i felt exactly the same as you. i thought the same thing at that dragon
raid and all other types of loot before, but after many more dragons and
gods i have come to accept the system as extremely fair. if you think about
it, a runed bolster belt is all/all. you don't want robes in the lotto for
that. and the ykesha is quite a different type of loot than what comes off
dragons/gods. much more common and easy to get, so in a different category.
these rules only apply to dragon and god loot. here is the link to my
guild's web page. click on the link at the top that says DKPs. see what
you think. it's an interesting read at our lotto system:

http://www.afterlifeguild.org/

Shada Bladestorm, L50 Wood Elf Bard
Tyria Sarkin, L35 High Elf Wizard
<Afterlife> Mithaniel Marr Server

> Isn't this a bit of a double standard? I assume people were upset
> because a ranger is better at melee and thus theoretically could have
> made use of the mistwalker more than a druid, yet the staff (forbidden
> rites I assume) is also a pretty kick butt melee weapon and just as
> useless in the hands of a cleric as the mistwalker would be
> in the hands
> of a druid.
>
> This is also the same kind of attitude that was used to keep Bards out
> of the early lottos for Ykeshas on my server and it still
> pisses me off.