Gods no, those starting atma now will not at all know how it was before atma drop rate was changed. 4+ months for my Bard Relic, doing fates 3 or more hrs per day.
New drop rate was already introduced when Ninja came out, and i had full atmas in a week or less to put it in perspective.
But yeah the entire fate random drop idea and the Zodiac quest are huge fails XD