It just takes time and patience, i am a lvl 26 warrior and have, right now, the best gear for my lvl. Sealord Armor of Will and Sealord Helm of Grace both +31 str versions. It really is fruitless to make yet another thread complaining about drop rates. With every expansion the team looks at the success rate of chests dropped. If it is to low they will raise it but from what I can tell its spot on. My guild members said it best, "the new elite maps are NOT for the casual player". And its true and I like it that way, would I want a higher chests drop rate, yeah who wouldn't. But the reason I like it is because now the gear, when it does drop, I am able to turn it in cs for a huge profit. I don't think any changes need to be made, you just need to be patient and continue on the journey. If you're running low on gold, farm normal difficulty maps, not elite. Get some junk gear sell it, save up and then go back into elite.