I don't suggest one fate a day, I suggest doing SOMETHING. Players that get discouraged from atmas and stop doing them altogether will never get their atma weapon, and won't progress any further down the relic train. My comment about fate ratings is simply to encourage players to participate in every fate that pops up, even if it only has a few seconds left. Pushing to clear fates will cause more fates to pop faster, waiting 15 minutes for them to time out so you just get a bronze would be absurdly counterproductive.

I'll admit that there is a fair amount of epeen stroking when it comes to relics, and that probably has a large impact on how SE is handling the current situation. I can't imagine a future atma nerf having a largely negative impact from the community, but I'm perfectly fine with settling in for the grind if it means having a weapon that not everyone will have. As you said, there are other weapons that are easier to obtain, just get one of those if you are in desperate need of a raid worthy weapon.