ffxiv has been doing valor points and justice points functionally since A Realm Reborn. Dawntrail is its xpac number 5, they're still doing it. There's an easier to get uncapped currency (functionally justice points) and a harder to get weekly capped currency (functionally valor points). They have done this every single expansion.
Whether its points or badges (badges would work better in classic, reals are functionally badges), getting a few little tchatchkis from doing dungeons just to grease the wheels with an extra piece of bad-luck safe loot every now and then, and a few slightly shinier tchatchkis from doing raids and hardmodes to get an extra piece of slightly spicier bad-luck safe loot is a good idea.
The thing which it transformed into in retail; the great vault, is a an unholy hamster wheel beast. We shall not speak of it.
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u/Common_Advantage2366 Jan 03 '25
Probably won’t be a popular take but if there’s ever a classic + I would love a system similar to the reals in sod/dinars from retail.
Each boss dropping some kind of currency you can use to get gear/consumes/world buff consumables so you don’t just not get anything some runs.
Dinars from retail let you buy a specific piece of raid gear, but you only got 3 per tier so you can’t just buy full bis.
That or just increasing the amount of drops for a 40 main raid would help too.