I use to think that which party members get sands/oils was random. But for the past 3 or 4 weeks I started playing Syrcus Tower again after being away from it since back when they changed it to drop more sands and oils,which I think was when they added unidentified tomes to it, or whichever one did not drop there originally. I was happy that it now dropped even more sands and oils, including some on the boss before last. Well for the past 4 weeks I have been doing Syrcus Tower countless times and I have yet to get a single sand or oil. I kept telling myself it was just bad luck or some strange coincidence, but I am now realizing it is not. There is no way that out of anywhere from 7 to 9 sand/oil drops total between 2nd to last boss and last boss that I have yet to get a single one. Back when it dropped far fewer I got 1 at least every other run or so, but now there's like 3 times as many that drop and I'm not getting anything.

I'm convinced that it prioritizes those with a lower iLv because on the run I just did, I payed attention to this and noticed most of them went to the 2 lowest geared members in the group. Can anyone confirm this? That or there's something else going on. I mean Syrcus Tower literally rains sands and oils, yet countless runs over a 4 week period and I get nothing. It's killing my urge to play the game when I cannot upgrade my i100 accessories, and need a sand for weapon since I put Zeta on hold since there is no way that would be done by Heavensward and I need better weapon to clear T9-T13 before Heavensward. My iLv is 111. Most of my armor is i130 or i120, while my accessories are mostly i100 with 1 or 2 i110, and weapon i100. Should I just not bother and just do T7?