I applaud the tokens because I want everyone who plays this game to feel like they can achieve something and still have fun. That includes people who can't grind the same dungeons over and over and over again hoping to get lucky.

It's not like people who prefer the RNG aren't being offered their kind of fun. There is one (1) gear set per set of tomestones for a total of two (2). Not counting sets below lvl50, there are five (5) gear sets you can only get through randomized Boss drops plus the Primal weapons. Three of these five gear sets (Allagan and ST) are useful endgame gear.

Token gear is outnumbered and out-BiS'd by RNG gear. It takes nothing away, but offers more players the ability to feel useful and rewarded.

That said, I wish outdated token gear wasn't so incredibly hard to come by. I've been trying to get the Darklight Healer gloves ever since Philosophy got phased out and have not seen them drop even once.