AATN:FFXIV DEVELOPMENT! the commendation system is a joke!

[Noitems]

I've been playing this game actively since July of 2017, and right now I have over 4000 commendations.

Here's some of my assumed reasons why people would comm:
1.You're a good person. You greet people when you start a dungeon, and thank them when it ends. If people joke around and you can do it too. It's all about creating a fun atmosphere as we repeat this content constantly.
2. You're a good player. You're a tank who managed to hold aggro as much as possible, you're a healer keeping everyone topped off, you perform exceedingly well as a dps. You also use your toolkit properly, goading/manashifting/refreshing, helping with mitigation/aggro control etc.
3. You generally play a tank or healer. This is a big one as they are the jobs not many people like to play due to responsibility. There's a reason why tanks are constantly AIN on the DF. A tank will generally comm a healer and the healer comms the tank vice versa. They have to work together so they both respect each other.
4. You may just have a fun username/glam. That happens sometimes especially if your name is funny/memeworthy. Not a constant but it may happen if everything is pretty neutral between everyone.

Just gonna say though if you have 107 in 4 years of playing the game I do worry about you. Sounds like you don't meet any of the criteria listed above and based on your original post I wouldn't comm you lmao.

[Araxes]

I dunno. I get Commendations with Tank and dps alike. Where is the problem? Im at over 3300 atm while touching healers only for Leveling them or doing some pvp.

[ElazulHP]

You got to stand out to get a commendation. Usually I'll give mine to whomever was the most helpful to the group. So just by doing the bare minimum of your job you don't automatically get one. You got to go beyond that. Like giving tips or refreshers on old boss fights, or if you're a Bard spamming Peloton between big pulls, DPS doing big numbers making our fights noticeably faster AND using enmity reduction skills, Tanks doing big pulls and actually using their cool downs, Healers maximizing DPS while keeping everyone alive, ect. Being friendly is also a big plus. If nobody was particularly good at their job, but someone was super friendly and social i'll give them the commendation at the end just for the good conversation. This is especially true in the non-skippable cutscene MSQ roulette. Friendly and funny people make those runs so much easier to tolerate so if you're cracking jokes and we're having a good time you're going to get my commendation.

[Sentaryuu]

I have got over 3500 commends in almost 4 years of playing. I play healer a lot so that probably has something to do with it and I dont say things a lot when I am in a dungeon. I just do my job to the best of my ability so we can get out of the dungeon in a reasonable manner. However it isnt a big deal if I dont get them.

I dont always give comms either, but if I do it is usually to someone that I think did the best and that is sometimes a dps. Or it could be their name, glam, or what their race is, but it is usually who did the best job imo.

[SturmChurro]

You got to stand out to get a commendation. Usually I'll give mine to whomever was the most helpful to the group. So just by doing the bare minimum of your job you don't automatically get one. You got to go beyond that. Like giving tips or refreshers on old boss fights, or if you're a Bard spamming Peloton between big pulls, DPS doing big numbers making our fights noticeably faster AND using enmity reduction skills, Tanks doing big pulls and actually using their cool downs, Healers maximizing DPS while keeping everyone alive, ect. Being friendly is also a big plus. If nobody was particularly good at their job, but someone was super friendly and social i'll give them the commendation at the end just for the good conversation. This is especially true in the non-skippable cutscene MSQ roulette. Friendly and funny people make those runs so much easier to tolerate so if you're cracking jokes and we're having a good time you're going to get my commendation.

It's too bad people don't seem to do that, for the most part. I can solo heal the majority of fights, save the team, etc. I won't get a single one, or if I am LUCKY I'll get ONE. I do get commendations regularly, but it seems I get them at random. Sometimes, I'll get 3 in a dungeon and I have literally no clue what I did, same with raids.. I have been half afk, and I'll get several. One thing I have noticed, for raids specifically, as a healer I tend to get more commendations thrown at me.

I don't think there is any true way of knowing what you need to do to receive any, you just get them when you do. Don't expect any, and you will be pleasantly surprised, or just genuinely surprised when you get them.

[DumdogsWorld]

I dunno. I got 145, but seeing as to how I'm a Dragoon, I'm just glad I got any at all.

[Tharia]

It's too bad people don't seem to do that, for the most part. I can solo heal the majority of fights, save the team, etc. I won't get a single one, or if I am LUCKY I'll get ONE. I do get commendations regularly, but it seems I get them at random. Sometimes, I'll get 3 in a dungeon and I have literally no clue what I did, same with raids.. I have been half afk, and I'll get several. One thing I have noticed, for raids specifically, as a healer I tend to get more commendations thrown at me.

I don't think there is any true way of knowing what you need to do to receive any, you just get them when you do. Don't expect any, and you will be pleasantly surprised, or just genuinely surprised when you get them.

Well I can explain you the 3 in a for people group. If three of the people start with a group at the content you are the only person that can be selected for it and if you are not a really bad person people tend to give it.

[RyuSaarva]

yes, it is a joke, the rewards are horrible, the main reward is almost identical 2.0 collector's edition mount and they also made it even more lame by adding a white fat choco to some soda add campaign which was not even available in most countries.

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

So, you want a participation award or something? I find it hard to believe that after four years of constant playing you'd only have that few commendations. I've been playing since 2.0 and I'm at almost 3,000. Perhaps you're not doing something to stand out, or on the other hand, not doing things well? Are you kind to your party when running content?

[DBriggs304]

I wouldnt take it personally OP. There are times I felt I was mr. Amazing Mage (like last night running Ala Migho for the first time) and received no accommodations and other times where I though my showing was completely abysmal and got three of them.

That's just how it goes sometimes.