At the moment, the way level is tied to gear makes it pretty rough trying to hit 30 when RNG isn't in your favor. One friend got all his raid gear in 2 runs, while I'm going on a 20+ combination of normal and hard mode for VoG and have never seen gloves drop. I'd like to suggest a way to allow people who have been grinding the raid to hit 30 without adding in some other non-raid element (ex: the new pvp/Iron banner armor rewards that can be upgraded to 30). The Suggestion: Whenever you complete a VoG run, you should receive a type of currency specific to the raid (such as a VoG Token). The VoG Token should be 100% of the time and you only get one for completing all bosses in the raid. Now to counteract the RNG element, an NPC should be placed in the Tower who lets you trade these tokens for one of the 3 main raid armor pieces or weapons you need but have been unlucky enough to get through RNG. The conversion rate could be something like: 5x VoG Tokens for your choice of a chest/gloves/boots 4x VoG Tokens for a heavy/secondary weapon 7x VoG Tokens for a primary weapon off Atheon