Quote Originally Posted by Luxx View Post
they must collect feedback and brainstorm on what to do.
it does take time...
Exactly, it's not as easy as saying "well we'll make the drop rate 25% now and see where that goes" They can't just make an abrupt change and not see the aftereffects of it

When it comes to levi, that change was easy, they realized it was a bit absent-minded to have pld/whm obtain two mirrors when their objective was for them to get both pieces with one mirror. So they made the easy balance of just having their shield versions drop as completed pieces.

When you look at animus however, they had planned to release Novus, but they held back because they have to balance it as a whole. They can't release Novus because it most likely follows the same laws as Animus and they can't just change animus without first changing it as a whole.

Odds are with the balancing taking place they may open up different venues other than FATE to obtain the atma.

Some examples of what they could do:

-250 Mytho Item which helps in creating an atma through completing specific objectives (12=3,000 mytho tomes to get atma this way)
-give leves a 15% chance to drop atma in said region from any leve mob in said leve of that region
-every 5 FATE completed have a fragmented atma drop which can be turned in to create an atma of your choice (5-10 fragments per atma)

In the end it comes down to brainstorming, they have to look at what's on the table, how they can alter it and then execute it only after they test out the balance of what they have in mind.