Quote Originally Posted by Nezerius View Post
I soloed up to lvl 3, didn't get any protean crystals, and then jumped onto the NM train with a few friends and got to lvl 10

Sure, it got me plenty of Anemos crystals, but those are completely useless at that point, since the option to convert them doesn't unlock until after you've shown a protean crystal to Krile.
Hmmm kind of odd first 3 levels I had around 35 if the smaller crystals, i was doing consecutive chains and was well geared, and mobs 1-2 levels above mind made them drop faster, was risky though. So unless you were not making chains I can believe that reason. Did you at any point make it to chain 30? those were usually guarantee 1-10 if solo, 5-15 in duo. Only other reason I could see is that you are just plain unlucky with RNG.