Quote Originally Posted by Lexiii View Post
Here, I decided to graph it out. I used 1 million samples. Green is 3% chance and 12 atma, violet is 50% chance and 200 atma. http://i.imgur.com/6Yn1Q0w.png Both average out to exactly 400 fates required, but the std deviation is much much lower, it's nearly entirely unlikely you will require more than 500 fates. X axis is # of fates, Y axis is # of times the last atma was gotten on that fate.
Sadly, there are always extreme exceptions. I had around 460 fates completed when I started out grinding atma. When I was finished not only had I completed my 1000 fates achievement but I'd also progressed almost half-way towards my Paragon Robe, nearly 800+ Fates for a mere 12 atmas.

That's really the biggest issue with RNG - not everyone fits nearly inside the same box. I'd be fine with this grind if the weapon was the animus, since at least you'd be getting an upgrade out of the deal. But since it's basically just a renamed Zenith weapon sans-glow, I don't see why anyone is up in arms over making them easier to obtain.