It's just up to luck.
I don't mind working hard for some good piece of gear, but some of those Faction NM drops aren't even worth the effort.
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dance backwards semi naked around a pole at a waxing crescent?
ok... Linking seems to increase the "level" of the chest
Which does seem to increase the chance for drops
This will be argued, obviously, and honestly it's not at all proven (Really tough to test actually)
But take it from someone who has gotten over 10 runes (Without using the former exploit)
There is a dev post that states that leve linking increases the chance for higher level chests in leves
Higher level (i.e. better looking) chests yield better loot
This seems to also hold true for the big runestone chests
Normally, people who don't have the leve get 2 crystals, but if the chest is the best looking one, everyone who doesn't have the leve gets 5 to 10 crystals and the people who did have the leve all got runes from those fancy chests...
6/7
Half linked, half unlinked.