the atma must be changed that sure, the novus too must be changed... the fact that you get 1 point per materia, whatever the rank is....dumb. it's only a way to make sure people will spend tons of time for get this.
what scare me a bit, it's the fact that we know already that 3 more class is coming (rogue+2 from the first expansion) by the time of the first expansion we will have get a grind fest humongous....
i play 3 jobs so far, i have done the animus for one... and personally i only do get the alexandrite, i will wait they change this before really work on this,or do another one.