1% drop rates... a thought expriment.

[Hayward]

You can always do better after you beat something for the first time, beating it a lot is what leads to mastery. Agreed, yes once you win the battle, the loot dropped is all down to RNG luck. The challenge is in farming it until the desired loot drops; and you roll high enough to win it.
Conversely, all other loot in this game is just handed out freely. In Aion, you were lucky if good loot dropped at all, let alone be something you needed. You could even roll items and trade them to your friends (within a time limit). Should SE bend to the whims of the entitled in this age where a certain % of people don't want to work hard for things? They probably will but I hope they have some rare items for players to pursue, skill based and luck based.

People with this mentality need to have a stadium full of seats. This obsession with exclusivity has killed many MMOs in the past and will continue to do so as long as developers keep listening to neckbeards who believe 90-99% of players should be frozen out of accessing the best weapons.

[ToffeeCoffee]

People with this mentality need to have a stadium full of seats. This obsession with exclusivity has killed many MMOs in the past and will continue to do so as long as developers keep listening to neckbeards who believe 90-99% of players should be frozen out of accessing the best weapons.

What exclusivity? You can beat just about any content in the game using any gear/weapon (within reason of course, as long as you have enough accuracy to actually land hits).
The only thing players are frozen out of (and I doubt it's anywhere near 90-99%) is the capacity to enter and clear SCOB due to the lockout system. If you don't have a static, you have to take the low road and PUG or wait for it to be put in Duty Finder and get flogged with the nerf bat.