72 hours for 2 Atmas?

[Orson_Dara]

My problem isn't that this is hard. It's not hard. Low level FATE grinding. If anything it's easy, but boring. The problem is that there's no gauge for how well you're doing. I've burned 80 hours of my life at this point, sitting in front of my computer doing content that bores me for very little payout. The kick in the teeth is seeing people doing the same thing in 10 - 20 hours. Why do I get punished because I'm not as lucky as them? What a terrible system for advancement. ><

The worst part is a bunch of the people come in here and just say. "quit whining I did it, it's not so bad." The only thing I can think of is there's this weird sense of accomplishment that they get out of having it way before everyone else even though it's just they got lucky. No skill no effort just GD luck. Unless putting up with mind numbingly boring "content" is a skill.

[Rextab]

agreed. this really needs to be adjusted. i guess my luck is about average. ive grinded this for about 14 hours total i think over the past week. i have 5. the thing that is nuts is all the ones i have gotten have been when i switched zones. sit in one zone for hour hours...nadda. go to a new zone...10 minutes. frustrating...but good at the same time.
i understand WHY they did it this way, to keep people helping with fates to assist people leveling subjobs. random is one thing but something that takes weeks and is boring as crap...and then tack on ANOTHER grind (even though a better outlined one) on top is kinda crazy.
also i cant see anyone ever doing this for a subclass.
also, given the time involved THIS weapon should be the end-all of your class. there should be no equal...ever. putting in the time this should always be the BiS...and not by the slimmest of margins.

[ruskie]

I mostly gave up on atma and further. I do fates now only to get some GC seals for crafting manuals and ventures.

[ciropher]

all ppl that like it are the ones with a lot luck ...I'm farming since it started and only got 2 Atma , that s frustrating , it's not fun at all

[Jenilya]

I do Atma grinding for 2-3 hours a day, hopping zones roughly every hour. I have been doing it this way since the Atma was released. By that logic you could say...
30 days x 2-3 hours = 90 hours.
I have found 3 Atmas since 2.2 hit, I admit I am getting extremely worn out and frustrated. I can grind, don't get me wrong, but there is a line where it should be drawn. I don't feel rewarded for doing this at all, because I have hardly a thing to show for it. At least with the old relic quests you completed "steps", and with each step you were a step closer and you felt like you accomplished something. "Yay, I beat Garuda HM!", "Yay, I beat Titan HM!", etc...
With this it is just mindlessly killing 1000's of mobs, hoping you are going to get a drop, then repeating it 11 more times. In my opinion it feels very lazily thought out and there was no creativity behind the idea. I know they are trying to keep players tied up in the game, but this is a wrong way to do it.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

I'm starting to think farming for Pink Tails is better than this

[krazyrs]

JP Atma Farming Theory

idk what to tell u guys, i got my 2nd set of 12 in a total of 12-13 hours, might be just a placebo but using it and converting to JST i was getting atmas within first 5 fates and moving to next zone, farming it for the rest of the hour "for the lower drop rate" and having the new atma drop in the listed time zone right after the hour change (3-5 fates) sometimes would get 3-4 timezones ahead

had a impressive chain of 5 in about 90-120m

[kiotsukete]

JP Atma Farming Theory

idk what to tell u guys, i got my 2nd set of 12 in a total of 12-13 hours, might be just a placebo but using it and converting to JST i was getting atmas within first 5 fates and moving to next zone, farming it for the rest of the hour "for the lower drop rate" and having the new atma drop in the listed time zone right after the hour change (3-5 fates) sometimes would get 3-4 timezones ahead

had a impressive chain of 5 in about 90-120m

Confirmation bias. Yoshida himself has already publicly stated that atma drop rate is only based on dumb luck. He even called what you are talking about "occult rumors" and kinda made fun of the whole idea.

Link:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/members/178395#threads/163740