Another patch - no change to the Atma drop system

[Eggnook24]

I've been grinding 4 hours a night the past two weeks and (un)luckily have 3. Tried the loljapanese way, tried server times, tried each area for only 1 hour each, but RNG is RNG. I just try to keep a positive attitude, listen to music, find random hunt mobs between, and purchase Ventures with all the seals I get. I think I've got like 300 Ventures now, lol.

[PannyPancakes]

I think with the limited usefulness of the company seals - SE should maybe consider something for FATE grinders to look forward to without suddenly flooding players with Atmas.

For example, they could make certain Atmas purchasebale with 50,000 Seals (the maximum you get currently). Limit them to 4 atmas per GC - so people will rank up in all GCs and have something to look forward to in the case they become extremely unlucky to reach 50,000 seals without any Atmas.

This way, Atmas will become more accesssible to the masses WITHOUT having a sudden flood of Atma weapons. And at worst, if someone pays enough effort they could easily get 50,000 seals per week (equals to at least one atma per week). Again, people could spam Militia item hand-ins if they wanted to and therefore stimulate the market.

[Hestzhyen]

I guess my biggest problem with this drop system is this: it takes absolutely no skill to earn this upgrade, only time and luck. It's a cynical attempt to get us to play more.

I do like this game, really. I've played JRPGs for over a decade, doing my best to complete everything each game has to offer. I mind that there's no guaranteed reward investment for my time. Will I get super lucky again, or will I be as unfortunate as my friend who had to grind an area for a month before getting his drop? It's no secret that the best weapon in the game will be the relic weapon; it's only natural that players want one for their main class. The current requirements to put the darn thing together after Zenith are absurdly harsh on the players, however. If you're going to have an RNG system, don't screw your players with it.

[Millen1]

There is a nice benefit to this patch. spirit binding must be done in gear correct areas. low level fates will be great for spirit bonding. Next many of the atma fates are low to mid level to more spirit binding while chasing atma drops. Last, GC seals, you will need i55, i70 and i90 crafted gear to SB in certain dungeons and raids. Use your seals to buy the i70 mats for making i70 gear. Make it yourself or sell the mats. the mats will be worth a lot of gil. The i90 is more myth tome items and if you have extra, sell the myth items or find a 3 star crafter to make you something. from the sound of it, i70 has a high chance of lvl IV materia and my guess is i90 is even higher. So this patch helps you make gil while working on atma and getting materia you will need for novus. I think it is a win for many ppl.

[RiceisNice]

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All of this was the case before the patch change. All it did now was restrict SBing to require those specific level ranges, if not make it worse because when I personally try to SB from FATEs, it goes atrociously slow compared to open world farming (for Animus Books).

Nor does this help with getting IV materia for novus.

[Divine_Intervention]

Lol, so yeah. I've gone from worrying about Atma (finally completed it a while back after a two month or so grind) to worrying about the materia for my novus (currently on book 8/9 of Animus). Thanks SE, LOVE your decision :/

[swordrain]

They really need to do something. I don't really pay much attention, I just do things. I was working on the 3000 fate achievement while making sure to do my atmas at the same time. and so far I went from around 300 atmas when I started to 1140 currently, and I've only received two of them.

This really isn't fair at all. It's broken. I don't care what you say, its completely broken. There's way too much content in this game for me to keep up with without atmas. Leveling a legendary weapon from zero to amazing is one of my most favorite things to do in RPGs ever. Starting with a crappy sword in Dark Souls or Skyrim or the Abyssion in Vesperia was way too cool. But this just isn't fair at all. At this rate I'm going to have 3000 fates done with only 5-6 atma. Really broken and unfair.