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*Option 1 is the same gear repeated regularly, after countless hard/normal runs, you have yet to see the other 1-3 pieces
**Option 2 is mediocre raid drops, rarely see repeats but seems to drop different raid gear
***Option 3 is concerning a mix of Normal/Hard mode to include the helmet
Concerning my own experience and it seems very similar to others I have played with - I see repeats of raid gear or nothing at all.
This makes me think that RNG is not actually a random number generator, but an awkward system that seems to tailor itself to your character.
--My Warlock always gets boots in normal, and one helmet in hard - after 20+ runs always boots.
--My Titan always got boots (same story above) - Except I saved all the gear and recreated the character and ran it again up to Lvl 20. Raid drops immediately changed on the first run, now it's gloves and they have dropped each time (3 runs) on the newly made character. Also one run on hard gave gloves and helmet.
--My Hunter received chest and boots on the first run, now it's usually nothing, but has gotten the chest a second time.
**None of my characters have received the HC, Pulse rifle, or Machine gun - but the sniper rifle and scout rifle tend to drop repeatedly.
Trying to be clever, I have come up with a new definition of "RNG": Repeating Negligible Gear
What do you guys think? Is the repeating gear about the same story for you?
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It is RNG, but I think there is a way to potentially boost your luck with it. This is going to be a long post. With my first 2 runs through the raid with my warlock I got 2 chest pieces, 2 boots and the gauntlets, all I needed to get myself to 30 with an exotic helm. How was I so lucky? I think it's because I was wearing a class item bought from the speaker. As the last 2 runs after that with my warlock I didn't get any and I was wearing the raid class item. With my hunter the first 2 runs through I only got the gauntlets and then I bought a nice cloak from the speaker, next run through I got all 3 pieces of armour in 1 run... I haven't run the raid with my Titan yet, only just got him to raiding level but obviously I have bought a class item from the speaker for him to wear while I do. It could just be coincidence but in my experience it has definitely helped, I even spoke to someone I saw was wearing 1 the other day and they said they had more luck while wearing it as well... I can't see any other reason why a class item would cost what is it like 25 motes of light when any other legendary class item is glimmer or a few marks other than they have a hidden bonus