RTO Item Tier Bug (Possible Spoilers)

[EvilEdwin]

Despite being level 21, the items in RTO seem to vary wildly in tier level for me. King Meric's sword is always tier 5, where as some other items are maybe tier 7.

I've noticed that sometimes when you kill one of the bosses who drop King Cailan's gear it'll be tier 7 and others it will be lower. They're easy to fix though, just keep reloading until it drops the correct tiered item.

However, with drops from chests it seems determined from when you first enter the area, rather than when you loot said container.

Obviously this makes it pretty frustrating. It can be solved by selling the item to a vendor, leaving and returning to the area where, upon return, it will reset to max tier and you can buy it again. But in a game where gold is a scarce resource, it's hardly a optimum solution.

Has anyone actually been able to loot Meric's sword as a tier 7 item, or found a solution that doesn't require you to spend gold? I understand that the console versions can make use of the party chests to upgrade items, however I have the PC version, so that's not an option.