Quote Originally Posted by Lemuria View Post
Genuinely curious now... why shouldn't they?

Atma does... well, literally NOTHING to strengthen your weapon. No stat boosts, no increase in ability, just simply boosts the ilvl of your stick by 10. Does making Atma more accessible suddenly mean everyone is running around with full Zodiac? Not on your life. So, I ask again... why is Atma the worst possible grind for literally ZERO reward?

As with all things, the end has to justify the means. Right now, it simply doesn't. In order to get to the same level as everyone else using SOLDIERY weapons you need both the Atmas AND the insane amount of Myth tomes, AND you need to complete all the tasks assigned therein. My argument is that the latter is grind enough to prevent people from powering through this quickly.

So, one last time. Why shouldn't Atma be practically given away? It has no benefit to the player and serves only to add an extra wall to an already boring grind. A wall which is both dull and without reward, both during and after. I think it's time for these archaic practices to be consigned to the depths of Hell from which they were spawned.
It shouldn't be a hand out for the best possible weapon in game either. You can grind all of your Animus Books in 3 Days or less. You can fully meld a Novus in 1 day (depending on how much Alexandrite you have and considering Hunts have been around for a huge time, players have several Allied Seals stacked up for Alexandrite purchasing). Nexus? 3 Days of spamming HMs. What drop rate would they make for atma that's noticeable by the public and not a complete speed race within an hr?

What's bad is not the drop rate for it (which yes is based on luck), what's bad is no other option to obtain the atma themselves. You honestly think as many people would have complained even to this day if people could have been guaranteed an atma in 100 or so fates with a chance at one from the fate itself? No because people who claim to have done thousands of fates would have had several sets of all 12 by now.

Essentially giving out the best weapon in the game @ current and well into TCOB till the new end game weapon from coil is given, for less then a week of effort. Not imbalanced at all?