What you are forgetting is the scores, SE must have added the scores at the end of hamlet for a reason other than competition, what if the scores are tied into the drops algorithm, we already know up to 9999 we get one drop and more than 10k we get 2, now what if a higher score also influances drop rate.

We have only got to a level 2 hamlet up to now, for level 5 we could be seeing alot higher scores than we are now, and only then will we know this for certain.