Well, they do alleviate the NEVER BIS problem by unlocking the previous tiers. I imagine if you fail to get the Allagan 2 from 6-9 you'll have to farm them when 2.4 comes out. It hurts non-static, but the way it is now it really promotes statics, because an allagan drop=overall party powerup. Which I like.. But I understand how hard it is to form a static, a consistent one even moreso.