Healers that don't give healers commendations?

[Tsurayu]

Whether I'm healing or not, I tend to favor my commendations towards the DPS classes.

I feel as though the DPS classes are often underappreciated because it isn't as inherently easy to tell when one does well or does poorly. So, I usually try to pay attention to which of the DPS tends to outshine the others and give my commendation to them accordingly.

That said, I'm not opposed to giving my commendation to my co-healer or a tank. I just feel it is often the "easy" or "safe" choice when it isn't just the tanks or healers that make or break an encounter.

[basketofseals]

Why bother commending the other healer. I essentially don't need them >_<

[Elkanah]

I only give it out to players I believe deserve it. If a healer or tank clutches the boss and the whole party dies? Guess who is getting my com?

Otherwise, if I don't see anything spectacular or enough reason to bother, I'll leave the instance without giving a com. You don't get a com for doing your job. You should only be worrying about those if you do something worthwhile to get it.

Most players give me coms because I raise as RDM in instances and manafication push to healers when MP is getting low.

Tanks using shirk in instances when it's needed without asking? My com.

DPS using goad? Totally my com.

BRD actually using refresh and tp regen songs without being asked when you can tell they're paying attention to healers and dps/tanks in the party on where their mp is or tp is at? Totally my com.

But if you're just doing your job, then nah, lol.

[Neela]

I give it to the person I feel deserves it. Or I'm rushing out and forgot to give one at all.

I only give it out to players I believe deserve it (...) But if you're just doing your job, then nah, lol.

actually this - idk genders or roles. its all about teamwork & chemistry... just doing the job isn't fairly enough, the ones who surprises me or stand out in a positiv way will get it. sometimes I leave without giving a com on purpose tho... but those runs are rarity ^^ (sometimes im sad that I can't give a com in random-farm pfs as well... q.q)

[KDSilver]

I give commendation to people I feel they deserve it.
Not because of the job they're playing.

But most of the time I just completely forget that system exists.
Or I only do it for challenge log (yes, sadly, but that's free exp so...)

[hynaku]

If play a healer give it to tank unless they don't do very good job and is very hard to keep alive. If see nice guy character or someone in cute glamour give it to them if tank did a bad job. If I am playing a dps do same thing try to give it to other dps.

[Driskus]

What I look at for whether I give my comm to the co-healer is:

1) Are they active, and not just standing around waiting for someone to take damage while at full MP? That's a plus. If they're new I don't mind if they're being cautious from not knowing the fight yet though. If they've clearly done it enough times and are just being lazy, then yeah, probably not getting my comm.

2) Are they deathly allergic to at least trying to hard-cast a raise if SC isn't up and no one else can at the time, and they have the MP (as in co-healer dead/oom, RDM/SMN can't, etc)? If yes, no comm.

3) Are they trying to avoid excessive overhealing? I'm not talking about the accidental double cures that are bound to happen anyway, but the stuff like casting Medica II at full HP knowing the group isn't going to take enough damage to even warrant using it, or spamming cures on a full-hp tank.

4) Are they repeatedly dying to the same things over and over despite explanations of the mechanics? If yes, definitely no comm, especially the ones that run away with stack markers after getting an explanation of them. Like, I can only Rescue you so many times...

If I feel one of the tanks did better, or if one of the DPS did (like a RDM helping with Raises if half the party hits the floor, etc), they'll get it instead. If the rest of the group is awful, then nobody gets it.

[Cheremia]

I know my cohealer get at least 1 commend MOST of the time no matter how bad they played.
I see you holding ewer, other ast. I see you not using any cards, other ast, i see you
Makes me cry a little inside

If you do well you get my commend even if i'm not healer
Thats about all there is to it, i don't reward bad healer that get carried just because they exist and i do all the work.

[Tlamila]

My rules,essentialy:
- if you didn't even say hi at the start of the run, no comms, no matter how great you perform;
- if you make the run fun/nice it counts a lot, both by being helpful or making jokes or anything;
- healer comes first for me, role-wise, but they must perform well and not make me feel like I'm solo healing if 8man; also if they're good but jerks they still don't get a comm, and there's some things I really can't stand from healers;
- dpsers if they stand out, things like paying attention to mechanics (especially killing adds etc), mana shift when needed (I see a lot just throwing it between fights when not needed and also having a macro to get thanks/comms for it), and raise if they can;
- tanks if they're good and no healer or dps stood out;
- funny names;
- if everybody leaves right away, last one staying, if not bad;
- this is included in the nice category but I like comming learners who show interest in learning.

[Tlamila]

How do you know anyway that the other healer didn't commend you? It's not like you know who commended you, just how many. I'm also actually stunned at comms for how i get them, as when I think I did a great job and pretty much carried the group I often get few or none, and when I utterly sucked I get even max. I also get them almost all the time as a dps, which is super weird.