I do like the idea of enhancing the commendation system in some way, but there is definitely a need to make sure that any changes don't make the system more cumbersome. Personally I do think it would be nice be able to give some sort of reasoning for giving/receiving a commendation. Something that gives an option to not only say "Good job tanking/healing" but maybe "Very helpful" or "Fun to run with" or something. This alone could start to open commendations up for more than just defaulting to the tank/healer and could potentially encourage a little more interaction and helpfulness instead of just the current 1 pull sprint to the end runs. And, of course, there needs to be an option to "no vote" if you don't feel a commendation is worthy for any of your fellow players. I'm just not sure how to do that in a way that doesn't make the process something people will complain about given that some/many already just choose to ignore commendations altogether.

Oh, and some sort of bonus for giving commendations in the first place, even just a handful of current level tomestones would be nice, especially for the weekly challenge log for level capped jobs.