It doesn't matter that we get tokens. What if I get my 5th pair of claws, why can't I pass that to someone else ? Or what if I get a repeat pair of claws, and someone get a repeat bow? Shouldn't we be able to trade?

SE said that the reason of having weapons drop to a players Inventory was because some people are there just to help, if you want a weapon you must get a lantern.

Either:
Do away with weapons going straight to inventory and make them tradable from the loot list.

Or

Do away with weapon drops and make it so everyone who has a lantern gets a totem, 10 battles and you're guaranteed a weapon, Faster if the totems are traded.