[Dev Request] Would it be possible to implement a token system for dungeon weapons?

[Callinon]

I actually just leveled my WAR from 50 to 60, mostly in dungeons. Guess how many axes dropped in that time.

Zero.

None.

No axes.

I was using my 130 poetics weapon the entire time.

I don't think a token system makes a lot of sense just because of how fast you outgrow a particular dungeon, but can we drop more gear and fewer clear prisms?

[Nixxe]

I don't think a token system makes a lot of sense just because of how fast you outgrow a particular dungeon, but can we drop more gear and fewer clear prisms?

I think for leveling dungeons this might be a good idea. While the game needs to control how fast people can gear up, in leveling dungeons you don't really stop running them when you get gear so much as when you can move on to the next dungeon and/or no longer need experience. Because of this, it's not really a problem if people can gear up quickly in sub-cap dungeons and each boss doesn't need to drop a full set of gear, it probably wouldn't hurt to make sure each chest drops a piece, perhaps with some even guaranteed to drop weapons, the gear with the narrowest use.

[Shurrikhan]

I actually just leveled my WAR from 50 to 60, mostly in dungeons. Guess how many axes dropped in that time.

Zero.

None.

No axes.

I was using my 130 poetics weapon the entire time.

I don't think a token system makes a lot of sense just because of how fast you outgrow a particular dungeon, but can we drop more gear and fewer clear prisms?

While leveling dungeons might then unintentionally further outpace crafting and FATEs (for the few levels GC gear is relevant, ha), I can't say that'd be a bad direction to go in.
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@OP:
Alternatively though, why use a token/totem system? Why not just have tomes that are leveling-relevant, each dungeon giving and its gear costing more than the next, purchased from some scavenger outside the dungeon entrance, to whom you can also cash in dungeon gear that one of your classes can equip for extra tomes (roughly half its price)? Or, give some overlap to the dungeon "currency" dropped, such as the garlean coins before (but for which cashing for regular gil would only be a last resort now).

[Rydux]

@OP:
Alternatively though, why use a token/totem system? Why not just have tomes that are leveling-relevant, each dungeon giving and its gear costing more than the next, purchased from some scavenger outside the dungeon entrance, to whom you can also cash in dungeon gear that one of your classes can equip for extra tomes (roughly half its price)? Or, give some overlap to the dungeon "currency" dropped, such as the garlean coins before (but for which cashing for regular gil would only be a last resort now).

The reason I brought up a token/totem system is that having each dungeon a unique token/totem would give the players more reason to return to that specific dungeon, rather than relying on something more universal like tomes, so that there'd be a healthy supply of players assisting those needing to level in that same instance. So that even if a player had outleveled the dungeon they'd have some motivation to return and run it again to grab the token if they still desired to obtain the weapon that they were unable to get during leveling. Essentially, it's to make the weapons more readily available to obtain, but not so much that it kills the flow of outleveled players running that dungeon for the gear.

[Watachy]

The reason I brought up a token/totem system is that having each dungeon a unique token/totem

Make your token a quest object and not added to my inventory and im all in !

[Shurrikhan]

The reason I brought up a token/totem system is that having each dungeon a unique token/totem would give the players more reason to return to that specific dungeon, rather than relying on something more universal like tomes, so that there'd be a healthy supply of players assisting those needing to level in that same instance. So that even if a player had outleveled the dungeon they'd have some motivation to return and run it again to grab the token if they still desired to obtain the weapon that they were unable to get during leveling. Essentially, it's to make the weapons more readily available to obtain, but not so much that it kills the flow of outleveled players running that dungeon for the gear.

I guess that's where we don't quite see eye to eye. I don't think players should typically have to run outleveled dungeons for their gear, let alone go another 3 times just to be able to pull a single item out of the grind while their friend has already gotten 4 pieces. The totem/token system is last resort mitigation for RNG. That may vary with cost, from the 99 totems for a (~.7% DR) bird to 10 for a (7.7% DR) weapon, but it's only ever aided the bare minimum as a pity prize. If something's to be created to aid leveling gear consistency, it should aim to do so intuitively and with appreciable steps within the leveling rate.