Looted clears vs final encounters

[daring marten]

Can someone please explain what looted clears are and if they have an overall effect on drop rate for raid exotics vs just farming final checkpoints on featured raids?

[daring marten]

Ah good to know. I’d heard there was a concept of bad luck protection given for full clears but that didn’t apply if you only got final encounter clears. Thanks for the explanation

[normal bolt]

iirc if you do looted runs (aka your first clear a week on that character, doesnt have to be full i think) you get the higher dropchance from boosts etc

if you do repeat clears on farming week that dropchance boost gets turned off past the first clear, however itll be back on the following week after reset

[radiant siren]

i never heard of those "boosts" you're talking about

weekly featured (farm clears) and full fresh clears should not differ in droprates

and boss checkpoint farms are also not different to fresh full runs except for crota end and its essence quest

[radiant siren]

So you're saying the triumphs that increase droprates only apply to the fresh, full run of the week? That sounds stupid

[honest cedar]

Most raid exotics are a 5% drop rate that goes up on each clear, it isn't specified anywhere if you need to do full runs. I'd imagine CPs work.

Can't tell if challenge boosts are worth it, I had the RoN raid seal before I got the exotic to drop.