Almost rank 4 on my hunter... Not a single weapon drop. If I spend that much time playing IB, I should be rewarded with a variety of items. I do not need armor. Here is some advice, for your "special" events, make every IB piece of gear have a HIGHER drop rate than other items. Basically put, everyone who plays IB til rank 5 deserves a weapon and an armor piece before having to buy the vendor roll. Clearly you have purposefully made it difficult to get weapon drops because you want people to grind til rank 5 to buy the vendor version. Players will play the game if it is rewarding, forcing us to play is not the way to keep your player base, playing.