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[Buttons]

I tried it and got 4 atmas in a row. Went to the right zone at the right server time and got my atma within 3-5 fates each time. And this after days of farming with nothing.

[Sho]

Yeah I'm not sure about the theory, there's no way I was gaming at 10AM JP time when I got my Archer.

I would assume that the current theory is that Atma drops at a certain percentage that is raised if you kight in a corresponding location. It's not a 100% drop of course.

With that said, just got Atma of the Archer, 10:51 AM JST.

[Akiyama]

So... server time or JP time then? Hearing so many 'it's local/jp/server time' theories. Buttons up there did his during server time.. Sho during JP time.

Atma of the MAIDEN - Central Shroud - 1:00
Atma of the SCORPION - Southern Thanalan - 2:00
Atma of the WATER BEARER - Upper La Noscea - 3:00
Atma of the GOAT - East Shroud - 4:00
Atma of the BULL - Eastern Thanalan - 5:00
Atma of the RAM - Middle La Noscea - 6:00
Atma of the TWINS - Western Thanalan - 7:00
Atma of the LION - Outer La Noscea - 8:00
Atma of the FISH - Lower La Noscea - 9:00
Atma of the ARCHER - North Shroud - 10:00
Atma of the SCALES - Central Thanalan - 11:00
Atma of the CRAB - Western La Noscea - 12:00


Adding this to my post so I don't have to hit back.

[Fondue]

Yeah I'm not sure about the theory, there's no way I was gaming at 10AM JP time when I got my Archer, that's 9AM local time and I'm either at work during the week and don't game that early on a weekend.

It would make more sense if it was on a rolling schedule so everyone in different times zones gets the same chance.

you know there are 2 9:00s right?

[Buffy]

No Atma of the archer for me. /sadface.

However, anything that might increase the drop rate I'm in favor of. Anything to make the Atma portion less enraging.

[blowfin]

you know there are 2 9:00s right?

Yes there are 24 hours in a day, thanks, it doesn't make having a fixed schedule any less daft. Surely you would run it off something asynchronous like the game clock?

Casually farming FATE's from 2.1 to 2.16: 1 Atma
Casually farming FATE's since 2.16: 3 Atma

I'm more inclined to suggest they've ninja'd the drop rate. Either that or I've just been WAY more lucky post 2.16.

The two I got yesterday don't fit the timings
Scorpion: between 9-10PM JP time
Lion: between 1-2PM JP time

[Prothescar]

Atma of the Water Bearer @ 3:32AM Server Time. 3 FATEs

[Raldo]

No Archer here either during the 10am hour.

[Sho]

Just an aside:

It seems you can change the server time & local time that's displayed in game by changing your computer's internal clock. I had to shift mine from forward an hour after reading Proth's post. You have to fully shut down and restart the client for it to take effect.

[Akiyama]

So is server time more or less confirmed as the proper time? or is it JP time? D: Still confused on that.

[Raldo]

This seems to claim that it's local time, which I find hard to believe since you could easily game the system that way, but I'll try hitting up N. Shroud in 5 minutes (10PM Central) and see if I have any better luck than earlier.
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...arming_theory/

Update: 1/1 Archer Atma, hmmm... Going to stay here to see if I keep getting more.
Update2: Haven't gotten any more in 4 more FATEs, but I told my wife to come in the zone and she went 1/1

[Akiyama]

We're doing the server time listings atm, all three of us, no luck so far.

So if it's local time.. three of us in diff time zones should go to three diff zones?

[Shenrien]

Where's slycer when we need him!! Looking for a translation :O http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/1049228/

Holy crap this shit is worse than the salvage theories of standing on the gold plates, rotating clock wise around the room everyone stacked on windsday with wind weather to pop the fucking bee.

[Sho]

So is server time more or less confirmed as the proper time? or is it JP time? D: Still confused on that.

It would take some time and mass testing to see if anything of this holds weight. A proper translation would be needed too -- I'm sure Slycer will get to it in the morning. When the guy says local time, he might have meant "local" time for him, which is JST, him being Japanese. So from there, I'm just going about it like that. Local time might also be local for any person playing as well, something that could be very easily manipulated (changing internal computer clock).

[Akiyama]

It would take some time and mass testing to see if anything of this holds weight. A proper translation would be needed too -- I'm sure Slycer will get to it in the morning. When the guy says local time, he might have meant "local" time for him, which is JST, him being Japanese. So from there, I'm just going about it like that. Local time might also be local for any person playing as well, something that could be very easily manipulated (changing internal computer clock).

Yeah that's true. Server time though can't be JP time as well as they're on a different time (GMT+8 I believe? +9?) and server is GMT+1 so.. weird

[Obsidian]

This "theory" is effectively unconfirmable. It's random. Deal with it.

[Sho]

Yeah that's true. Server time though can't be JP time as well as they're on a different time (GMT+8 I believe? +9?) and server is GMT+1 so.. weird

That's the thing, you can change the server time by changing your local time as well. Not sure what the server time is bound to since it's the case.

"This theory" is effectively unconfirmable. It's random. Deal with it.

Even so, it doesn't hurt to entertain the thought process. If nothing else, it leads some sanity to a shitty process.

[Kaope]

Got my last Atma of the CRAB @12:50pm JP time.

[Xerlic]

Got Atma of the Crab on my sixth FATE at 12:30AM EST. 2 other people shouted that they got it, as well, for whatever it's worth.

[Shaano]

earlier when with 2 fc members did about 3-4 fates before had to move onto other things we didn't get drops. it's a nice placebo if it isn't real. keeps hopes up and motivated to move to different zones.