: I find the Atma farming a refreshing challenging where the reward isn't guaranteed each and every time. This adds a level of challenge and difficulty which can be mind-numbing but feels that much more rewarding when you do get one.

[Limonia]

I don't hate farming Atma.
But I hate it when don't get an Atma after a large amount of FATEs.
Sometimes I'm lucky and get 3 Atma in one hour. Sometimes I'm not and don't get an Atma in weeks. I think the drop rate could be a just really little bit higher than it is now.

I also hate it when I get to a FATE that's half over because one other person was doing it and in the moment you arrive that other person decides it's ok to only use auto attack from now on so you can do the rest yourself and probably get him an Atma like that. I'll also only auto attack then. xD

[Leigaon]

I'm on my second run of Atmas, and I'm enjoying the quests a bit more because..there's more content in the outside world for me to do.

My miner is in the 40's so I like to mine, to create gear for provision quests and challenge log, if I see a fate I'll jump on my white mage and go to it.

Daily hunting marks put me in spots I need atma and I just got Atma of the Lion yesterday trying to take down Ose for a daily.

Got a friend who is new to the game, so we'll go to places I need atma and we'll grind the low level ones while he levels up and I get atma. Or if I'm waiting on duty finder I'll do a FATE or two while waiting..or some nights I know I dont' have time so I take out my Companion and try to get his 100 kills.

So far not atma grinding and do it in between I'm at 7 / 12 atma and the stress is far less than when it first came out..and lets not forget Beastmen dailies, doing those and Fates in those areas help out a lot too. It's now become gradually getting the 12 while I'm getting others done.