There are some nights that I don't get a single drifter spawning, and some nights where there's TONS. I'm not sure of the mechanics of it, but I'd give it another few days before getting worried.
Temporal mechanics don't affect normal drifter spawn rates--disabling temporal storms gets rid of an event where a bunch of drifters spawn out in the open, and temporal stability affects how stable certain places in the world are (spending a long time in the less stable ones depletes your temporal stability and will eventually enter the Rust World). Neither will affect how many drifters spawn in the world outside of temporal storms.
AFAIK you can't access the crafting grid in creative mode, so you need to switch into survival mode (by typing /gamemode survival and then switch back by typing /gamemode creative) to break the blocks.
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