[dev1485] Atomos now appears in the following areas:
Dragonhead, Coerthas Central Highlands
Emerald Moss, North Shroud
Crimson Bark, West Shroud
Black Brush, Central Thanalan
Horizon, Western Thanalan
[dev1486] Teleporting to the aetheryte camps listed below no longer costs anima. In addition, Atomos now behaves differently at these locations.
Camp Brittlebark, Mor Dhona
Camp Revenant's Toll, Mor Dhona
Camp Ever Lakes, Coerthas Central Lowlands
Camp Glory, Coerthas Eastern Lowlands
Camp Bluefog, Northern Thanalan
OMG it has begun, the Maws are seeping the energy from the crystals!
Battle
[dev1487] New monsters have been added.
Item
[dev1488] New items have been added.
Item: Over-aspected Cluster
Type: Remedy
Description: A large, crystalline manifestation of aetheric energy exhibiting an extreme elemental charge. When released, the energy has been known to restore the corporeal and spiritual state of those otherwise incapacitated.
System
[dev1489] New weather conditions have been added.
Known Issues
An issue wherein Return does not activate under certain circumstances. * This issue can be circumvented by logging out once.
An issue wherein the weather does not display correctly in certain cutscenes.
Fighting Atomos is rather boring since it only takes a few seconds since there are so much people there and the lag makes it worse. Of course it is an excellent way of getting some fast seals so I am stocking up :)
Seems like they nerfed the farming. Found this about it in the official forums in one of the threads discussing it.
1.23b Hotfixes (Sep. 14)
The following changes have been made to the loot of Atomos.
¤ Over-aspected cluster can only be obtained as a loot upon the first defeat of Atomos. ¤ After the first defeat, the amount of over-aspected crystals will increase.
I regret not putting in a little more time doing this before the nerf.
I managed to get Serpent Lieutenant's Spear, Gridanian Officer's Overcoat/Cap, Serpent Sergeant's Choker/Bracelets, a Limsan aetherpass, and another 27k seals left over yesterday, so not bad overall. Things will be slower without clusters, but you can get more crystals than before now.
If you get more than 12 Crystals per kill you'll still get that 3k seals. I don't think I got enough seals yet >_<! I did run out of space though.. -.-
Most I've gotten is 12, usually less and several times 0. Overall it is still a good way of getting seals, just not AS good.
So far I've gotten a total of 50k seals from the event and spent 25k on the relic key item. I think I will just work towards getting 50k and save it for 2.0.
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