Thread: Atma changes in 2.3

K so yoshi is putting it like this,
Atma is for weeding out the lazy and ppl without time to spare.
Animus is for weeding out the people who are burning themselves out on bray hm and ppl without more time to spare on the 3 fates.
Novus is for weeding out the poor, the bards , and the ppl who don't have access to ppl that can help them.
After all that we are left with ppl that have a lot of time to spare, have a lot of gil and the will to grind more fates for extra alexandrite.

Why the bards?

That is a good idea Sacred-Oblivion. It took me close to 12 hours to just get 1 atama. And I don't relish getting the other 11 if it is going to take the same amount of time.

Um... FATES are the fastest way to gain GC seals in the game

Nope. The only ones that will achieve a decent rate are high level "uncapped" FATEs, which you won't get to do for most of your atmas.

You will get seals much faster by spamming Brayflox and picking up all the i70 gear that people inevitably skip while speeding through the dungeon. It doesn't even have to be Brayflox specifically, any level 50 dungeon will drop i55/60/70 gear that a lot of people won't even bother to lot.

I think the drop rates are fine, but I do wish they would increase after your first Atma weapon. I can't see myself doing it again if I decided to main another class.

Originally Posted by Moqi

I think the drop rates are fine, but I do wish they would increase after your first Atma weapon. I can't see myself doing it again if I decided to main another class.

Or making it able to farm it with Atma/Animus/Novus weapons equipped, the higher the upgraded weapon, the higher the chance to drop it. Just not a gamebreaking high chance, just a bit.

Originally Posted by Edeline

Or making it able to farm it with Atma/Animus/Novus weapons equipped, the higher the upgraded weapon, the higher the chance to drop it. Just not a gamebreaking high chance, just a bit.

As long as it doesn't interfere with the drop rates of whatever piece you'll need in future upgrades (ie you can drop an Atma and an Alexandrite at the same time) that would work too. Sometimes I do FATEs just for fun, I wouldn't mind if they dropped something...

Originally Posted by Sacred-Oblivion

Regardless of whether or not it SHOULD happen, do you think it WILL?

Considering SE believes in making older content easier when releasing new content, I think it will.

Nope, they said they wouldn't touch this for the time being. Maybe, if 2.4's Zodiac continuation gets to be another pain in the ??? massive grind I can see them easing on the previous grinds so can move on. If 2.4's is actually new, fun, engaging, hard content then I can see them not touching ATMAs or Alexandrites for a longer period of times as this type of content can be completed way faster (Base Relic speed vs Relic Atma/Relic Animus speed).