Atma book FATE "Giant Seps" is not part of normal FATE rotation, and will not being

[Myrianda]

K, so the FATE 'Taken' just spawned, and from several people in an LS and myself that have been camping it, the spawn timer from the one we just cleared to the previous one was 18 hours.

SE, I get you want slow the progress of people getting Animus weapons, but give me a break...this is just super tacky.

[blackcitadel9]

I wouldn't care too much if there was a better way of keeping track of the fates in a given area. For example the Trial books have the ability to select the fates. I don't understand why that is, but if it put up some kind of timer and location marker so you could know when and where it's coming it would be....better. Having a bunch of players sat in one place waiting for a fate and too terrified to go elsewhere in case it spawns and the people who didn't leave churn through it before they can return can't be a good way of doing anything.
Another option, replace the use of obscure fates with some instanced boss fights or something akin to the class/job/story quests. The Atma weapons are supposed to be about absorbing the souls of strong creatures, why not put a bit more drama into it or use it an excuse to explain more about the world?

[ZeroHigh]

4 hours here in Midgardsormr, even ran around trying to do other FATEs. lol.

[skaterger]

This is absurdly stupid. I can live with the Atma grind cause at least there was a flicker of chance at progressing but this is just ridiculously retarded.

[Warlyx]

back to camping spots for hours

[TomTom1968]

Greetings,

We looked into this because of the reports we were receiving, but we confirmed that there are no special conditions that need to be triggered for this FATE to occur. However, there is a limit to the number of FATEs that can be active at the same time within an area. Therefore, if you are waiting for a specific FATE to occur, please try completing the other FATEs in the area.

That's no good solution and more a sub par workaround. I was yesterday waiting for a FATE, decided to clear the FATES around. Although I had the map open all the time and instantly left the FATE seeing the one I need has popped up, I did not make it back in time. Level 40 FATES and 30-50 players with Relict weapons = FATE over in 30 seconds.

You guys continue to follow a road that a good portion of your player base doesn't like. You introduced beast tribes and people complained about the FATE rotation. So you raised it and now they are more easily doable. You had quests where FATES were involved and people complained and you made adjustments.

Is it possible to see this as a general hint from the player base so we do not have to complain each time new elements are introduced? I do not like FATES at all but if you have to have them because it makes development easy and cost saving, make them at least so that as soon as they are needed for a quest, they pop up more often than normal FATES.

Waiting for FATES should only be needed if you choose to level with them. Regarding quests, this is neither a time sink nor a long term goal but annoying for players. Under the week, I have 2-3 hours to play per evening. I do not want to waste that time waiting in the Nowhere for a 30 second FATE to pop up. Is this so hard to understand? I thought you got enough FATE related complaints to stop or at least reduce quest design around them. But obviously not. So please look forward to more complaints. And zoom your camera out to the max!

[Wairata]

Greetings,

We looked into this because of the reports we were receiving, but we confirmed that there are no special conditions that need to be triggered for this FATE to occur. However, there is a limit to the number of FATEs that can be active at the same time within an area. Therefore, if you are waiting for a specific FATE to occur, please try completing the other FATEs in the area.

I think the community has already established that the limit to the number of fates is NOT impeding these fates from spawning as the others are regularly cleared or time out. The issue is with the spawn interval of the particular Fates that are necessary for the completion of tasks in the Atma books. The special condition is apparently one that's been programmed into the game to limit the spawns to 4 hour intervals, which is a complete disservice to the gamers.

[Nekodar]

I've seen a trend that FATEs that normally don't get completed take longer time to spawn than those that are completed on a regular basis.
As an example, the FATE Taken in Southern Thanalan... I arrived in zone and /sh for last time it was up and it was up 30 minutes before I arrived...
Hearing others having to wait many hours for it to pop, I thought I was in for a long wait, but it was up again 30 minutes later.

The more people that completes the FATEs needed for the books, the better it is for people that haven't done them yet.

[Calyanare]

This is absurdly stupid. I can live with the Atma grind cause at least there was a flicker of chance at progressing but this is just ridiculously retarded.

With the FATE spawns, at least you have a almost 100% chance of progressing if you happen to be there when the FATE spawns. Yeah, you might have to wait, but at least you're guaranteed progress. I'll take camping stuff over the 1% chance of getting an Atma drop any day.

[Syrehn]

This makes me want to dig my eyeballs out with a rusty spoon. Fix it SE. Fix it nao! >.<