I provided a lot of items to the Tinkerer, after hours of farming where most of the people I saw were 220's with alts on /follow (something I had to do myself as well) to get Nomad Armor and social items.
When the Desert Rider was spawned, the nightmare began...
I was in a raid group with several other players, a few seconds after the fight began I was warped clear across the other side of the map!!
Others had the same problem, we all flew back to see the boss die a few seconds after we got back.
People in mechs, morphed into pit lizards/wolf/etc were attempting to block the corpse of the boss and the adds.
Since the loot is not based on who does the most damage, or who provided the most items to the Tinkerer... it came down to the great skill of who could click faster!
The body despawned too fast, the urn that appeared also had morphed players all over it. I was of the few lucky enough to be able to click it under a large group of players on top of it to get my jetpack.
Raid Experience: Extremely Frustrating and Highly Disappointing, I expected better for a 10yr Anniversary Event. Last year's sauna was far better, it encouraged people to work together for a common goal as a guild and the result was something to be proud of. Having to compete with players that may not have provided a single item or even contributed to damage at all... it's not only unfair, but RIDICULOUS! Thumbs down, way down.
I managed to loot 3 colored visors from a nomad corpse.
Visors, seemed to have been made in a rush, compared to the Mister Ash/Lucien/Hadrulf Specs from many years ago the quality is disappointing. Eye patches have a low droprate but they are one of the cooler items.
Other items are nice, the tuxedoes are nice, same with the rollerat cage, t-shirt, the cake and new beverage. New posters, nowhere to be found.
The action figures are great, they obviously are the models from the character creation process resized.
I've gotten pretty much every item for each Anniversary, but I see my chances to get a Clio close to zero.
At Newland Desert after the so-called "Raid" got many people upset, mad, and cursed FC and Means up and down, this time, I can't defend the Dev Team... they dropped the ball on this.