Quote Originally Posted by Verlyn View Post
Deculture. Justice and Valor were introduced in Cataclysm to replace the raid emblem/token system of Lich King.
If the token system FFXIV wants for Heavensward is by loot type, I dare say that's an even worse idea. They'll have to introduce a new set of tokens the next tier to invalidate the existing so people can't stockpile, which just means even more currencies per raid tier sitting around being useless.
Perhaps we're talking about different things? I last played WoW around 6 months ago and there were still raid tokens alongside justice and valor points and from what I hear, they're still around in WoD (for example, Vanquisher token = Rogue, Death Knight, Mage, Druid). Maybe Valor has changed but it was always used as a currency to assist raiders with bad loot luck to fill in slots, which is somewhat similar to how poetics currently work in FFXIV. The main difference is Valor gear almost never was apart of anyone's BiS list when compared to heroic raid gear while poetic gear in FFXIV shows up very frequently in many job's BiS.

And yeah, every tier would indeed need its own set of tokens, which really didn't seem like a big deal at all in WoW.