Idea: Commendation Coins

[Fyrebrand]

This is a great idea, but what about the poor DPS? I'm half-kidding, half not.

Perhaps it would change the way people com each other. If not, they could always weigh the number of coins you get based on your class. 1 com doesn't have to equal 1 coin.

This is a toughie, to be sure. I know DPS tend to (somewhat unfairly) get less commendations, but if you implement a system where DPS get more rewards for doing the same thing I fear it could provoke backlash. Some people might refuse to comm DPS out of spite, or simply adopt the impression that DPS don't need to be commended as often because of it.

I think it would be cool if I could possibly think for two seconds about who deserves it, then hand it out regardless of whether the person exited the instance or not.

I'm with you! It sucks when you want to commend a specific person, only to find they've left the group. Obviously the game still knows who you were grouped with, and the party chat logs are still there -- I don't see why they can't just keep the full party list available in the commendations window.

The more reasons you create for players to get commendations, the more they award them for the wrong reasons

I think people should grant commendations for whatever reason they want to. Whether the player performed exceptionally, or was helpful in explaining mechanics, or was just fun and pleasant to have around, or they were a newbie who was honestly trying to learn and had a good attitude, it's not that important. We're not voting for the next world leader here, it's essentially just giving somebody a cookie. In fact, forget the whole idea of Commendation Coins, from now on it's Commendation Cookies!

Remove commendations from the mentor system requirements and I wouldn't object to turning commendations into a currency.

I mean, I've never engaged with the Novice Network or Mentors, and every anecdote I've heard about it has been negative or toxic in some way. Do we really need this system at all? I think people are perfectly capable of figuring things out, using Google, or just asking around in game. We have plenty of friendly players who are willing to help out newbies, and I'd wager most of them aren't even Mentors or seek to become one.

it would also be a system subject to abuse. Get your friends coordinated to solo queue for the same duty at the same time so you could "win-trade" commendations with each other, as an example. Right now, there's no reason to do it unless you're trying to help a friend to get the last few commendations they need for their BK crown. Add more rewards to the system, and it will happen frequently.

Does this really work reliably? I feel like you can easily just not wind up in the same instance as your friends, and even if you do, now you're running some dungeon that at least some of you really don't need and wasting a lot of time. If this became a widely-used exploit, how about if you can't give a commendation to anybody on your Friends list or who is in your FC?