tl:dr, sorry.

I think majority of dropped gear should be materials that a crafter makes into the finished piece for whoever has the materials. An interface similar to material melding requests so the finished product could remain u/u. High quality gear also needs better stat bonuses. There, fixed!

At the end of dungeons have an area where DoL can try their luck at bonus items (darklight ore, darklight thread for example) darklight ore, ingot, chains, plates etc would be used to make the darklight gear in different combinations that are the same throughout each category (hands, feet, bodies, etc) this also incorporates a token system because you would find a set amount of ore/thread/whatever and then they'd add some RNG for the DoL to have a chance at additional loot.

I think it's genius-It uses all of the disciples and incorporates a token system with the possibility to get lucky.