It took me about 16 or 17 raid clears to get one of my characters to level 30. I just now passed my 30th raid clear and have just gotten enough gear to get my second two players to 29. Last week I got nothing from the raids hardly. This week I got six raid armor to drop, although 2 of them were duplicates. Once I max out all my gear I will have a 30 warlock, a 29 Titan, and a 29 hunter. Both Titan and hunter will be one piece away from lvl 30. Still need boots for the Titan and arms for the hunter. It could be a while tho. Hopefully by December. Edit: I guess I am counting all clears, including clears with multiple characters, and multiple clears per week where no loot is dropped. But still...