So I was farming Scathing Mage the other day with some guildies and had an idea I would like ZOS to consider. We all hate the gear grind, I understand the need for it, but it's really unproductive when you run a dungeon for days, weeks, months for 1 piece and get nothing out of it. Or not even a set drop from what you are trying to farm. At that point we're not even playing the game as intended anymore. (I've still never got a VO Sharpened Dagger)

Here's a thought! Right now we get key fragments from ICP and WGT to get gear from those dungeons. Let's expand on this idea, what if instead of key fragments drops we were rewarded unique Key/Gem Fragments per dungeon/trial through deconstructing gear that drops from that dungeon/trial.

Say you're farming Maw for your Moondancer Sharpened Lighting Staff, but you get Sturdy Twilight gear, Prosperous Lunar Bastion, blah blah blah... All the stuff that no one wants, the garbage drops. Deconstruct the gear you get from Maw for a Maw Key/Gem. Collect lets say 100 Keys/Gems, you can open up a chest specific to the set you're looking for at a chance at the piece you want. Trait could be random still. You could redeem these in the dungeon or at a main town bank overland sets for that zone. Theses keys could be like Trait or Style Gems and bankable or items that go into your craft bag. Key/Gem drop from decon could be based off of crafting passives. The drop rate on decon could be random, maybe you only get 1, maybe you get 7.

Example: Farming City of Ash I for Burning Spellweave. You get 8 drop pieces from 1 run. Deconstruct all of those, and your RNG on decon is meh, so you average 4 per piece. That's 32 Keys/Gems. Farm CoA1 2 more times and you should be able to get 100 total Keys/Gems and able to buy a Burning Spellweave coffer. (Item, trait and quality are random, but you're getting a chance at a set piece you after.)

Or have different quality coffer with different values. (Trying to be realistic with the numbers too)
25 Keys/Gems - Green Quality
50 Keys/Gems - Blue Quality
100 Keys/Gems - Purple Quality
500 Keys/Gems - Gold Quality (Even Jewelry)

This would make the grind of farming a little better knowing that your working towards a set piece drop one way or the other. It makes for better piece of mind.