Quote Originally Posted by MeowyWowie View Post
You guys act like drops are rare in this game. Join whatever the hell you want, don't worry about what other players join.

I highly doubt that you'll only be able to obtain certain gear if say, you have 8 Maelstrom members participating in the fight. Chances are it just affects drop rates or, like others have said, increases chances in getting dark matter.
But nothing has been said so you could be completly wrong and not get any gear, we NEED to know for certain which we dont and everything is based on speculation atm.