Yoshi-P: Atma drop % = "it's just luck"

[Yukiko]

You know that players came back after the RNG (Ifrit fight drop and every endgame content drop after it) was put into the game?

Yea, because RNG got nerfed, you rember skirmish?
They changed a lot on droprates, not always good...

[muwa]

Easy, by everyone having the same chance to get the atma and require the same amount of work. :P Double fair!

Ok, you don't have to participate as much as the others since you can get the atma with only bronze result so it's not really fair, but that's not what most people are whining about.

[Meltzeiferion]

Umm, Really muwa? That's really what you think my comment was about? @_@

Think on it a little more maybe. :P I don't really want to get drawn into a big discussion or anything so I'm out. LOL

[Kitfox]

But rng is unfair.

RNG is the most fair thing there is. It doesn't even require skill or effort. It just happens or it doesn't, and it's the same for everyone.

[Chiramu]

Atma is luck.

There are other factors involved in the atma grind though. Lower La Noscea for instance is particularly bad how big the map is, and there is actual down time of FATEs; and one FATE spawns at the bottom, two more spawn at the top, people also grind in one spot instead of running with the group of FATErs too. Down time is the worst with the atma grind, the luck is not bad.

[Rhas]

Confirmed:
There is no secret to increasing the atrocious, soul-sucking atma drop rates. It really is just RNG luck that wins the day.

Sad news for those who believe that farming FATEs in certain areas at certain times leads to higher drop rates.

Also, sad news for anyone like me who isn't "lucky" enough to be in a static or an endgame FC and has to depend on DF/PF to challenge LeviX and 2nd Coil for the other endgame weapons.

Personally, I got all 12 atmas for Artemis bow in about 24 hours of farming over a week. So though I guess I was one of the "lucky" ones, I won't be doing that again ever. Since there's no guarantee I'll be that lucky again. Also, standing around twiddling my thumbs for 2-3 hours for a non-soloable FATE, then losing because I was the only one there when it spawned, and having to risk that x9...
Yeeah, I guess if they apparently only intend one Animus per player they surely succeeded with me ._.; oh well

inb4 filthy casual doesn't need 1337 weponz lolz
Like absolutely everything else in a video game, it's not about need it's about greed

Credit to:
Reinhart's unofficial translation of yesterday's Tokyo FATE event, Day 2
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...sle=true&pli=1

Relevant excerpt below [bold type mine]:
f; foxclon [moderator] y; yoship p; player

f; next challenger, Ixion Azunyan san
p; happy birthday
y; thank you
p; regarding atma
p; this time we have a new zodiac quest where we need get 12 atma’s to progress into the quest
p; the FATEs, I’ve spent the whole day running FATEs and haven’t gotten one
p; and I was wondering if the devs are thinking something for this
p; there has to be some secret even
y; first are you equipped with zenith
y; and you’re in the correct area?
y; ok had to ask first, it’s just luck, there are those who might get in 23hours and others who haven’t gotten, it’s really based on real luck
y; there’s some occult rumors to run FATEs with time have you tried that
p; yes, but haven’t gotten it
y; well lets talk over about your real luck later
f; were you nervous
p; yes, well it’s players against the producer, so for sure
f; challenger lost
y; I think everyone has better drop rate than us
f; thank you

You should have posted this from that same document lol

t; I finished atma but didn’t finish animus
t; got 13 atma... got one double
y; i don’t even have one yet
y; been doing about 300 fates and still didn’t get
y; was talking with other players but I think all the hatred from players are attacking me

[Parodine]

RNG is fair yes.

What isn't fair is the effort discrepancy in getting the atmas...which ultimately just results in getting a different colored zenith before the real grind (books) begins.

[rhemi1]

RNG is completely fair, and also completely terrible. Making players rely solely on RNG without any sort of backup plan is decade old game design. At least make it so that if I do 100 fates in a zone and still don't have the RNG gods bless me with an Atma I can at least buy the damn thing from the zone.

I'm honestly surprised there's nothing like this in-game already. Yes, I don't need the Atma or the Animus weapon, but it is absolutely soul-crushing to go hours and hours and hours and do hundreds of FATEs without a single Atma drop. This is hilarious design for MMO content that was released in 2014.

[saber_alter]

You should have posted this from that same document lol

t; I finished atma but didn’t finish animus
t; got 13 atma... got one double
y; i don’t even have one yet
y; been doing about 300 fates and still didn’t get
y; was talking with other players but I think all the hatred from players are attacking me

(o.o)

that is surprising....

[Starlord]

You should have posted this from that same document lol

t; I finished atma but didn’t finish animus
t; got 13 atma... got one double
y; i don’t even have one yet
y; been doing about 300 fates and still didn’t get
y; was talking with other players but I think all the hatred from players are attacking me

This alone is kinda proof that he plans to increase the drop rates on them. idn just feels that way.

Yoshi-P said it's luck, he means in general it's luck based. Even if he upped it to 50% of the time you get a drop, it's still luck, you can still probably go through 100 FATEs at the rate and still not get one.