SE why??

[Jican]

The way Atma work for me:
- join region you need an Atma from and do Fates for 20 min
- if there is no Atma then switch to another job and try another 20 min
- if there is still no Atma go do some dungeons

Got all Atma in couple of weeks doing fates about 30-40 min a day. Noticed that Atma drops for me when I actually do my job well (like having hate of all mobs whole duration of fate as tank or killing mobs super fast as dps). Also noticed from my friends and fc members that they got Atma much faster using jobs they are best at - so if you have multiple jobs with Zenith weapon, try to switch to other.

If you have just 1 job and people in dungeons still often try to give you advice on how to get better (or simply say that you suck) then your Atma grind might tike "a while longer".

Actually, there is no magic to getting any Atma, it's pure rng. What you do may make you feel better, in which case you trick yourself into thinking it makes a difference, but it doesn't. The director already stated himself it's all luck, nothing else.

Also for those that are obsessed with the "time" aspect of fate grinding, think of this for a second. Let's say you and a friend are both doing atma for 1 hour a day. You BOTH do the same amount of time, but your friend does 10 fates in that hour while you only do 5. Your friend gets his atma faster than you, not because he's "better" at his job, or faced north for fire HQ, or had carby dancing while you scratched your butt, but because he inherently did more in the same amount of time. So instead of thinking of how much time you put into fates, count the fates they took you to get the atma. You'll then realize that you either do a lot less fate grinding than you thought in the amount of time you had, or RNG god hates your guts.

I'm in no means saying the atma system doesn't absolutely suck, and even as an avid grinder, i personally hate the atma portion of the relic and thinks it should be scratched completely, or at least give you more than a different colored relic after taking away your glowing awesomeness that was zenith. There are a hundred ways to make atma more worthwhile, but I also see the reason SE doesn't touch it yet.

For those that still need atma, don't give up. The road is long, annoying, and not in your favor at all, but if you can stomach the crap, it'll be worth it in the long run. Nothing is greater than the sense of accomplishment after you get all 12 and move on to your books. Best of luck to you all.