It appears that certain techs and items will be harder to get, as a new class of components has been created, the Rare components. These components drop at a horrifically slow rate. To provide an example, one is the Snow Ogre Big Toe, required for Statistic: Health II, Fine Elm Heavy Round Shield, and Banner: Volcano. I spent well over an hour trying to get just 2 of them so that a friend of mine could put the Health II tech on a necklace for me, and with my level 73 Dragon alt, I was killing the ogres quickly and frequenty.
This appears to be the new reality, certain techniques will be effectively eliminated, because the components needed to get them are absurdly difficult to obtain. And no, Nadia doesn't have them, either. I just thought I'd let you all know. It's not that the comp your looking for doesn't exist, it's that you'll have to kill 50-100 of whtever is supposed to drop it just to get one. Have fun.