There should be a guaranteed token system just like Garuda had in 1.0. Each time you won the fight in 1.0 you received 2 vortex totems. 40 would get you a weapon. So even if you didn't get a drop, you were still making progress towards acquiring a weapon.

If you had a cooperative LS you could all pool together the totems to one person and get enough for a weapon in 3 fights. If your party was good enough to get it done in less than 6 minutes you could get people geared up quickly if you were willing to cooperate.

SE being SE I suppose.