Commend suck-ups?

I can just imagine them, choking and swallowing that ball of venom in hopes someone will give them that succulent piece of fruit dangling just out of reach :).

Its most likely turning into a tumor and slowly killing them.

i tend to commend healers mostly since alot of tanks i met arent real nice lol but there are some good polite tanks aswell xd but if majority of ppl have left b4 i get to commend stage i give to whoever is remainin xD gotten like 12-13 myself from the same way i guess xD

There are lots of legit nice people in this game, and even those who don't ham it up and just do a good job can get commendations from me; even dps! =P

Saying hello is not sucking up. Neither are explaining dungeon mechanics, congratulating other players on their level ups or achievements or being patient with people who make mistakes. Those things are just part of the way people should always act towards each other - a.k.a. civility.

Performing your role well is just one of the factors that can lead to getting a recommendation. I haven't changed my way of playing or treating others since 2.1, but I have noticed a marked improvement in the attitudes of people in the DF. And it's all for the better.

Except when someone begs for a recommendation before the dungeon/heist has even begun. That's just cheap.

We had a BRD drop group after the second boss (because he couldn't avoid the aoe's) in Dzemael Darkhold. I was leveling up my DRG at the time and we had a whm and war that was left in the party. I believe the tank was fairly new to the dungeon so I was explaining the encounters. So the 3 of us ran the rest of the instance ourselves.

Got to the last boss and we down him in one shot and the other 2 both gave me their comms.

I don't always give my comms to the tank (if I'm on my drg) it usually goes to who ever was the friendliest and communicated the best. I've been in runs where only 1 person has said anything while the others were silent for the whole run, that single person that spoke (if it was not mean) usually got my comm.

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Originally Posted by Little_Ifrit

Id rather players to be fake nice than twats

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I agree,
While it is sad that people need to be gifted into acting civil, it is many many times better than dealing with people who are essentially abusive just for the heck of it. I have no problem with people asking for commendations but no matter how much I am asked, I will only reward people according to the intended design of the commendation system.

I have yet to come across a commendation begger.
My personally policy, no matter how good they were in the run, if a person begs for a commendation, they're not getting it.

It is sad that people have to have an incentive to be nice, I have not changed my behavior in the game since 2.1, but yes, I would rather have someone act fake than be a dick.

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Originally Posted by GenericNameHere

I find it amusing I went into a dungeon and the group all left so quick I couldn't even give any commendations out.

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Yes....by the time I can click on the tab to give one half the party has exited. I always give someone one, because why not, it makes you feel good when you get commended!

I say hi and "thanks for the group" in every dungeon I do. I did this before the Commendation system was even conceptualized. Is it really that hard to force out a couple lines of text?

I've only seen a few instances where people purposely pointed out to use the Commendation system. I don't see people sucking up for them. In fact, most groups I'm in are pretty silent overall, just like they were before. I give Commendations based on people's general helpfulness and/or displaying a working knowledge of the class they're playing. Tanking and healing is more obvious in this respect, but sometimes you'll see a DPS that stands out. I'll vote for a DPS above all else if they're performing above satisfactorily as it's way easier to pick out a good tank or healer.

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

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Originally Posted by Grailer

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

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It is sounding more and more like most english speaking players just don't bother. However even if you don't get commendations if you are going to run CM i would suggest going as a tank since you can set the speed of the run yourself then. ^^

On a side note, when I run CM or the other main quest ID I usually get about 3 when I tank. But I play with other Japanese players and Japanese are generally more social in random groups than English players. I also happen to talk like a cat in Japanese and people usually say it is cute so that gets me a lot I would imagine. But I was doing that since the start of the game so. ^^

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Originally Posted by Grailer

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

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^Isn't that expected of you wearing ilvl90 gear? SSDD right?

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Originally Posted by Grailer

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

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So you're upset you did your job and they didn't put you up on a pedestal?
Lol.

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Originally Posted by Grailer

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

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So you were way overgeared for the instance, did your job and are upset because you didn't get commmendations for doing your job?

My Commendation method:
Terrible run? No commendations for you
No one stands out, and it's a smooth run? Tank/Healer (depending on which I'm playing)
No one stands out, and dps is really fast? Top DPS
Bad Tank and a DPS protects me? DPS
Crowd Control in weaker groups? BLM
Great Conversation? Whoever I enjoyed talking to most
Explains fight IF someone needs it? Helpful person (I've gotten a lot while leveling bard for this so I know others do it too)
New player that is willing to take advice and learn? All yours (I wish I finished the AK run with the fresh WHM that I had to coach to not use cure II all the time and not pre regen, and believe in their aoe heals, cause they actively appreciated all of the advice and followed through)


What I'd really like for them to do though, is allow those in groups to commend people not in their group, I ran WP on my tank with our FC's top dps blm and brd and the healer was fairly fresh (had obviously done WP before but they were only around 3k health) I asked if they would be comfortable with speed pulls (skill > gear) and they said they'd try. So I went through my normal speed run pulls and they really kept up, sure I had to burn some excess cooldowns, and our dps thought I was crazy but no wipes no deaths and it was a smooth fast run. I wanted to give them commendations SOOO bad. But alas I could not.

I commend anyone that stands out for me.
Sometimes it a BLM that LBs purrrfectly at the boss fights. Sometimes its the Tank, if i never get aggro. Sometimes other DPS if I see them doing some good moves

I did low level DR today and there was a (non-synched) Arcanist. I noticed (as I was Aero every enemy) that they all had Bio and Masima ticking (even if they were down the tank marked order). I dig that. I commended her - even tho the other DPS was good and the tank was rockin. It was just something I saw and thought - nice, you're working it good!

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Originally Posted by SirGazuntai

Tanks and Healers are most likely to get them unless a DPS manages to beat a boss when everyone else wiped, or a Bard prevents a wipe with a well timed LB.

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Of the commendations I've been given, I'd say a healthy 80% are as a DPS. Though in my case, I think my name had more to do with it than anything.