So after getting my first atma set over a frustrating period of two months I googled atma theory and saw a link to a post on reddit:
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...arming_theory/

I followed the times listed as attempting gathering my atmas, low and behold I never spend more than 30 mins in an area before I was given my atma. The longest I spent in one area was 11 fates before a drop.

There is one thing though the reddit post mentions about going during server times,in my screenshots the times all match the post. The times of capture listed below.

Atma 1 - 10/24/2014 12:25am
Atma 2 - 10/24/2014 1:42am
Atma 3 - 10/24/2014 12:25pm
Atma 4 - 10/24/2014 12:51pm
atma 5 - 10/24/2014 2:05pm
Atma 6 - 10/25/2014 5:03pm
Atma 7 - 10/25/2014 6:25pm
Atma 8 - 10/25/2014 8:25pm

Heres the link for the screens to show the item drops:http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest.../blog/1725601/