Commendations, do you get more as your main or off class?

Just wondering what people run that they feel gives them the most commendations, is it your main class or an off class? I run new content as BRD but after that I go back to my old healing ways as either AST (my favorite healer) and SCH that I've grown to enjoy in SB even if I still hate the fairy. Oddly enough, I feel I get more commends as a SCH than the other two classes. Don't know if people just want to commend a SCH or if I'm unknowingly better at the class than I think I am.

Healers and tanks certainly get more.

I can play my SCH, AST, or WAR horribly bad, lose threat, cause a wipe, and still walk out with 2+ comms. I get Sohm Al Normal (53 dungeon) on RDM and the healer and other dps die, and I make myself juggle vercure's and dps to keep myself and the tank alive for the final phase? No chat praise, only 1 comm.

Ya, sorry. I'll let us die next time. I'm positive it was the warrior who gave me the 1, the healer and dps probably thought the tank solo'd it forgetting I had vercure (Reminder, synced to 54, no verraise.)

I get about the same no matter what Class I play, if your helpful show competence when playing your job ( use CD , help healers when tank loses enmity, give tips, ect ) you would be surprise. how many you get. Same goes when giving them, unless they actually stand out I don't give commendations.

I've gotten a notable upsurge of comms since I started leveling WHM as opposed to when I play my usual DPS classes

I think it's about equal based on playtime per role. Majority of my time pre-Stormblood was on Dragoon. I have 2,753 total commendations. Pretty sure that I had over 1k before HW, and I had only leveled DRG and BRD at that point, everything else I leveled up throughout HW...so going to say almost an equal percentage. It all depends on how others view you, and what you can do/bring to the party.

I tank my roulettes and I tend to get more comms as a tank or healer and neither are my main role. This is all due to the stereotypes that tank and healers just do more in dungeons compared to dps even though every role shares equal amount of responsibilities in this game.

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Originally Posted by ManuelBravo

I get about the same no matter what Class I play, if your helpful show competence when playing your job ( use CD , help healers when tank loses enmity, give tips, ect ) you would be surprise. how many you get. Same goes when giving them, unless they actually stand out I don't give commendations.

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Aye, being overall helpful certainly will land you more commends than simply going through the instance. Personally I need no more, I'm over my 3K and have my fat crown wearing chicken. I just find it funny that what was my least favorite healing class for ARR and HW is now landing me the most commends. Outside of tanking cause that blue icon is a magnet for commends.

Been running sigmascape today cause weekly reset and been running it as SCH cause it's the newest one to get its relic and have yet to get less than 2 commends. I'd put down money that if I went in as AST I wouldn't be getting the same amount despite the fact that I do DPS and heal. As healers in this game (sadly) should but that's a WHOLE other can of worms.

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Originally Posted by Jade3173

Aye, being overall helpful certainly will land you more commends than simply going through the instance. Personally I need no more, I'm over my 3K and have my fat crown wearing chicken. I just find it funny that what was my least favorite healing class for ARR and HW is now landing me the most commends. Outside of tanking cause that blue icon is a magnet for commends.

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So true, I'm 4.7k at moment in Commendations, however at the end of the day I don't really expect them, they just give them to me -.-;

I run content as healer and as tank. It isn't even which role I 'feel' I get more comms with; it is without any doubt whatsoever that I get more comms when I run stuff as healer. Does this mean I am a better healer than a tank? Whether I am or not, coming to this conclusion is inductive reasoning, and flawed logic.

You have to keep in mind that a commendation given to you might not be because of your performance. This person could simply like your name, your glams, that you explained mechanics for someone, or just randomly gave it before making an exit.

However, I cannot say with any certainty which healer parties favor more. Generally speaking, if you're keeping everyone up and also tossing out some offense, you will usually walk away from an instance with at least 1-2 comms, regardless of which healer you're using.

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Originally Posted by Gemina

I run content as healer and as tank. It isn't even which role I 'feel' I get more comms with; it is without any doubt whatsoever that I get more comms when I run stuff as healer. Does this mean I am a better healer than a tank? Whether I am or not, coming to this conclusion is inductive reasoning, and flawed logic.

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Feel like you're taking me more seriously than I intended to come across as. I think I'm an above average healer though probably really rusty on WHM since I haven't touched it since getting it to 70. Said it a few times that I simply find it funny that I tend to come out of an instance with commends more often as a SCH than as my AST

I've noticed basically any time I do stuff to help the healer or tank (i.e. Mana Shift, using Feint on a big damage ability) so far I'm generally guaranteed at least one commend.

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Originally Posted by Jade3173

Feel like you're taking me more seriously than I intended to come across as. I think I'm an above average healer though probably really rusty on WHM since I haven't touched it since getting it to 70. Said it a few times that I simply find it funny that I tend to come out of an instance with commends more often as a SCH than as my AST

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Gotcha! All I am trying to get across is that the increase in comms might not necessarily be because you're running as SCH.

