Ran the instance 8 times. I ended up leading all 8 times because there were either really horrible players or first timers. Did not get a single loot for my Bard. Ended up needing to greed on something last night that I didn't want due to the reset today, but I still didn't win. Reasons why Crystal Tower is a waste of time:

1. There's a higher chance of not getting the piece of gear you want no matter how many times you run it in a week than there is that you'll get what you want.

2. It's not the best gear in the game, and honestly, you don't need it to progress through Coil since Coil is on a 1 week lockout. You can do turns 1 and 2 just fine in Dark Light gear. My party did it in AK gears.

3. It's extremely stressful to have to deal with the amount of shear idiocy in a 24 man group and come out with nothing over and over again.