This isn't the only problem with fates either.

It's becoming a pretty common occurrence for me that a fate gets in the way of content that I am trying to complete. When I was trying to get my base relic it was in a cave with a fate over the area that I couldn't complete on my own. The same situation happens all the time on my dailies and in some other areas of the game too. It needs basic features adding such as a 'reject' option so you can count yourself out of a fate, an 'auto sync' option that can be turned on or off would also be good for grinding.

In regards to OPs problem, ATMA fates should really only be high level fates and not just 'any in the area'.