I just got the last blueprint I needed to get scimitar to 5* yesterday after 2-3 weeks of waiting. RNG sux. That's the way of the game though. Personally, I would've stopped after the first couple of refreshes. Doesn't make sense to keep betting on a losing streak.
1 gear drop in 1 and a half days, 500 energy for 1 measly drop. Seems to be since the update, others in the guild have noticed the decrease in drop rates as well, one calculated it to have gone down for him to 10%.
Dark side ships are a joke as well, more light side than you can wave a stick at, 3 for DS in the worst rotation since Claudio Ranieri was at Chelsea.