Player Commendation meaning?

So, I was doing The Navel trial as a dragoon. During the first aoe attack, I fell off the cliff. So, I spent about 80% of the trial dead. I still got 2 player commendations though.

How should I take these commendations?

1. sarcastic "good job"
2. "poor noob, this will make you feel better"
3. "That fall was amazing!!"
4. other

They mean absolutely nothing.

For all we know, you could simply be the last player they can recommend and they need 5 of these for weekly challenge log.

Maybe your fall just reminded them of their early days fighting Titan and they want to encourage you.

As a DPS, take these rare commendations and go. It is a long journey to the white chocobo.

I usually default to commendate DPS since I play DPS and I know most commendations are either going to tank or healer. I'll usually commendate the sprout DPS if there is one first as well, no matter how they played.

Sometimes I comm people who fall to boost their spirits.

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Originally Posted by CryBloodwing

So, I was doing The Navel trial as a dragoon. During the first aoe attack, I fell off the cliff. So, I spent about 80% of the trial dead. I still got 2 player commendations though.

How should I take these commendations?

1. sarcastic "good job"
2. "poor noob, this will make you feel better"
3. "That fall was amazing!!"
4. other

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I guess i'm not the only one who coms landslide victims lol. It's more then likely number 1, sarcastic "good job".

You probably shouldn't try to put meaning behind our at all.

...hell sometimes i comm whoever is closest to my mouse cursor <.< I do comm though, pisses me off when ppl don't comm XD We want them mounts! :P

They probably had a laugh because most of us go through the same thing our first run of it.

lol yeah the first time titan lands a landslide on you and you are like....."so....I am at the bottom of this ditch huh?" XD Looks pretty down there XD

I routinely com new players just for being new or players who screw up, especially if they're obviously very apologetic and embarrassed about it, as a way of saying no hard feelings. I do also com people who just quietly do an excellent job and I have no problems not comming anyone (though I do try to find a reason to com someone), but basically there are a lot of reasons I'll com someone. I'd never com someone sarcastically though, as if I'm actually annoyed with them I'd rather not reward them in even the most trivial way by giving them a com.

i comm for glams

It can really mean anything.

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Originally Posted by Big_Panda

It is a long journey to the white chocobo.

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The Parade Chocobo is not white, it's just a regular fat chocobo with the little pope hat and a special rug or whatever on its back, nothing too special. The white fat chocobo is the Original Fat Chocobo mount (it's just a palette swapped Parade Chocobo) that was from various irl things depending on where you lived at the time of its distribution.

Other possible reasons:

They thought you looked cool.
The other members joined in a party and could not commend one another anyway, so they had no choice other than to pick you or not bother commending anyone at all.

I wouldn't worry about it. I sometimes commend people who make a mistake too, not to be sarcastic but just to show them I acknowledge their efforts. Everyone falls off against Titan at least once in their life.

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Originally Posted by Serilda

Everyone falls off against Titan at least once in their life.

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OMG this!!! For the longest time i didnt understand how people could stay ON the platform against that lumpy jerk. I had a 3-4 month stretch where everytime i got the fight in a roulette, i would eat a landslide at some point and watch the rest of the fight. And on most of those, i would swear on my life that i moved out of the way in time and was tossed by server lag. Hell, even the first time i got the story mode fight the group i went with wiped several times before quitting. I went to bed that night thinking the fight was impossible. Got a better group the next day and passed(dont remember if i stayed on or passed on the floor that first time - i know my first ex titan was a pass from the floor scenario). These days i mostly dont have trouble with it(ive changed my behavior a little), but he still gets me from time to time.

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Originally Posted by CryBloodwing

So, I was doing The Navel trial as a dragoon. During the first aoe attack, I fell off the cliff. So, I spent about 80% of the trial dead. I still got 2 player commendations though.

How should I take these commendations?

1. sarcastic "good job"
2. "poor noob, this will make you feel better"
3. "That fall was amazing!!"
4. other

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If you fell off the cliff as a drg, you learned your job very well and reached all expectations. I would have given you the commendation as well.

While I do generally commend people for playing their job well there are certain exceptions.
I might give the comm to new players, cause it's hard to get a lot of comms these days, when most people just sprint through duties and run out without giving comms.
If I had a nice talk to someone during the run, I give them my comm.
Depending on my mood, I might throw comms out for funny ways to die, making them feel better about a mistake they made, encouraging them, or because I like their glamour.

Long story short, there's a bunch of reasons people give commendations and you shouldn't interpret too much into it. Be happy you got one :)

The first time I played HM in that dungeon, I fell off twice. (We ended up wiping twice because everyone except the healer got knocked off), still ended up with a few comms. But it depends on the person that gives them for the meaning. It's best not to think about it. I've gotten comm for doing really horrible, yet none when I felt I have done especially good. :P