Atma Rate more than Doubled in 2.4, Animus Books Cheaper

[Edeline]

They already are 500k+

That's exactly what I meant, they were 100k (at least on my server) right when it started and no one knew (only the most advanced in Novus) how many IVs (or if any at all) you'd need. They stood on a steady 200kish for a while and now theyre 500~600k each. And that was my point, finally getting an atma weapon so you can spend millions and millions of gil (or kill your brain SBing) really late when it's so expensive :d So it's not a pay off.

[Felis]

Will this increased atma rate also apply to Alexandrite? If I can farm an Alexandrite in an hour of atma farming (would seem reasonable) - this sounds pretty good to combo with dailies for novus.

Just do the daily exp roulletes, buy extra alexandrite maps with soldiery and buy alexandrite with allied seals. It would be faster than farming FATEs for it..

[Kahnom]

With this doubled drop rates,i might have my 7 non-main jobs which sit at zenith get upgrade to animus.well .. 7 sets of atma to work out ...

[Kewitt]

I don't mind this one bit, I have 8 atma for my 2nd upgrade so it will give me something to do while I spirtbond gear.

[zar]

That's exactly what I meant, they were 100k (at least on my server) right when it started and no one knew (only the most advanced in Novus) how many IVs (or if any at all) you'd need. They stood on a steady 200kish for a while and now theyre 500~600k each. And that was my point, finally getting an atma weapon so you can spend millions and millions of gil (or kill your brain SBing) really late when it's so expensive :d So it's not a pay off.

You don't need a single IV to make a Novus.

[HumsterMKX]

You don't need a single IV to make a Novus.

Depends how they wanna min/max. Some wanna max out stats for the extra 10dps. Others prefer 3 stats for more fexibility.

[Edeline]

You don't need a single IV to make a Novus.

Considering we're keeping the same stats on next upgrade(s?), yes you do, or at least you should aim for it.

[zar]

Please tell us more about how we should play. It doesn't change the fact you don't need a single IV to make a Novus.

[Zumi]

Doesn't need a single tier 4 and you can still min/max. The game has accuracy caps, you put crit, det, and acc on your relic. Since you have some acc on your weapon you can just use less acc on another piece of gear where you have the choice between an acc piece or something with crit and det.

[Maero]

no the change is so that some can get caught up to those who atmas fell from the sky for them and have Novus weapons by now for all their classes.
The implementation of atma was poorly executed really.
As for the books being cheaper, well myth is easy enough to get by doing dailies, roulettes, etc.
But with weekly cap that will be removed i think players will still just get soldiery weapons. Heck because my Novus is taking ages to finish (Det IV over 650k each and sb yields nodda so far) i may just get a soldiery weapon myself
And yes having max det and crit is in fact better for me anyhow and i can make up for acc with gear.
Besides some have mentioned Nexus prefers 2 stats anyhow