nah its just rng. I max rolled some items in 1-2 tries and some items have taken 70-80 components and not quite there yet.
As part of the exotic recalibration upgrade we were told that all exotics will drop at a minimum legendary level loot quality and that the exotic recalibration will also result is legendary level loot quality rolls.
No they didnt say that. They say its a minimum, and that is roughly 50-60% rolls. It can go all the way up the max rolls.
State on the UBISOFT website...
15 April 2020
RECONFIGURING EXOTICS
Agents,
We are excited to introduce the ability to reconfigure Exotics with the upcoming Title Update. This feature will allow you to bring up your lower level Exotics to your current level and improve current Exotics that are already at your current level, providing a continuous purpose for Exotic Components.
FUNCTIONALITY
The ability to reconfigure an exotic will do 2 things:
The Exotic selected will be brought up to the level of your crafting bench, up to level 40.
The attributes of the Exotic you reconfigure, will get new stat values assigned which are appropriate for the Exotic’s level. The overall new power of a reconfigured Exotic will be at a guaranteed minimum and can go all the way up to a god-rolled item.
Reconfiguring an Exotic that is already at your current level will skip the first step, and immediately re-roll its status and attributes. It can be risky to reconfigure an already powerful Exotic, as each individual attribute bar and the overall power of the item will be re-rolled. Everything between a god-roll and a weaker overall roll is possible, but it will always be above the guaranteed minimum.
No where it say it will be a legendary roll, its more like a challenging roll at minimum and goes up from there.
Your RNG sucks, just farm more components, they are pretty easy to get in places if you know where to farm.