Ifirit, how it could have been done better.

[Hikozaemon]

He has been over this. The current system is working as intended. The drop rate as well as the random nature of loot serves as a time sink to keep players occupied until 1.20. As soon as they can roll out enough content to keep people occupied, they will most likely implement a need/greed system.

theres no damn random nature in getting 5 Ifrits Canes in 20+ kills My 17Conj really needed that cane. Not like i would like a Greataxe for my MRD or Fists for my PUG no i need more Ifrits canes. I wish i could shove all those cane drops up Yoshis ass and see how he likes gettin shafted like me.

[Dakin]

theres no damn random nature in getting 5 Ifrits Canes in 20+ kills My 17Conj really needed that cane. Not like i would like a Greataxe for my MRD or Fists for my PUG no i need more Ifrits canes. I wish i could shove all those cane drops up Yoshis ass and see how he likes gettin shafted like me.

That is actually a perfect example of how random the loot distribution is, if there is a certain % chance for 1) an item dropping from the chest and 2) the same % for each item.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy