We ran the raid up to the Pleasure Gardens last night and of 3 chests looted, I was the only person in the raid to get a gear drop (arms).
The point of beating the highest level content is to be rewarded accordingly for doing so. Want to see Fireteam moral go from excited AF to everyone quitting in a few hours? Give them a new raid and don't give them anything for beating fights.
It's beyond perplexing. After getting the Bathing Pools fight down and finally beating it, everyone was so hyped. Then nothing drops for 5 of the 6? It's unbelievable. Then you get to the Pleasure Gardens (which saw even the most hard core raiders like Lono stuck for hours) and the excitement to beat the fight is gone and everyone is just aggravated at the wipes.
The raid one week in was still a horrid decision in what otherwise has been a far better game than I think most dared hope for, but it took the shine off taking time to smell the roses to get leveled for a raid that drops jack squat.
Oh and btw, the arms that dropped for me were barely an upgrade.
The game is beautiful. The raid has ultimately been a disappointment so far and that's a shame.
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Totally agree. Pleasure gardens stopped us in our tracks. Once everyone realized we weren't getting any loot from chests and it was only a possibility to get loot from the tokens only if you beat the raid people started dropping like flies. Banging your head against the wall sneaking around like its metal gear solid for hours only to not get rewards is dumb. This part of the raid just stops the action. If i ever manage to get a team together to beat this raid I'll most likely only ever play it the one time, can't see myself doing something this boring more than once.