(edited by Zaoda.1653)
Ascended Weapon Chests
You seem to be assuming that ascended chests are the standard or typical route to ascended weapons, and I don’t think that was the intent. I suspect you’re supposed to gradually collect materials and craft your own ascended weapons, and the chests are like a lottery—nice if you happen to win, but not something you should count on (not even if you buy a lottery ticket every day for your entire life).
As for your suggestion, I feel that giving better drop rates to players who are already playing more (and therefore getting more drop chances) is a bad idea on general principle. The fact that you’re talking about using play time in only one game mode (WvW) for something that’s relevant in multiple game modes (ascended weapons also drop in, and are also used in, PvE) makes it even less palatable to me.
I try to run at least lvl 38 and 48 fractals daily, and have gotten one ascended chest (Occams GS). The % for it on the lvl 48 daily chest is around 2%. So assuming that the odds are greater in fractals (taking into account the thousands of possible WvW rank up items) what you’ve been seeing in your rank chests is accurate. If you just do WvW your chances of a box are pretty low, doing FOTM and maybe an occasional Tequatl in addition would bring that chance up. But if you’re just into WvW, then it won’t help you.
Queen Of Macabre – 80 Thief
Dragonbrand [Ankh]