Instead of using slightly different loot table syntaxes for vanilla loot tables and custom loot tables (why does it do this, anyway?), forge should allow you to use the vanilla syntax for both.

The only 'slightly different' part of the syntax is that we require you to name things.

This is compatible with vanilla loaders, but also uses provides the necessary information for code to interact with the tables.

Think of it, like many other things we do in Forge, Vanilla+