Protip: If you see an RDM in your group or raid throwing out spot heals, rezzing a healer and doing decent DPS all while doing the mechanics correctly, you need to give that RDM a commendation.
Sincerely,
Your friendly neighborhood Red Mage.
PS. This should be on the loading screens.
Show a good RDM some love!
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10-12-2019, 06:13 AMLiumShow a good RDM some love!
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10-12-2019, 06:18 AMVahlnir
I will give out commendations to those I think deserve them, RDM or no. If someone has to beg then they won't get one at all.
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10-12-2019, 06:22 AMHash_Browns
Alright gang, I'm about to pull of this Red Mage's mask to reveal a mentor without 1,500 comms.
Jokes aside:
No. You don't get a comm for doing what your class is suppose to do. (By that I mean Res, healing is a loss, honestly.) -
10-12-2019, 06:23 AMMPKBut that's against the ToSQuote:
Originally Posted by Lium
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10-12-2019, 06:24 AMVidu
...yeah, no one needs to give anyone a commendation and people who ask for them are the ones I wont give them to on principle, even if they played like young gods.
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10-12-2019, 06:25 AMLilseph"... And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Hash_Browns
I only commend someone when:
-I need to complete my weekly challenge log for extra XP.
-Impress me gameplay-wise.
-Is open to receive criticism. -
10-12-2019, 06:46 AMAwhaSo a a player needs to get a commendation for using their jobs full tool kit? As others have said no needs to praise for their efforts, in my opinion it cheapens the praise. In short if one has to reminds others of their actions maybe said actions were not praise worthy in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lium
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10-12-2019, 06:56 AMSaberMaxwell
I'd be more critical as I disagree to some degree, but there's a good heart behind this post. Make sure to spread that love to whoever you feel is doing particularly well within their job and / or role :)
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10-12-2019, 08:12 AMChie_M
When people ask for comms, they go on the no-comm list.
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10-12-2019, 09:13 AMLiumYeah, it was done in good fun. Lot's of peeps are touchy it seems. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by SaberMaxwell
And, by the way, this kind of goes to other RDMs I've grouped with who are just tunneling on the boss. You have limited heals and an instant rez. It's okay to use them! -
10-12-2019, 09:21 AMDeceptus
Beggars don't get comms.
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10-12-2019, 10:38 AMhynaku
Comms is just a waste. Most time ones leave instantly after duty is over and give none. If want a bunch be a healer they get more than tanks do.
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10-12-2019, 11:42 AMAllegor
I'd be ok with at least a thank you... /sad ronso
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10-12-2019, 12:10 PMNessaWyvern
I dunno, whenever someone asks for coms, it makes me not want to com them, so sorry RDM's (I am also a RDMer) , I probably won't be comming you this week.
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10-12-2019, 12:42 PMThmas
RDM main is already the funnest job, what you want comms too? í ½í¸
-fellow main RDM -
10-12-2019, 02:03 PMKleeya
Yes, dont give your commendation to this RDM who saved the run 3 times, did get almost all the run long out of mana with lucid dreaming and mana potion on cooldown to verraise everyone several times while still having twice your dps, he was just doing the bare minimum. Just give it to this tank because errrrr, i dunno, you see his name all the time in the mob target ath part, so he must be more important right ? And also because keeping aggro all the time is such a hard job with the new aggro system.
You wouldn't believe how i feel relieved to not be a RDM main anymore, and leting all the rez work to the other players. I get way more coms this way too XD -
10-12-2019, 06:13 PMSturmChurro
Look, awhile back I was playing RDM for trial roulette or something, and got probably the worst group ever, I raised people over half a dozen times AT LEAST, plus I was doing top damage... not even just because I was the only dps staying alive, but just in general. It was outrageous! Left the, completed by the way, trial or whatever with zero commendations. This was a couple months back, and I still remember it vividly..
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10-12-2019, 07:09 PMDenzelVilliers
Usually i do give my Commendations only for DPS Jobs once Tank and Healers "always" get people Commendations, so i don't care if Tank and Healers was amazing or not they already have enough ( i'm Main Tank and play often as a Healer too, i do have over 7k Commendations ). But i don't give Commendations at all if someone ask for it no matter how good they was.
