Yeah, it sucks just as much as before, but there's not much new to say. I had not even bothered for a long time and started to farm just before 2.3 patch and have noticed no difference. I've had an Atma take 8 hours of solid farming, another was 30 min. (these are all "doing fates as fast as possible")

My average time per drop is about 4 hours. 48 hours of Fates....

I'm actually looking forward to the books. Grindy, but far less RNG aspect.