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That is why I think it is a set number of fates. There are people I know who have all their atmas or close to it and have spent less time than me and I got two. Have a set # of fates everyone has to do, this way I know I am at least moving forward and it is fare..

I dont mind some grind and I defiantly dont mind working for something and having it take a while. Its not really fare when some people will put weeks maybe even months in hours in and some a few days.. Tes aint done with her atmas so it may change, but she walks into a area and within 15 min has a drop, I sit there for 6 hours and nothing. She only needs 4 more but she also has 4 doubles from staying with me to help.

This is making it no fun.. We wanted to do this together and we try and she ends up with two atmas when she stays to help me out. She stays with me and gets a second atma making her feel bad.. She dont mind sticking it out but we figured ah maybe a hour or so, but to sit and do something for six hours after yours drop when you are getting nothing out of it. So we switch areas or I have to send her too a new area she still needs.

Anyone that knows me too knows I have been hitting it hard for the fates. I farmed atmas 13 hours yesterday except for one dungeon run. Sat I spent 1/2 a day to get zero. I spent most of my Friday and part of my Thursday.

Edited, Mar 31st 2014 9:35am by Nashred

I am not talking randomness in other things except atma drops.. Randomness in instances would be awsume. i think having bosses roam dungeons so you didn't know where they would be would be awsum. We seem to have a cookie cutter dungeon going on. Hell each dungeon has the same amount of bosses too. I agree, I just dont on the atmas.

RNG was in my favor in FFXI until Mii Deggi the Punisher... I quit him for good after 120+ claims without a drop.

I would like a system that combines both. Like, you have a 1% chance at a rare drop, and the more you do it, the higher your drop chance gets. So you are still working towards something, but still have the chance at super awesome luck party USA.

Edited, Mar 31st 2014 10:36am by Louiscool

I got my first three atma after about nine hours of total farming... then my fourth atma took me nearly eight hours to get the drop. I was starting to get that old FFXI feeling of hopelessness, but then I went 1/1 on my fifth atma!

So now I'm sitting four days after the patch with 5/12 atma... I can live with that. At this rate, I'll be ready to start upgrading (or focusing more on grinding myths, which sounds awesome right about now) maybe by the weekend.

Thank goodness for laptops... being able to mindlessly grind FATEs while watching movies and TV shows was a huge help.

EDIT: Tonight I should do my FATE grinding with this in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Uz1icjwrM

Edited, Mar 31st 2014 8:40am by Thayos

Yea that is one area i spent 5 plus hours with no drops and one of the areas Tes got two from.

So, I was bored yesterday and decided to give this absurdity one more try. The RNG gods finally decided to smile on me, as I went from one atma to five atma in just over two hours. Then the gate slammed shut again while trying for the sixth. Not that I'm even sure I'm in the right zone since there is no such place as Central La Noscea. I've taken that to mean Middle La Noscea. Though, considering how long I was there with no drops, I'm starting to wonder if I'm even in the right place.

About 7 hours in and not a single atma yet. I'm beginning to see how fun this is going to be long term....

Ya, couple in my shell are already on the next step after one day of farming.

Or you know, go 20+ hours without a drop because random is as random does.

Yea how does that get by? There are two errors on the list.. how do you not know the names of the areas to your own game.. Se really has got some issues lately..

Another 3 hrs or 4 hrs last night so up to about 10 hrs since my last one.. 15 hours to get my first.. Getting very annoying at thrate i am getting them it will be 6 months.

Edited, Apr 1st 2014 10:05am by Nashred

Oddly though, as much time as this has taken (up to 2 atma now! woo hoo!), I've been enjoying the scenery I hadn't bothered with since launch. This is definitely giving me flashbacks of XI and part of me is enjoying it, damn you SE!

Even though I got totally boned last night, I'm excited to get back in the grind when I get home.

I know I just need one good night with the RNG on my side to make a huge dent in my quest... I'm still hopeful that I'll be through with the RNG by the end of the weekend, but we'll see. There's no way to know... and the only way forward is to keep on grinding.