I legit get the same things over and over blackwater's band over 5 times reagents couple of pet snacks treasure card and no gear
It is time consuming and also frustrating. I just had to deal with 2 life wizard's who mainly tried to land hits instead of healing the team & let me and another storm die multiple times.
Have you gone through with Mercenaries for Hire? You can submit a request to go on a run with them (it took us well under an hour when I went through with them) and you can also volunteer to go along with other people who have submitted requests. They'll make sure everyone knows what they're doing and won't let people just die off.