So We've all heard stories of (and possibly been victims of) that time when the only tokens that dropped all night were Vanqs and you didn't have anyone who could use them (meanwhile your priest is still rocking the 346 shoulders)
Or maybe the one drop that's central to your playstyle (a la a ranged weapon with decent iLvl for hunters) never drops until you bench all hunters.
So, proposal time: (and I'm sure this has been proposed before, but I've never seen it talked about, so here it is)
This proposal uses Firelands as the example.
Each Boss drops at least one of their quest item in addition to their normal loot
Off of Shannox- Quest item "Shannox's Horn" that can be redeemed (depending on class) for a Gun, Bow, Xbow, Wand, Shield, or Off-hand (weapon or frill)
If you're a hunter, the quest rewards are (clearly) Gun, Bow, or Xbow. The Gun is Mastery oriented, the Bow is Haste oriented and the Xbow is Crit oriented (to offset dwarf and troll racials wanting their weapon to be Crit)
If you're a Mage then you have a selection of three wands or the off-hand frill
etc.
Off of Ragnaros- Quest item "Molten Corruption" that can be redeemed for a Main or Two-hand Weapon (again depending on class)
Off of the rest- Quest items that can be redeemed by any class for a piece of tier gear
Staghelm- "Staghelm's Diadem" Head Slot
Beth'tilac- "Ember Spinnerets" Hand Slot
Rhyolith- "Rocky Carapace" Chest Slot
Baleroc- "Shimmering Greaves" Leg Slot
Alysrazor- "Glowing Mantle" Shoulder Slot
no more tier gear for Valor points, instead a set of three "near tier" pieces (Feet, Waist, Wrist) that have a separate 2 piece bonus, and a three piece bonus that lets them count as a piece of the associated tier.
This can also be applied to Heroic Dungeons at the starting tier. For Cata:
Erudax- "Still-Quivering Tentacle"-Leg Slot
Siamat- "Ephemeral Clouds"- Shoulder Slot
Vanessa Van Cleef- "Poisoner's Pouches"- Hand Slot
Rajh- "Shining Eye" Head Slot
Lord Godfrey-"Gunpowderer's Robes" Chest Slot
---------- Post added 2012-01-28 at 08:12 PM ----------
This way there will never be a "token" that can't be used until everyone is fully kitted out
Check my post on page 3 about thread derailing on 10v25man people. Please discuss the OPs suggestion, not 10v25. -Azshira