well it helps to unlock stuff now that they have better stats on them then before, i got a really nice gold daggers with 2 max stats(7vs ele and 33% daze) and 13% in stance but it was sadly 7-16, i slavaged it then threw it away for fun.
Canthan chests seem to be dropping only purples for me for some time now. Kurzick chests dropped a few golds (worthless). Honestly, I only noticed an imporved droprate the first week of release. Now everything is back to it's normal crappy state.
well i get mosly purple runes or plagueborn stuff but never anything good. i did get a non max goldplagueborn axe with 20/19 sundering. i thought that was good. i salvaged and got its other mod though. 19% enchant lengthening. sad day for me
In Cantha I've only gone after the Kurzick, Luxon, and Forbidden Chests. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the Canthan Chests do not count toward the high-end chest opening title, whereas these three do. That may explain the drops not being as consistently good.