Can't deal with Atma

[Zaels]

and you need Gold for atma to drop

nope. not true

[Vladislav]

Sorry SE,

I tried, I have put hours in and no Atma drop. I've even resorted to giving into conspiracy theories about the Japanese Standard Time grind (known as server time +1 to some), still nothing for hours.

I can't see the fun or use in doing fates endlessly, and the part that is most troubling is I'll be right back doing them when I get back to leveling my Bard and my Monk.

No one's holding a gun to my head to do this. Excluding the people who I inevitably have to party with who are going to start saying No Animus, No Soldiery Weap, No Allagan, No EX Levi Weap? Can't play with us, that's who's holding a gun to my head.

Let me go off on the Atma checklist:

Yes I have my Zenith equipped (plural actually as I get bored and switch to other classes with Zenith)

Yes I activated my Zodiac flag via the up in arms quest. (which was bizarre in of itself by the way)

I get gold/silver whatever, gold or silver never matters it doesn't drop.

Pls look @ this : I got my 1st 12 atmas in 3 days non stop (almost non sleep grind ) i was happy i done so fast .
Now i trying to get second weapon and i got 7 atmas (2 of them same lol , got 1 insta drop while was did fate for fun while runnin to burning wall lol) , but for this 7 i already grindin week+
again non stop (was in Southern Thanalan 10+ h burning fates and nothing)
This is totally lame rng , some dudes (like i was 1st days after update) get 4~5 per day , but some can't get even 1 per week (due weekend play ability only or other things T,T)
All i and other player can recommend now (before future possible nerfs) is Continue farm or try obtain Levi EX weapons and save ur time . Levi Ex route is best aviable atm , atmas i belive will be nerfed in future and books also so....

[Maero]

well thanks for correction if i am wrong but the few atmas i do have always been when i got Gold.
If it is true what you say then the rng is even worst then i imagined