I felt a bit of horror myself when i saw atomos in the update notes. I was like omg not abyssea again. Then I calmed down and realized it easily can be something completely unrelated. My only other concern, that is extremely small is, the last time we saw atomos added to the game, that game pretty much went to crap, imo. It was complete easy mode after that. And this game is already easy-mode so hopefully it wony get any easier lol. I played FFXI for like 9 years, I even played into abyssea for a time. I'll admit I enjoyed it, but it really did change the game for the worse. But that's just my opinion, take it however you want. There are people that agree, and people that disagree. I've had high hopes for FFXIV sense the beginning, and stuck with it all this time, so I'm definitely not going to freak out and rage quit about seeing atomos, i don't even know how its going to change the game further, besides what we are seeing today. But the point of the OP was to find out how people felt i think initially, and i will admit i was shocked and horrified at first. But just like wind waker, I got over it and enjoyed the hell out of it.