So I just want to figure something out that you are saying here.
You got 2 fully crafted raid pieces of of 8 raids being in bottom 10 of a t7 raid and are saying it's worse loot? I was top 5 of 20 t6 raids before we started T7s, and I only ever saw 2 fully crafted pieces, total, for any members, from those t6s, and they weren't even for the top 10 there. In T7s, I see at least 3-4 random people getting fully crafted raid pieces every single raid, mostly the lower end finishers as well.
Let's talk about this...
8 t6 raids, would give you 160 salvage and 160 purple gear as you say...
In your 8 t7 raids you got 2 fully crafted pieces, those are worth 100 raid salvage and 100+ purple items each. Oh, and you probably still got the 15 purple items. Then you got 6x 15 raid salvage and purples from the other raids... So that's 90 of each... So in 8 t7 raids you got 190 worth of raid salvage and 220 worth of purple items...
So..
T6 = 160
T7 = 190/220
Hmm...
Now, yes, you will get more credits and guild currency at the top of a t6 rather than the bottom of a t7, but for gear, it is better to be in a t7.
Not to mention that gear is going to make you rise in ranks faster than anything else, and then you'll be getting better rewards then t6 could ever even think of.?
Personally I'd rather be in the T7 situation you had, but that's me, and to each his own.