Hit level 30, unlocked job.. feeling a bit lost and a bit bored

[Tiggy]

Yoshi-P, the producer, has specifically said the real game starts at 50. By continuously sticking at low level where there isn't any real content you are specifically keeping yourself in the "boredom" zone. Take a job to 50 where all the real content and other players are. You aren't doing yourself any favors by sticking to the low levels forever. Most jobs don't even have their proper identities until the mid 40s when they get their final skills, and many features don't even unlock until you get at least one job to 50 and finish the original 2.0 storyline. Heck even the dungeons at 50 are better and generally quicker than the ones used 15-50.

Might just be my server but I think I've only ever gotten a couple of those in over a hundred hours of play and none lasted very long.

Fates are almost always up. When one despawns due to timing out or being completed another spawns shortly after. You should never, ever find yourself in a situation where they are unavailable. This isn't a server to server thing either. The game rotates out the fates in each zone with a bit of randomness so that they are constantly popping up.