Atma farm and why it will be nerfed.

[Deathscythe343]

I got my atmas after one week of farming

This illustrates the problem that people are having with the system. Some people have farmed for a week and still haven't gotten 1. If you farmed 5hrs a day for 7 days for a total of 35hrs to get them all, and someone else spent the same time frame to get nothing, people are naturally going to think that something is wrong.

I don't want SE to nerf it because THERE ARE OTHER WEAPONS people can get which are equal or better stats as the Animus. If people hate Atma farming, there are alternatives.

As someone else noted, the other possible weapons have certain prerequisites that a lot of people have not completed yet.

[Zephyranthes]

Atma farming is fine. Many people are just too spoiled into finishing things at Day 1.

[ImDingDing]

the whole farce is nothing more than to make the servers feel active and alive for the ps4 launch to conceal the hub world flaws

Well pointed out, nice job.

[lackofwords]

There's no doubt, if you look at the trend everything keeps scaling down.
I expect an increase drop rate in the future or some other means to give people atma faster,
but at the moment also consider that it is giving people something different to do, even if you might not enjoy what it is.

I often say that MMORPGs are like theme parks. Theme parks have any number of different attractions... They cater to visitors of all ages, visitors with all kinds of expectations and desires, in all sorts of situations;... That’s why I think that in the world of the modern MMORPG, which should be everything like a theme park, diverse rides, facilities, and specs are an absolute necessity.

What I want to make is a theme park where both casuals and hard-cores can exist and play together.
I hope you heavy gamers out there will hurry to clear the game’s latest contents...
I hope you more casual players will enjoy traveling around Eorzea by chocobo and airship with your in-game and real-life friends while working your way up to end-game content like the Ifrit fight....
There’s no need to rush. Both play styles have their place. Should the need arise, we’ll look into adjusting the level of difficulty, or introducing a system that lets you set it yourself.

source: Letter from the Producer, XX (10/14/2011)

The key thing is, or at least what I believe Yoshi-P was intending to say, there should be something for everyone to enjoy, but not everything should be catered to your personal preferences.
Such as you might go to a theme-park but hate roller coasters because it makes you sick. Maybe you could at least ride one before your stomach turns. However, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy other aspects of the park.

edit:
I've strike'd out airship since I don't think he meant enjoy teleporting around the world, but instead enjoy exploring the world.

[EdwinLi]

The nerf is expect since the game follows a Make current content tedious and/or difficult then nerf it as more content are released for higher tier stuff.

Since we are getting a higher tier Relic for each Update (most likely Relic ilvl 110 in 2.3 and Relic ilvl 120 in 2.4) current Relic will certainly be nerfed later so people do not become left too behind.

[Vhailor]

The Atma system should never have been designed to be random. It's counter-productive.

If they wanted to make the world feel vibrant leading up to the PS4 launch, they'd have been better off requiring people to complete X number of unique FATEs per zone, with a higher number total, perhaps. Something you can actually make guaranteed progress towards every night. At the *very* least, if they wanted to maintain the current system, they needed to up the Mythology cap - it's fucking ridiculous having it set at 2000. I'm going to waste tons of Mythology well before getting the required Atma, and that's exceedingly frustrating given how expensive the books are.

Extremely poor system. Not to mention SE's RNG makes Diablo 3 look generous with its items - and that's saying something, as any of you who have played Diablo 3 know.

[Warlyx]

wait until u get your atma weapon and have to camp 1 fate spawn for hours

[Limecat]

I did finish my first book, but the upgrades are far too small to even consider spending that many myths until I've got full i90+ for every job.

[Jynx]

I did finish my first book, but the upgrades are far too small to even consider spending that many myths until I've got full i90+ for every job.

With the permanent 10% Buff in coil 1-5 it's became laughably easy to clear 1-4 (Haven't seen it's effects on 5 yet but I imagine much the same) your going to be full Ilvl 90 without myth in no time.

[Karnyboy]

I can bet you if they removed the need to have zenith equipped and be farming these low fates with a 50, people would complain less.