I think atma hasn't been nerfed, while most other relic content has, because SE wants there to remain at least a small semblance of effort and dedication (yes, effort to do fates and dedication to stick to the admittedly annoying RNG) needed to obtain what is an iconic FF weapon. The 'RNG grind' for these are nothing to what people went through for just AF3 +2 in FFXI [god, how people would've raged if the system was anything like that at all -- and yes, I know this isn't FFXI].

One thing I think people need to realize about this thread and the tons of other ATMA threads that suddenly popped up...One of the driving reasons for people wanting ATMA eased now, of all times, is because of the Nexus weapon being BiS for a few weeks before 2.4. For that very small time, some people who ignored their relic due to the grind and went after high allagan now need (or think they need) to do the relic quests in order to have BiS. Isn't it a lil convenient that the 'nerf ATMA drops' threads just happen to pop up all over now?

I'm 7/12 on my second set of atma -- and that is just doing FATEs casually when I don't have time to do anything else like dungeons or books. It just takes more than standing around in one zone or area for 30 mins thinking somehow you should be able to get an atma in that timeframe and with such minimal effort.