Quote Originally Posted by star_witness View Post
If you're sitting and waiting, you're doing it wrong.

Get out there and complete other fates in the same zone.

This is true to an extent, however FATEs that are tied to things like Animus/Novus/Hunts have been altered for whatever reason. Menos for example used to always spawn at a consistent rate but now it seems to be fairly rare at times. (And yes I've timed it pre/post patch.)