Been running Ridorana Lighthouse the whole week and...

[BillyKaplan]

at times I feel the same way within my static at times.

Do I hope they're reading this right now.

More so without an objective measure how can we as the group determine the worth or contributions of a player that gives each player within the group equal consideration?

We do have an objective measure - the job they're on. It's the only measurement that's objective. Will they desynth it? Will they sell it for seals? Do they want it for glamour only? We don't know. We can't know. But we do know that WHM has a higher chance of using it over that DRG who has no healers at all.
You think they didn't contribute enough to roll on items? Hopefully the rest of your party agrees and you'll kick them before they can roll on items. But you have no right to tell other players who is and isn't deserving of items, least of all when you can't say for certain you're more deserving than they are.
Suggestion - stop trying to justify your approach, you're only coming off as entitled. Selfish I can understand, it's how you're trying to justify your approach that really does it.

Honest question cause I do not know the answer. Would the upgrade from the item they just won on the first chest really make the current run all that much smoother? I will not deny that their effectiveness will go up, but can we objectively measure if that boost is enough to warrant priority. Personally I do not think so, but I could be wrong.

You can't see how "person immediately equips upgrade gear" is better than "DRG won healer gear, gear rots away in inventory". Really.