ATMA nerfing - An addressal to those who object to it.

[Nestama]

I also propose a new theory. The people who complain about atma, just don't want to do it. Oh they want the weapon. But they don't want to put in the time.

Discuss!

At the time Atma came out, there were only three options to get high level weapons (two of which have better stats than the Atma weapon).

1. Atma weapon.
2. Leviathan weapon (the fight is easy, so it's better to just do Leviathan. If you get a Mirror, score!)
3. Un/weathered weapons (on 2.2, you could only gets UAT's and Sands from T7 and T8)
(4. I suppose we could argue the Allagan and Extreme Primal weapons are better than the Atma as well)

So yeah. Back in 2.2, your only options were to grind for Atma or do challenging fights (the latter being more favourable because you were actually rewarded with something). Plus, when you compare the previous Relic quest to the Atma quest... it really makes the devs who made the Atma grind appear to be very lazy. Getting the Relic was fun and rewarding! Getting the Atma was not, nor was it rewarding (congrats, you got an item level 100 Zenith).