Well, just like it has been said before by a few players, Dragon loot is way more efficient than regular Store purchased loot. I have spent something like 2,5 million gold and I never got a Pyre of the Forgotten nor a Staff of the Void, but I got a Staff of the Dragon on my 4th Dragon killed which makes any other fire element staff obsolete. It also makes the Fury of the Veil which I used for over 200 mage promotions virtually obsolete.
I am not sure how many dragons I've killed, but they have dropped the weapons way easier than what I had expected them to. I got all the 7 weapons and some duplicates after 4 days, some people I know got them in 3 days and for others it took a week. Less hardcore players may take longer, but eventually they will get all weapons. All it takes is to keep playing. Dragon weapons are nowhere as improbable as Unique loot from the Store, and they are generally much better, too.
If I didn't read the complaints here on BSN, I would have the impression these Dragon weapons are so easily obtainable they almost spoils the game loot progression compared to what it used to be.
You can't "spoil" something that is so beyond broken, that there is nothing to even compare it to.
You can't even call the loot progression in this game "bad", the loot progression in this game is so "bad", it goes into a category all of it's own. There's no comparison to even describe how bad it is.
Sure, compared to a system that is so terrible, maybe the dragon loot drops do look "easy", but you are comparing it to something that is beyond broken.
Perilous pugs aren't easy, and i know personally some psn players who have killed over 200 perilous dragons that still haven't completed the set. Duplicates are a @#$%^.
I'm fine with the way the dragon loot currently is, I know eventually I can get all the weapons and it's a lot better than trying to progress though the store chest, but it's still not by any means "easy".
The store chests are still a major issue though, eventually new items will be brought in, and chances are they aren't gonna drop from dragons.
If dragon loot hadn't of come into the picture, I'd of left this game by now. 400,000 gold spent in store chests without a usable upgrade. That's absurd for the number of items I'm still missing.
The best words to describe the loot system in this game is incomprehensible demoralization. After saving up a weeks worth of gold, go buy 50-60k worth of chests, only to get nothing of any use,.. rinse and repeat, week after week. The only question that comes to mind is why?, Why do I keep doing this?, Why do I keep doing this to myself? I know I can't be the only player who has felt this way, and I'm sure it's what drove most players to quitting.