6 hours wasted, and not one of the event kats found on my own - I couldn't possibly be doing anything different / wrong, unless there is some bug causing them not to spawn in scarlet fortresses? Went from tier 3 to tier 2 in order to see if that would help. Nope. Started just skipping loot and ignoring anything that wasnt an event kat (with ele pass).
I am seeing people with 200 from one day's worth of work. How? Why? Looks like I will continue to rely on my guildmates' unnaturally normal luck.
It's karma!