Guild Wars 2

Am wondering what everyones thoughts are on the drop rates of the Essences in fractals.

Currently I am about to ding lvl20 for fractals. I have +15AR but am unable to either purchase more Ascended Accessories or craft an Ascended back piece. I obviously need at least +20AR after lvl20 but I cannot infuse my rings or necklace due to the terrible drop rate of essences.

At the moment I have 2x Condensed Essence, 5x Coagulated Essence and 0x Crystallized Essence. My magic find is 90% and I use Omnomberry Bars to take it upto 120% and the guild MF banner (I think its 10%). Even with 130% MF I am still getting extremely rare drops of essences.

So now I find myself wondering how I am supposed to progress without being able to infuse me rings.

Any ideas ?

Here’s how:
Are you in a guild that runs all guild missions?

If yes, do them for 7 commendations a week.
Take 12 commendations and buy ascended accessory for 12 commendations and 5 gold, then infuse this with a +5 infusion.

If no, do you have 40 laurels and about 15 gold lying around?
If yes, buy an ascended accessory from the laurel vendor for 40laurels and 50ecto.

If no,
Grind up in fractals for relics to make an ascended backpiece or to get enough globs to infuse a ring (you get a ton of karma for running fractals at a lower level then your own).

You can also just dodge all the enemy agony attacks and heal through the guaranteed agony, tier 2 fractals is honestly not that hard with a semi-competent group.