atma drop rates

[Katchii]

Anything beyond that is extraordinarily rare. So rare, I have never seen it, and I have over 60 atma farmed at this point.

I don't know how you spend all of your game time and whether farming Atma is all that you do or if you have well geared jobs as well, but regardless, it's difficult to envision getting 60 Atma without a LOT of free time, or very few responsibilities pulling you away from the game.

Most people do not have this opportunity for various reasons, not the least of which are school and/ or work. As such, the time they do spend in game is likely more limited, and therefore, spending 10 hours with practically nothing to show for it is exceedingly frustrating because those 10 hours could be spent on something that is measurably more productive.

I myself only farmed one set of 12, and once I dedicated my time to farming them without thinking of doing anything else and focused on the goal, I became much less frustrated with what I was doing. I also used it as an opportunity to level my chocobo companion and spiritbond gear so it wasn't completely wasted when I spent 3+ hours farming an Atma.

[Duuude007]

I myself only farmed one set of 12.

I've said this before, but I am personally convinced that SE designed the gating of this specifically to make the "average" player pick their favorite class and move on to other stuff after.

What could be advantages of wanting that?

A more distinct spread of classes in the high end content comes to mind.