Loot stage broken?

[Bloodbath]

Is the loot stage broken in this game?
I'm level 15 and in the snow biome with a loot stage of 60
My brother is level 27 in the normal forest biome with the same loot stage of 60, he has lucky looter and i don't yet they are the same still

[RasaNova]

I'm guessing you're joined up? Groups share a lootstage. If your brother leaves the group his number should adjust to whatever it would normally be.

[Capt. W. Schwartz]

Biomes affect lootstage.

Forest = Normal = no bonus to lootstage
Desert = Medium = small bonus
Snow = Hard = medium bonus
Wasteland = Hardest = big bonus

[DthBlayde]

Biomes and POI's will have their own lootstage modifiers to give a better sense of Risk vs Reward. It may just be pure coincidence that both of you ended up with 60, but consider the variables:

He's higher level, with perks, but in the "easy" biome. You're lower level, no perks but in a tougher biome. Were here to also go into the snow biome, I'd wager his rating would jump considerably. The POI itself will be a factor too: If he's in a burned out house and you're in a police station for example