If they are not going to adjust the drop rate on the weapons themselves, id like them to do 3 things:
1. Guaranteed totem/nut drops for each participant that has met requirements and killed Ifrit per run, even if that means adjusting the "price" of the weapons to what ever SE decides is a fair exchange rate. (at least you would have progress you could build towards reliably).

2. No dropping of duplicate weapons you already have. (either just dont drop one or force override another weapon to drop in its place, unless you have them all)

3. Allow us to either make a 1 time exchange through the NPC of one weapon for another, or let us trade in a weapon for half the amount of totems/nuts it would take to purchase the weapon. (something to ensure those of us wanting a weapon, arent stuck with other weapons that stay in storage because we will never use them)