Their intents were in the right place (Everyone being rewarded for their effort, Overcoming 10 pool limits, etc)... But without an Option to Pool a drop, or give it to someone... it does kind of fall on its ass.

However, If you could pool drops, Imagine how quickly we might burn through the content? They have to include some time sinks or the game gets old and we get Abyssea-Syndrome again (finish everything and get burned out in a week)