I used to get an ascendant shard or energy once out of every 3 or 5 public events and I understood that. But I haven't gotten either from a public event in 4 days. There must be a cap or something.
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Or your good luck streak has finally flipped. Unless you are only doing a couple per day, you shouldn't be seeing that high a rate of return in AS/AE per public event.