For me personally, I couldn't say which of my healers has received more comms. I don't even know how many total comms I have because it just isn't something I keep track of, so I am probably not the best person to respond to your question anyway. However, even though I don't keep track of the total number, I still love getting them. I always get a little irked when I know I kicked butt, and get nothing lol.

I get more comms on BLM, which is my main class, than my others simply for the fact that I don't play much else unless I'm leveling other jobs. And I swear...I must be getting pity comms as a bard and ninja (more so on bard), because I am a TERRIBLE bard. Sadly, I'm only getting it to 70 for the sake of getting it to 70 and then I'm dropping bard like a hot Lalafell in a pot of boiling water.

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Originally Posted by Sigma-Astra

I get more comms on BLM, which is my main class, than my others simply for the fact that I don't play much else unless I'm leveling other jobs. And I swear...I must be getting pity comms as a bard and ninja (more so on bard), because I am a TERRIBLE bard. Sadly, I'm only getting it to 70 for the sake of getting it to 70 and then I'm dropping bard like a hot Lalafell in a pot of boiling water.

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I've given pitty comms :p

Can't help it, but it is always to a player who I know is trying, having DC issues, etc.

I wouldn't know if a DPS is messing up their rotation even if it slapped me in the face. I only know that things die fast, or things die slow.

I get the most as a healer, which is my main. After that, it's probably RDM, because I'm liberal with stuff like raise and mana shift. I get the least on tanks I find, but I also don't think I'm particularly good at tanking. (I can hold stuff and use cooldowns, but the DPS end of it isn't my thing.)

I only play as tank really and almost never get comms for reasons that I have a pretty good guess why. I've asked parties to rate me/tell me what I need to improve at, and so far every group I've asked has told me I "did good" and "they didn't see any areas I could do better at", and on two cases have even had the healer tell me I was one of the best tanks they've ever had to heal for, so I do think I'm not half bad at tanking. So why do I rarely get any comms? Simple: "The tank gets tons of comms, being a tank and all, and the other members are going to comm them for this run too, so I'm going to give mine to the healer/DPS" thinks all party members at once believing their the only one doing it. And in the end, the tank leaves with none. Or at least I hope that's how it is and people aren't just lying to me.

I honestly haven't ran much of anything since 4.0 started cause my will to tank things is mostly burned out after 5 years of doing nothing but it. I need a vacation. /sigh

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Originally Posted by AdventZero

I honestly haven't ran much of anything since 4.0 started cause my will to tank things is mostly burned out after 5 years of doing nothing but it. I need a vacation. /sigh

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burn out is real, first thing I did when I figured out that I was experiencing that was shifted roles to Bard rather than doing healing for a whole other expansion. It worked for awhile till I just got fully burnt out and had to take a few months break. After coming back I noticed that while I still love my Bard, I do tend to queue as healers more often. Noticed that your listed class for the forum is PLD, if that's what you're running mostly, have you used the others recently to get a semi-different taste of tanking? Personally didn't like the more spellcasting they added to PLD so I've swapped to DRK for my tank class

I get more on my alt job(s). My main is a dps, so go figure. XD

Definately as my off class. I started on MCH, but find I get way more comms when I play SCH .. unless people are in a group and I'm on whatever class at the time.

I mean, it honestly surprises me when I get a comm playing DPS. Even when I'm really bad. I did finally get the 500 comm golden magitek armour mount not too long ago, so it's possible!

I've swapped my main around with each expansion, but I definitely get more comms on Healer or Tank than DPS.

I get them when i tank mostly, although i did get 3 of them in a dungeon last night with BLM. first time ever that happened as DPS

I tend to get pretty even spread for all the jobs main, White mage, Warrior, and Monk. But it also depends on what I do sometimes.
Like today I got Bismark hard, from a mentor roulette, and one of the tanks ran off the edge on accident. I took the second dragon, monk tank for the win.

As a dps, I get commendations when i'm paired with good players.
As a healer/tank, it is common to get them.

As a tank, i get almost none (yeah, why do i even still try to hold aggro and pull mobs away from healer then?). As DPS, focus on RDM, I tend to get some if I can toss in those life-saving Vercures or sometimes VerRaises if someone messed up his mechanics. Other than that, I'm probably viewed as a horrible player in general who does all his jobs wrong. Like emergency medic as RDM. Holding aggro as tank and switch to DPS stance for boss add kills only. yes. i must be a very unhelpful person. :(

I get a shit ton of comms even when i play DPS.
These petty squabbles are beneath me.

Roe Master Race

Somewhere near the end of HW I started to get way more comms on dps than on healers (main) no matter how much I tried. It was hella disheartening sometimes.
These days I've actually started to enjoy playing dps classes, maybe because healing has gotten way less interesting for me so now Im over 3k comms and chill :D

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Originally Posted by Darric

As a tank, i get almost none (yeah, why do i even still try to hold aggro and pull mobs away from healer then?). As DPS, focus on RDM, I tend to get some if I can toss in those life-saving Vercures or sometimes VerRaises if someone messed up his mechanics. Other than that, I'm probably viewed as a horrible player in general who does all his jobs wrong. Like emergency medic as RDM. Holding aggro as tank and switch to DPS stance for boss add kills only. yes. i must be a very unhelpful person. :(

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I find for taking I get more in dungeons than I do in Trials or Omega (Normal). Curse that other blue icon stealing my easy commends

Lol I never get comms as a dps, cuz im such a bad dps, except with SMN! I kick butt on summoner, I love making mobs melt, but I notice I get tons of comms on my Healer mains. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I try to make a point of giving comms to DPS when I run things, especially if I see their doing a decent rotation or using AOE when need be.

