Commendation Rewards

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Originally Posted by Odett

This hasn't been the case in my own experience.

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One of the dps in my static says he started receiving more once he got his T5 weapon so gear probably factors. I main healer but mostly run dungeons as tank (which I'm still getting comfortable with) and get more when I heal. I'm just going by my own personal experience though. I either tank or heal so I'm biased. When I get a decked out dps fighting me for aggro I'm pretty happy because the dungeon goes so much faster.

I thought SE decided not to buff BLM. I can't remember where I read that so I could be wrong.

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Originally Posted by PetiteMalFleur

One of the dps in my static says he started receiving more once he got his T5 weapon so gear probably factors. I main healer but mostly run dungeons as tank (which I'm still getting comfortable with) and get more when I heal. I'm just going by my own personal experience though. I either tank or heal so I'm biased. When I get a decked out dps fighting me for aggro I'm pretty happy because the dungeon goes so much faster.

I thought SE decided not to buff BLM. I can't remember where I read that so I could be wrong.

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If a healer is DPSing and cleric dancing, I'll always commend them because that should always be appreciated and encouraged. Tanks are last in my commendation priority when they don't use cooldowns because it's just lazy and makes healers have to work harder. Maybe more people think like this and that's probably why healers get the most commendations. And yeah, likewise, having DPS fight for agro when I tank really removes the dullness, but many tanks get pretty mad when that happens. If you have good gear and you're not able to get back agro, it's really your fault. I'm not going to baby a tank when they don't use their skills.

I haven't been caught up in the BLM buff decision so idk about that, but honestly, people that complain about BLM mobility and damage loss just need to learn how to play the job better.

Cheating = Playing Tank or Healer....

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Originally Posted by Purrfectstorm

I got mine legit. I tank and play a lot. That's all there is to it. Playing PvP is a pretty fast way to get commendations too by the way. Plus, now that parties can give out commendations to other players, if you're 1 person queuing into a group of 3 or 7 preformed (more likely to happen if you're a tank) then you're the only one they CAN commend, so it's like SCORE! But I had 600 or so commendations before the last patch so I never got that benefit. It should be even easier now and challenge log rewards people giving out commendations so...

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I got 7 commendations once in CT as the odd man out with a 7 member FC group, that was pretty sweet.

LOL at the accusations of "cheating" or "whoring" commendations by spamming guildhests and being friendly/good. That's exactly how you're supposed to get them.

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Originally Posted by Odett

This hasn't been the case in my own experience. My average number of commends is 2 on BLM (my main), and 1 on PLD (although that could say a lot about my tanking). Snip...

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Where are you getting all these commendations as a BLM? Brayflox speed runs would make sense but i don't see it else where. It irritates the hell out of me as a DRG when i do a trial roulette or something and I carry the dps for the whole party while the others are dying or doing terrible dps and i get to the end feeling good expecting 2 or 3 commendations only to get out and get 0. People just don't give them to dps no matter how deserving. I run DF content on a near daily basis as DRG since commendations were implemented and only have about 160.

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

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IDK what to tell you, I just get a lot. I also offer myself to mark doors in Amdapor, so I can always count on at least one commendation from there. For trials I go PLD because the queue is faster and it's only one fight so it doesn't feel like a chore. You'll get less commendations from that as DPS because it's usually harder to distinguish yourself there, but in a 4 person group, where you're always either about to take agro or have agro on you, I can usually count on 2, at least 1, and maybe 3 if the tank doesn't hate me after the run. You'll always get the groups where you feel like you did a lot but get nothing, but that doesn't happen many times to me.

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Originally Posted by VesperValveto

You may have been running with 3 people who were in a grp and could only give it to you. I know I've done that running with friends before.

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Way to take the wind out of my sails...lol

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

...... People just don't give them to dps no matter how deserving. I run DF content on a near daily basis as DRG since commendations were implemented and only have about 160.

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I get em as BLM on a lot of dungeons when they see me infinite flare, since even if other dps is bad, tank can still pull more than one group and know they'll go down fast. I get em on melee too. When I drg and do proper aoe on pulls and single target dmg on boss. I've gotten all the commendations as Monk multiple times. Especially when I do big aoe dmg on a big pull(yes..as a mnk lol). I think seeing a monk do good AoE is so rare in DF that many be like o_O when they see it. Plus being mnk i just melt the boss' hp so that speeds things up as well. I get about equal amount between going as tank/healer/dps now. Somewhere around 600-650 commendations i believe.

Frankly I give the commendation to the tank by default. Someone else has to be really friendly or do something really spectacular to take my commendation away from the tank. I'm just grateful that anyone's willing to take on that responsibility.

