Commendation Idea

[Squintina]

I have an idea for commendations. However, even I see potential for abuse so it's not flawless. I would love input from players on how to improve this suggestion!

:: Commendation
Commendations are fairly pointless right now. They're nice to get but it's just for pride really. Furthermore we have problems with not even people doing low level roulette, especially tanks and healers. It's also pretty well known (from what I gather) that most commendations go to tanks and healers. So why not use that as a wait to entice more people.

So my suggestion is that commendations from DF instances give us commendation points, which are a form of currency that can be traded in for a variety of things.
(or seals, if they add better stuff to the GC shops, or some other existing currency. The idea is mostly about getting rewarded from receiving commendations more than it is about how that reward is given out)

It's better than gil rewards as gil is only as relevant as a server's market and is thus harder to regulate on the fairness of the reward. A fixed currency prize would be easier for SE to reassess the rewards obtainable to ensure fairness.

Let's discuss!
(and yes, it's ok if you think this idea is crap )

Another neat idea:

If, perhaps, they instead applied the New Player bonus to the Roulette tomestone/GC seals bonus, they'd probably get more bites..

And another

I fail to see how making commendations more rewarding will motivate people to comm others. It would only motivate them to ASK for more comms, which is annoying already.

How about we reward players for GIVING commendations?

I don't particularly agree with this one, but that doesn't mean others won't and I know people don't always scroll down to read other suggestions