Regardless of whether I play tank, healer, or DPS I never get comms. Might be because I never write anything in chat unless someone messes up real bad. Then all I put down is 'nice' which probably comes off as passive aggressive.

I tested this with a friend once.

When she wore ugly clothes but did top dps and mechanics almost never coms.
When she ran around with a slut plate like the summer faery event thingie, but failing at mechanics, dying a lot and just not DPS-ing well she would get the most coms.

They have no meaning what so ever and I honestly don't know why there's even a tread asking when you get them.

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Originally Posted by Fhaerron

They have no meaning what so ever and I honestly don't know why there's even a tread asking when you get them.

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It's here for fun, cause I was bored a bit running a few Omegas and noticed a big influx of commends so made a positive post of the forums so it's not all doom and gloom here. People also apparently like answering given the amount of responses.

I give comms out randomly at the end of whatever content I run. the only exception is if I say I will only give it to a DPS. I switched to WHM midway through Heavensward and can honestly say that playing as a healer gets me more comms than when I play as RDM, BRD, or WAR

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Originally Posted by Jade3173

It's here for fun, cause I was bored a bit running a few Omegas and noticed a big influx of commends so made a positive post of the forums so it's not all doom and gloom here. People also apparently like answering given the amount of responses.

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I actually find in Mentor Roulette I get more than anywhere else...and that's not always doing anything other than going through the run(many times not even talking). Though...there are times where I say one thing(exact quote from last night "...Easiest mentor rou ever!" due to getting Praetorium, 46min in progress, and when I load it they are already fighting last boss - 4 comms for just saying that), and get comms, but equally there are times I don't get anything.

I get more comms as a dps than a tank (main) or healer (old main)

And I will never understand why....

More on my WHM for sure. I almost always get at least 2 when running running things like Expert roulette.

I do appreciate the comms I get on my RDM more though. Someone took the time to notice that lowly little DPS and thought they deserved some credit!

I have noticed I tend to get more commends as Ranged DPS more than Melee though. Not sure why.

I always make sure to use my aggro tools properly (Shadewalker/Smoke Bomb), and TA when it's up to make sure stuff dies fast enough.

I just kinda show up as my MCH or Archer (haven't gotten BRD yet) and I just get thrown commends like roses to a bull fighter.

I get many comms as tank, healer, or DPS, but... Yeah, I feel like it's pretty random. Sometimes I'm doing an excellent job as a WAR and I get no comms, sometimes I just get sleepy and brainlag through most of the dungeon, and I get 3. Same as healer, and, for twelves' sakes, same as DPS. And it's frustrating to get more comms for being a sleepy BRD that just uses 4 skills (Note that I don't say BRD is a simple class, it's just that I am more "lazy" with it, since it's... probably my tenth favorite class, so yeah) than for being a NIN that does his very best.

I pretty much feel like comms are given at random. And that's pretty much how I give comms myself. If nobody really stands out by doing something great, or playing its job to the fullest, or simply being nice and chatty, I give comms to... the best glamour, or the job i'm leveling these days, or whatever. It's almost never tanks, though, since as a Main Tank myself, I'm very critic of them.

I get more as my main, though plenty as my off class.
Main is Tank, off is healer.

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Originally Posted by Jade3173

burn out is real, first thing I did when I figured out that I was experiencing that was shifted roles to Bard rather than doing healing for a whole other expansion. It worked for awhile till I just got fully burnt out and had to take a few months break. After coming back I noticed that while I still love my Bard, I do tend to queue as healers more often. Noticed that your listed class for the forum is PLD, if that's what you're running mostly, have you used the others recently to get a semi-different taste of tanking? Personally didn't like the more spellcasting they added to PLD so I've swapped to DRK for my tank class

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Yeah, switching to another class has helped a lot in keeping me interested in the game. Although the one I picked was RDM since I enjoy it's mostly random based on what does/doesn't proc and one's white/black magic levels play style. I'm not good at remembering or not messing up some complex jobs 20+ button rotations, so RDM fits me best. It's been nice to just follow someone for a change instead of being the trail blazer all the time. I plan to keep PLD as my main, since I enjoy it and tanking to much, but RDM will be a nice "taking a break" job to have on the side for those times I feel to tired and want to trade fast queues for laid back gameplay. And I just came back from a 2 month break to play MH:W, so that parts covered already. ^^;

My main SMN gets the most I always get between 2-3 comms when I run it most likely becuase the class itself is so aoe efficient that it can make a bad player seem amazing...not saying I'm a bad player lol but yea you get it.