Good news, there has been a lack of material and items on the auction house due to Atomos camping so this will force people to actually start making stuff again which should ease out the inflation period.

The thing with Atomos was that it wasn't the fastest way to make gil. Far from it. However, it was the easiest way to make gil for people which led people to it like flies to shit. Crafting the right stuff or even farming could produce more GPH (gil-per-hour) than Atomos farming could when you take into effect time and all the other variables.

That being said all I used Atomos farming for was to get one of the last 25k weapons I needed. Didn't really need it for anything else.