This is the main reason why mmo's and gaming in general seems to be dying out. Alot of the hardcore are now grown up with jobs, family, etc. and they expect us to take more than 100 hours a week just to get one item? Its also why I never believe developers when they say "I play the game too". Really? If you're playing the game where do you find the time? and most likely you are not end-game grinding like the hardcore so you have no idea of the time that needs to be invested regardless of luck or not. I want to play this game but the grind far out weighs the time needed for said items.

Perhaps the Japanese are not familiar with the term "Work smarter, not harder"

/endrant

Now that that's out of the way, yeah 1% drops sucks especially when you have to need against 7 other people.