Atma drop rate?

[Smashington]

Thesis: ATMA hunting needs to be improved.

Supporting facts:
- Some players get them in a reasonable period, some do not. It is mathematically gauranteed to make some players spend vastly longer amounts of time. This disparity is then multiplied x12.
- Two of my friends spent one hour farming Atmas and then quit FF. I have not seem them since. They said specifically that a game with that kind of system is not for them.
- Hunting level 2-10 FATES is a poor reward for leveling up to 50 and collecting higher level gear.
- SE has not addressed this issue and actively deletes threads that criticize it. You know you have a problem when you have to repeatedly censor criticism. It hasn't gone away, has it?

Posting here is this least I can do to make sure SE still know that Atma will continue to damage the population of FFXIV until it is fixed.

All that is needed is a hard cap to how many FATES you can complete before you get a drop.

[Jacost]

They said specifically that a game with that kind of system is not for them.

So, MMOs aren't for them then?

The Atma system will have it's drop rate improved later in the development cycle; right now SE's said that they're satisfied with the number of people who are getting Atma weapons.

[ValVae]

- Some players get them in a reasonable period, some do not. It is mathematically gauranteed to make some players spend vastly longer amounts of time.

This is the biggest part I don't like about it. Getting atma isn't about how much time you spent in getting it, it's about how lucky you are.

[Sonofbaldo]

Yoshida's open world grinds are taking far too many cues from FFXI and not enough from other good games (or good Final Fantasy titles, for that matter.

I wish they would take more cues from XI pre-2007. Would add some much needed challenge to this Care Bear Land we call Eorzea. I for one hope one day SE finds the guts to be different that they used to have so we can have a game that isnt a shinier version of WoW.

[Giantbane]

Now that we can get an i110 weapon in 1 week if you have enough SLD (UAT from CT2 + sand from hunts ... i had both 3 days after patch):

can we please, please, PLEASE buff the atma drop rate!?

The rest of the quest is long and expensive enough, the atma requirement is just unnecessary at this point

[Dinadan]

$!(%Y!(^!)^*~! ATMA. I decided to try to progres and I've must have done over like 60 fates already and not a SINGLE atma. Not a piece. I say 60 at least because I'm sure I've done a lot more. Feels like I can rejoin FFXI and get a Dynamis Relic faster than this.

It took me 341 fates to get 13 atmas (yes I accidentally got an extra), which is a 3.8% drop rate. The longest I went without getting a drop was 126 fates.

[Giantbane]

It took me 341 fates to get 13 atmas (yes I accidentally got an extra), which is a 3.8% drop rate. The longest I went without getting a drop was 126 fates.

I've known others that have taken 700+. I don't know how many I did, but there were some 10+ stretches in outer la nosc & southern than that REALLY drag on the enjoyment of the game.

[Kuroyasha]

If they cant do coil, just ST(aka CT2) til tomestone drop, hunt for sands, get 1300 soldiery and SHAZAM! i110 weap

[Exstal]

I started recording exactly how much time it takes me to get my Atma (my last 7 on my SCH took 19 hours, 21 minutes). The way I'm recording is I set the time I start and count all the time in between, hitting every single fate I can make it to. That means watching the map like hawk. I'll update when I finish collecting the next 10 for Ninja Atma (currently at 2/12 with 1h43m elapsed).

Finally finished　regrinding all Atma;
Total Time: 22h18m
Total fates: 361+*

*Forgot to record number of fates for first two.

[Tarushade]

1st atma set for MNK took an ungodly amount of time nearly 2 months of off and on. Got the last one 4 days before E3 announcement of Ninja (which i wanna main) and spent them on MNK relic. I swore never again. 4 days later they announced NIN for 2.4. I wanted to *headesk* my self into a coma. But on Monday of this week i said what tha hay...i have 3 months to get a 2nd set why not at least start now....getting Atma of the Goat 1st (which took the longest my 1st set) fairly quick this time around. Becoming obsessed w/ getting all 12 again i got the last one tonight. so 5ish days of constant FATEs and determination. Now im the proud owner of 12 new shiney atma that will sit in my retainer waiting for 2.4, all b/c i did not give up. Keep at it, ull never know when ur luck will turn for the good.