Queue as bard, play Swiftsong and Foe Req when applicable. Instant commendations.

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Originally Posted by Tule

I have nearly 700. Never cheated. Role a healer and don't be awful.

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727 here, ost of them as DPS, did legit also. Took a few months. But I rarely go into dungeons with a negative attitude and try to motivate people who make mistakes, or joke about it. Also offer advice to new players.

As I've been where they were.

I've ended up tanking dungeons upto Haukke manor as MNK due to tank bailing XD

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Originally Posted by Sapphic

727 here, ost of them as DPS, did legit also. Took a few months. But I rarely go into dungeons with a negative attitude and try to motivate people who make mistakes, or joke about it. Also offer advice to new players.

As I've been where they were.

I've ended up tanking dungeons upto Haukke manor as MNK due to tank bailing XD

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Offering advice to players is a high risk high gain move. You'll either be thanked and possibly given a commendation, or the word "elitist" will be thrown around.

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Originally Posted by Black91CRX

Way to take the wind out of my sails...lol

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My apologies <3

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Originally Posted by Eggnook24

Cheating = Playing Tank or Healer....

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If only the real cheaters out there could take this as another shortcut, our shortage of Tanks and healers would be resolved!

*Now please Forum, give that commendation to Fizzle, thank you.

I'm near 1k now, all legit. Most of them from Tank and healer jobs, but happened sometime 3 commends even as dps in light party duty.

Tank and healer isn't free commends anyway, it happened bad duties and got 0 comm as reward.

Never begging for them, I will never commend someone who asks for. The only method I know for "fast" commends farming, is playing guildhests roulette.

Most of my commendations are from Pharos Sirius; being a SCH as well as explaining the boss fight mechanics. I once got 7 commendations on Titan HM (roulette) as a BLM, though I suspect I was thrown into a pre-made party.

I'm one of those weird players who really likes Pharos Sirius, especially before the nerf. I cared not about the loot, I just liked the challenge.

Edit: Any time I see someone with the "Heart of the Party" set as their main title, I judge them and their actions heavily.

I have 481,374,823,732,727,253 Commendations.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oucn9xv7ea...d-or-Loved.jpg

I demand that SE offer me a billion dollars and 3 private islands.

Or I could just be good to people for the sake of just being good to people.

Looking at the achievements for FATE grinding, I assume IF they were to add more it would be for 1000, and then 3000 commendations, so I'm not particularly hoping for new ones any time soon. I'm almost up to 900 on my tank now. I did a ton of Guildhest roulette over a few days of casual grinding for commendations. I never used any sort of begging for commendations macro, nor queued with anyone I knew trying for free ones. The remaining 400 were just 2 or 3 here & there through various instances over the last few months.

My current commendations tend to go to melee classes as long as they do their job right. Tanks & Healers get plenty just for existing.

I remember I was doing Garuda Hm as a dragoon and when the 1st feathers spawn. I got my heavy trust buff up, blood for blood and the Cd that crits on the next hit. The feathersgot destroyed lol. It crits for about 950 and a lot people liked that. Got 4 because of that.

By the time you've gotten 500 commendations, you've probably gotten into the habit of being kind and courteous in instances (or at least gotten into the habit of NOT being a total asshat). Certainly there will be exceptions, but by and large I'd guess the player is rare who, after dinging that 500th commendation, sez to themself, "Well, dang, no more rewards to get - time to unleash my inner troll lolololololol!"

I wouldn't turn up my nose at further commendation rewards, but I don't really see any need for them.

I just wish the virulent climate of MMOs didn't exist to the point of requiring a commendation system and rewards to match. I always try to be courteous whenever I run stuff, and even though I play a tank, I never really care about getting commendations. I play a tank because:


1. It's a fast queue for almost everything (Labyrinth and Crystal Tower notwithstanding)
2. I've more or less gotten the hang of how tanking works
3. My presence as a tank reduces wait times on everyone else's duty finder.
4. I can use my tankishness to lead the party where it needs to go.
5. I can stop the party when a player needs to go AFK for a small break.
6. I can stop the party right in front of a boss door or before a group of mobs to explain strategy to rookies.
7. I can ensure that folks who are being dickish in a run don't stay in the run for very long.
8. With most players' attentions focused on me and my performance, I can shout out to other players who do really good work.
9. Because I'm the tank, I won't autopilot-commend the tank because I can't.
10. I can make the entire run much more enjoyable for everyone else where another tank might make the run unenjoyable and, therefore, could just cause an entire run to get completely ruined.

There are a lot of benefits to tanking for me. It's almost as if I'm not only controlling enmity from the enemies, but also the attitude of the players. And if I can spin that attitude to be positive, then everyone benefits!