Can you please Ease Up on Atma now?

[WellGramarye]

Real Talk.


I stopped playing when 2.2 hit because I wasn't into the Atma Grind at the time, plus lots was not known about it. I took a break from the game and came back two weeks ago. Now I play quite a bit every day, but my time is split between a lot of activities. I help FC members with things they need done, and sometimes end up just afking awhile looking at the forums and other websites. In the last two weeks I've Capped i90 gear on near all 9 of my jobs, and started gearing out my main. I ran through the Atma quest on my main and am nearly done with upgrading animus, while also getting ready to work on the second. I also Zenith'd all the remaining relics I hadn't. I still feel Atma is a terrible grind. I've been having fun working on the Animus (at a rate of a book a day,) and am looking forward to the Novus.

My FC mate just hit 50 about the time I came back, and we ran her through all her Relic quest to get her Relic, and then she was able to immediately Zenith it. Not a day or two later she was also full i90, and had unlocked roulettes. The way the game is set up is to allow people to catch up so that there are more players able to play at the "current step" of content, but right now Atma is a real wall to this concept.

While personally it didn't take me long I can see how frustrating it can be to others who are having trouble finding those certain few. There are strats that can help speed it up a little; like tagging all fates in the zone to make sure you get at least fail on all of them, and thus more chances for Atma, but it still takes quite a bit of time if you have bad luck. Most of the time I spent grinding Atma was in South Thanlan. It just wouldn't drop, but my FC mate who came to help me fight Return to Cinder for my Animus book got one; the first fate after getting Zenith.

That's how luck works. Just bare with it, and hopefully they'll increase the rate some. Now I need to get back to doing my other 8 (soon to be 9 with Nin..) Relics.