There were four of us who completed the mission chain in the same week. None are able to summon the Lazidol. Actually, of all those who have finished the Epic Fail, not more than 7-10 ppl or so are in possession of the Greater Crystal.
To get the Greater one, you have to combine 1 Lesser Power Crystal with 1 Weakened Power Crystal.
One of them has a tt value of 100 ped, the other 200. Only two Weakened have been looted in the last year (at least according to Entropialife) and no Lesser.
It's very obvious that both crystals are set to be ridiculously rare, but I'm guessing the high tt value also adds to the problem. As loot nowadays consists of 30-80% shrapnel, it'll take a considerable hof to have a Crystal in it.
Ever since the mission was launched in 2013? has it been known that the crystals are unreasonably rare. It has been discussed before, but nothing has changed.
Question to the officials/devs:
Is there any reason at all why the crystals are practically impossible to loot?
Do you find it fair to advertise for such an expensive mission on the planet launcher, without mentioning that the players completing it that they'll be unlikely to even summon the Lazidol, which is the only reason anyone would cycle over 3500$ in the first place?