i did test drop rates extensively at different tiers in different game modes. my conclusion is that it is clearly improved from S6, but not quite where it was in S5 except in seasonal content where it feels about like s5. This should be fine in a three-month season.
It is not fine in a one-week test. i had way more that i wanted to test than what i was able to get to due to the issues pointed out by many in this thread.
Why not just give us the tools to make the builds we want quickly and easily in the test realm? I still want to know if all the other content works and i will still test it even if i can make a perfect build in 15 min instead of 5 hours. if anything, i will test more content on more builds at more power levels because I can quickly and easily make any build to the power level i desire to test.
I did this as well. i spent all of day one leveling a toon from 0 to T3 with grinded gear solid enough to open Tier 4 and start to test late endgame and try more builds… then i went to Mrak to cheat my paragons and all of my equipped gear went poof along with all the items in my bag for other builds i wanted to test. this is what led me to ask for XP scrolls instead of xp/paragon boost in this post War And PTR - warning very long