Guild Wars 2

I’ve run fractals (ranks 1 and 2) a bunch of times now, and I see people talking about these dropping from the mobs in there, but no one in my group has ever gotten one. I need one to craft one of the new back pieces, but I see that there’s no way to trade them or purchase them with tokens.

So, I guess, my question is… Do I really just have to “get lucky?” I know Linsey Murdock finds the random number generator to be “fun,” but having played Aion for years and running single dungeons 300+ times to get a single item drop, I’d really like a light at the end of the tunnel.

Linsey Murdock also thinks that gear progression is going to draw people back to the game (or keep people from leaving).

It’s clear that ArenaNet has a problem in understanding what their problem is.

Edit: As far as your question… I got one in my second fractal from a random dredge. So I’m guessing you just have to be lucky. >.> Sorry I can’t be of more help.

Minos.5168:

Linsey Murdock also thinks that gear progression is going to draw people back to the game (or keep people from leaving).

It’s clear that ArenaNet has a problem in understanding what their problem is.

Well, that topic’s a whole other can of worms. I guess I just want to know….

1) if there is a definite way of getting these?
2) if not, will going further into the fractals help my chances significantly?