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10-12-2019, 07:13 PMRasikkoSounds like spitefulness. Just give them to the one who carries 7 people. This is why I avoided trials on RDM during Stormblood. I didn't want to blow my MP doing nothing by raising people and having not enough to do my own thing and just carry them all to victory..Quote:
Originally Posted by SturmChurro
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10-12-2019, 09:38 PMFedoraTheExplorer
Commendations don't mean anything though.
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10-12-2019, 10:05 PMDenzelVilliersDoesn't mean anything, not even is a public profile to see, but it does give you some Achievments, Tittle ( 10 ), Glamours ( 100 and 1500 ), PVE Mentor ( 1500 ), Chocobo Barding ( 300 ), Minion ( 50 ) and Mounts ( 500 and 3000 ).Quote:
Originally Posted by FedoraTheExplorer
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10-13-2019, 12:57 AMnoxen
aheemememememehehemehehhem ahem.
git gud. -
10-13-2019, 03:38 AMLiam_Harper
I love the aggression in this thread. As a healer main, if I see you helping out on the Raises when my Swiftcast is down, you're welcome to the comm (unless someone else is playing even better). It's depressing seeing a SMN and RDM in your group, a tank or healer down, Swift on cd and having it slowly sink in that you have to eat that 8 sec downtime while the rest of the group enjoys the no-heal time running around like headless chickens eating mechanics and bumping up your rez count further.
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10-13-2019, 03:39 AMsakkito
The baseline.
If you managed to do all the magic trio: Raise/Provide high Dps/Heal I would give you comm. Unless you demand it. Then it is just bad taste.
But yeah, I give comms in the baseline way of thinking. If nothing happens.
If I run as heal - tank
If I run as tank - healer
If I run as dps - co-dps.
What would convince me to break from that pattern? Either the whole 'save the party' from complete fail. Someone who takes advice kindly and listens. Or good sense of humour and jokes if this run is completely uneventful. Or if depending on the job I am on, my designated 'partner' behaves so badly that I would rather comm a tree than him.
Like p.e. todays run of the shortest level 50 trial ever invented. Couple of sprouts in cutscene. The rest of party bickers on how difficult this is gonna be, foretelling 2 wipes and a disband making up strat on the go. It still makes me laugh.
But yeah, commendation is a commendation. It is supposed to be some sort of 'pat on the back' thing. Since it is given by other player you have to depend on their subjectivity and not depend nor expect it. If you never get comms though - it may mean you are doing something wrong there.
Some off side story: I still remember days (sb times) when I consistently rezzed everyone, including hard rezz with lucid on cooldown at all times, then when cleared I came out with nothing. Then I had a run while barely awake die to stupid, apologise 2000 times while crying from laughing at my idiocy. Leave with 3 comms. Immaculate logic xD
But yeah, all hail comm to anyone who saves the day ;) -
10-13-2019, 03:47 AMMoonfish
I never comm a RDM because of this attitude.
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10-13-2019, 04:20 AMOrangeCrystarium
Why are people so bloody aggressive on this thread? I'm pretty sure OP was only being funny. Bunch of Debbie Downers.
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10-13-2019, 04:24 AMEnla
When the Eden raids first dropped I decided to use E4N as a testing ground to improve my slide casting as RDM and it really turned me off playing the class unless absolutely necessary. Not the class itself or the instance, I really enjoyed sneaking in casts and had a genuine blast. It was the group after group after group of people I had to carry through it. And this was before RDM had their mana issues fixed as well so I often had no mana to actually attack when I was so busy dragging people kicking and screaming through the fight. It wasn't even the lack of comms that annoyed me, people are free to do with their comms as they wanted, it was the expectation that because they had a RDM in the party the rest of the team didn't have to try and improve because the expectation was I'd just raise them anyways. There's being a rezbot and enjoying being able to save the raid, and then there's literally being out of mana in a constant stream of instances because people have the situational awareness of a particularly dull rock at best, or expect you to carry them at worst. The latter often getting VERY snippy if I didn't rez them promptly enough.
That said give your comms to whomever you want. It doesn't matter to me. But if you have a RDM/SMN who is pulling double duty and carrying the party through an instance a simple 'thank you' or 'good job!' does wonders for our frazzled nerves. -
10-13-2019, 05:20 AMDeceptusThen what was the point of the post? To humblebrag?Quote:
Originally Posted by OrangeCrystarium