47 runs and counting....

[AkaneManiax]

Took 21 runs this week before Crimson Vest dropped. Like the others have said, hang in there -- you'll get it.

[Odd]

I got the blm body when my blm was level 37. It's there, it's just the luck of the draw!

[Drykah]

79 Runs, it took me 79 runs to get my Crimson Vest, hang in there!

[Mayin]

Do you really think having a 1/36 drop rate on what you want is a better solution?

Yes. Having a token system is just handing gear to players ala Darklight and myth. Some things just need to be random in my opinion. I can honestly say that if it was required of me to complete a full CT run every time to get a token to buy CT gear, I would just go back to doing AK speedruns and skip CT gear altogether. Not to mention nobody would JIP anymore , so if you lose a player to griefing or whatnot, good luck finding a replacement.

If you made it so the final boss drops the token, then I would only do JIP.

If you made every boss drop a token, I would still only JIP 2/4 rather than subject myself to early CT fails.

This really is a no-win situation, frankly any change to the way loot drops is going to have ppl complaining. But giving tokens for everything in this game is crossing a line, and we all know SE baby feeds us most of the content already as it is.

[Pseudopsia]

I don't run CT looking for specific item because on average it will probably take about 11 runs. Since it's random it can be much lower or higher. I just need/greed on items that are an upgrade for any of my jobs.

I have DRG helm; MNK body and head; BLM body and legs. I probably only ran CT about 10 times total.

[Tsalmaveth]

I have 51 runs so far for the Onion Chest, since my SCH main is over-geared for CT and I'm enjoying DRG as my new baby, and I haven't even seen it drop! It isn't even that I lost it to another player... it just hasn't even bloody dropped.

The RNG Gods.... they hates me. /sigh (But in all honesty, this is pretty bloody ridiculous at this point.)

[Mysteltain]

I've been considerably lucky with my CT runs--every run I've gotten at least one piece that I've wanted, so I've literally only had to run it once a week since patch. That being said, I do know how fickle the RNG gods are. Between my ~25 runs of Brayflox for one piece of the Cavalry set, to seeing the Foestriker's Mitts drop twice out of 20+ runs and lose both rolls, only to get them when I join a party-in-progress who was at the very last boss--I'm used to this happening, haha! Now I'm stuck trying to find the Darklight Kite Shield... this'll be fun =P

[Sub-Xero]

As the week progresses all I see in Labyrinth are BLM and SMN DPS. The other body pieces that are split between two classes will only have to compete with one other person for their drop if it drops. You could, potentially, be competing with three other people for one item if you're not one of the lucky ones. That doesn't seem right to me. I run Labyrinth of the Ancients on two characters and I see pretty much the exact same drops as the OP and it's the very reason that MNK is the next job I'm gearing with Labyrinth drops. I will say that after running LotA repeatedly I did manage to luck out and get a Crimson Vest while in competition with two others that could've "needed" it. So yeah it sucks and yeah it's stupid but hang in there

[Rochetm]

I don't run CT looking for specific item because on average it will probably take about 11 runs. Since it's random it can be much lower or higher. I just need/greed on items that are an upgrade for any of my jobs.

I have DRG helm; MNK body and head; BLM body and legs. I probably only ran CT about 10 times total.

Last night I decided this is how I will be running CT from now on. First piece of gear I get that is an upgrade for one of my jobs is the one I take.

EDIT: I am a monk and I agree monk gear drops constantly. I have seen brd twice and drg twice... total... Monk I can't say because I lost count but I do have body/legs/feet.

[Radacci]

There is ALWAYS this problem, in ALL instances, for some pieces.
There's always some pieces that drop 90% of the time, and some other that drop less than 1% of the time.
In Coil, healer stuff seem....well i have never seen any healer gear drop. and only seen a handful of ppl wearing any, on Balmung, while drg/mnk stuff supposedly dropped like candy, from a smashed pinata.
In AK there was some accessories that i only saw drop once, in months.
Cant say i disagree with the mnk drops in CT, since i got head/body/pants/belt, within 2 runs each. Dont think i seen boots/gloves yet, but dont really care about them, aside from vanity i guess.