Hello,

I think you are touching on the important part here. I do not think being able to get the Iffy Weapons quicker or easier is the real answer (and doing so diminishes its value).

I believe the crux of the problem really is:
The desire to see forward progress.

It can be frustrating to do 20 runs and get nothing until the end.
If somehow whilst doing the 20 runs you are continuously rewarded (albeit not with rewards as great as an iffy weapon) then this should make it feel more.. hehe.. rewarding ^.^;

Presently the reward is some XP and glorious dark matter (although one could argue this is more painful to see than nothing).
Perhaps if the rewards were upped a bit each time:
Guaranteed 4500 XP (yay, transfered to another job that could use it).
Guaranteed 100 Company Seals (This is, after all, based on a Grand Company quest. 100 Seals in 30 minutes is not too bad).
Chance for Random Materia (Maybe some materia can drop, low rate, but still nice to see).


Basically so that each fight itself if somewhat rewarding, whilst waiting for the 'big' reward.