the problem with this is that it has so little reflection on endgame or skill or any kind. I don't mind a grind. I don't mind a challenge. I do mind it being so luck based.

This isn't skill/gear check like the Hard mode primals, this is a time sink and the worse kind too since its just a lottery.

I got my thyrus atma in 2 days but that was just luck. some areas I got an atma on the first fate; others took hours, and no rhyme or reason to it. While others I know in my FC still don't have any atmas.

I'll say again I don't mind a grind, I just would like to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Tell me after 100 fates I'm guaranteed an atma, or if I do XYZ my drop rate increases. But don't just throw me into the wilds with a d20 and tell me to pray for a natural crit