Something Needs to Change (Atma)

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

I have a friend that started the Atma grind before me, perhaps 3 days before me and had NOTHING. I start, and get my first 5 within 2 hours. #6 took 3 days in Western Thanalan. # was 2 WEEKS in Outer La Noscea. I stopped for almost a month, burned out and unmotivated to play at all. During this time, I believe my friend had finally gotten some drops and ultimately finished before me. So painstakingly I went back to it. 2 days for #8, then #9-11 all on a Saturday. #12 I spent a Sunday getting. While relieved, when I discovered that I really only had a recolored Zenith weapon,my motivation went right out the window once again. It would be another month and a half before I just tossed my first Atma book and stopped caring.

There are people who started roughly around the same time as me, put in more time than me, and still have NOTHING. That is not okay.

SE took the weapon I was so excited to earn and completely devalued it. I don't even want to look at it now I keep it glamoured, and as soon as I can replace it, I might just trash it. . . An Atma weapon is not worth the effort wasted for it. Animus itself isn't much more of an incentive, and Novus -personally - means less than the Atma weapon to me now.

Here's hoping newer content maybe brings "in-between" type weapons (i.e. i105 or so). I'll take that or a Coil/Primal weapon in a heartbeat.