Getting late and I'm tired, just wanted to say I agree with everybody in this thread so far, and I'm going to quote my own post in another thread:

Quote Originally Posted by Tamoa View Post
Isn't it more fair really, to grind towards a guaranteed result (with an ichor-like system) instead of grinding and quite possibly NEVER getting that specific drop you want? Wouldn't that be the best option of them all? No lootwhoring, no ninja-lotting, no possibility of selling ra/ex drop (if they were made to appear in a treasure pool), no ra/ex stuff going to mules/people that don't have the jobs leveled/lucky gimps who go 1/1, and noone would feel the need to grind their teeth in frustration that someone else got the same ra/ex body for the 5th time.

We'd have to grind. But we'd get what we want in the end.