[i]"Why do some players get the raid exotic their first run, while others need to play 50+?"[/i] That's how RNG works. [i]"You can’t just say it’s bad “rng” if you’ve put 30, 40, or even 50 runs into a raid, even a 2 or 3% drop chance that increases every week with “bad luck protection”, should yield the exotic in 20-30 runs." [/i] 90% sure the chances do not go up with successful clears. The only time I recall bad luck protection like that was with 1k and Anarchy when they became farmable. Again, it's just RNG. [i]"The drop rates are terribly balanced between new players and frequent d2 players."[/i] I wouldn't doubt that there was a 'desire meter' or something similar. Everything that I've seen with long term drop tracking seems to show the opposite though. I don't think on this one to much till something is proven. [i]"Players are earning the exotic multiple times (why? this shouldn’t even happen if they already have it), while people such as myself, can’t even get collective obligation after 50+ runs. "[/i] RNG is a cruel -blam!-. [i]"It’s just comical at this point because bungie is letting the inequality continue to spread between the new players and the players that consistently play every week."[/i] .... [i]"If you ran a raid 50 times and don’t have the exotic yet, Bungie had you waste about 16 weeks of chasing, congrats."[/i] I enjoy raiding, so this is more on you, if you think you wasted your time.