I was crafting in the same place, but not with the same professions - live lass is a weaponsmith, test lass is a leatherworker. I was wondering about that somewhat myself, though I also assume (dangerous, yeah) that surely some locations can't be *that* much better than others for rewards. The flip side of that is my LW got bugger-all in her stint at Southwatch, and started getting stuff when I went back to Fisher's Pen.
That being said, I suspect most of my bad luck is down to just that, bad luck. Also, with the live lass having been twinked in gear she couldn't get herself pretty much since she was level 15, she's been consistently doing higher-level WOs than the test-LW could ever hope to do (at least not to B or A), which most likely also explains the discrepancy in rewards.
Most of my griping is, I'm pretty sure, entirely subjective. Since I didn't sit down and note all the rewards my gals have got for their WOs done, I don't have any hard data. And since I certainly don't believe the devs are out to screw us, the most likely answer is a combination of bad luck, perhaps slightly better tables in location A than B, and relative WO levels done. Last but not least, the test gal did way less work orders to get to 22 than the live lass did, since test crafting xp is so accelerated; I'm sure that plays a part in it too.
Still, sometimes it's nice to get together with friends and say "JEEZ! This loot table hates me!!! Waaaah!"
