Hey guys,
First of all, this isn't a 'Destiny sucks, bc I don't get any loot' post. I just wanna share some opinions with you and maybe start an informative discussion.
I, for myself, don't know what's going on behind Bungie's loot system but overall it seems that it isn't random at all. I'm mainly talking about the droprates in the Crota's End raid. I've finished it quite often on NM and a few times on HM. On NM I already got the shotgun 4 times and the fusion rifle 2 times. I got the helmet once and several times I just got shards and energies from Crota. I'm not ranting but when Bungie said that the new loot system will be smarter I expected something different. Over the last 3 weeks I ran the normal raid with both of my characters (Warlocks on level 32 and 31) which is a total of 6 runs and I just got shards and energy from Crota, no special weapons at all. On the other hand I got every primary weapon apart from the scout rifle in just one run of HM. It just seems odd to me when comparing the loot some of my friends get all the time. A friend of mine already got the Gjallarhorn 3 times in a row when doing normal mode while others just get a class item for the hundredth time. Another funny thing I experienced myself is: I never got lucky in getting the Icebreaker so I finally purchased it from Xur a while back. Two weeks later I had my second character maxed out on level 31 and what happened? On my first Crucible match with the 2nd character I got the Icebreaker, a day later Ir Yut dropped it for me in the raid, the same day a Legendary Engram turned into Icebreaker and a week after I got the Icebreaker from a ROC strike. For me there are too many strange things going on and the whole loot system, especially regarding the one in the raid and how exotics drop, seems like it isn't RNG at all.
How are your thoughts about it?
edit 1: Just got both the Black Hammer and Hunger of Crota in two consecutive runs with my two characters. I don't want to rub this under anyone's nose, it just seems odd to me getting both weapons I wanted in a 20min timeframe.
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Overall I've had pretty good luck in Crotas End despite only running it maybe a dozen times in total between both difficulties. However the raid refuses to drop me gloves. I need them for both of my characters and they will not drop. I have to run exotic gauntlets to stay 32, which isn't really a bad thing I guess since my Don't Touch Me gauntlets are ideal for CE. I've gotten four helmets though, two with Infusion. Go figure. Also got all four hard mode Primaries in only two runs, and duplicates of all besides the Fang in subsequent runs. Gloves and Black Hammer. Come on CE hook me up next week.