There's this huge misconception people have where they think that doing a simple task, but doing it MANY times, and then being rewarded for that is the definition of "difficulty" and "challenge" (this concept was pretty much the structure of FF11 itself). They feel like because they made this huge time investment, they earned what they got. Something to consider when people non-stop bring up that the Atma is a road blocker so that not everyone has access to them is that I've seen people who haven't even touched Turn 5 run around with their NQ Atma weapon. It's not a road blocker, it's a question of just how much time you're willing to invest in this quest - there's a massive difference between this and, say, learning Turn 9 from the ground up. Each step of the way for Turn 9 you're analyzing and testing different things, trying over and over and over to get it right - and when you do, you feel great! You get to move on with the fight, you get to see more of it, you earned that reward by understanding the mechanics of the previous phase. There's no amount of thought required for the Atma FATE grind other than "ok time to move onto the next FATE". It's the same as someone saying they'll give you a million dollars if you bang your head against a brick wall a million times. The better way to do that, the way to have someone earn their one million dollars, is to put the money on the other side of the brick wall and letting someone figure out themselves how to get through it. Even the original Relic quest, albeit easy, was a great way to do it - you had to fight 5 unique monsters, all of which are vastly different from each other, all of which provide a CHALLENGE, something to OVERCOME.

Basically, if you're going to support the Atma portion of the quest, please at least be honest and say that you like the mindless time investment that ends in you getting a reward. Just keep in mind that getting the weapon from T9 is insanely more "legendary" than getting an Atma, or even an Animus... which is the problem most people have with it.