Commendations?

[PetiteMalFleur]

I've received a few and given a few. Honestly, my overriding criteria is simply: were you friendly?

I'm a sucker for a person saying "hello!" at the beginning, "gg thanks!" at the end, and not being a douche. I don't know - I think that's the intent of the system. To encourage people to be friendlier.

Oh I feel the same. I like feeling like I'm running the dungeon with a person.

[Gruntler]

I think it'd be harder for a healer to get a commendation than a tank or DPS

4 commendations in three runs--stuff flows like water for me.

[Mysteltain]

So far I've gotten all of my commendations as a DPS, so I don't think we'll have difficulty getting any.

That said, I'm not sure why I got so many to be honest. I simply said "Hello" at the start of each Guildhest/Dungeon and did an adequate job for the most part. The only one I feel I deserved (and I hope the tank got one, too) was my last run of Pharos Sirius where the tank and I explained the fights to the new guys. I ended up giving my commendation to the healer because he did a damn fine job during the Siren fight, although the DRG in our group was just as excellent.

[megaman]

So yeah I've been running various content as various jobs and have gotten like 16 now I think.. what are they for? I heard someone say you can buy vanity stuff but nobody I've talked to knows where..anybody here have an idea?

[WellGramarye]

Theres acheivements for them. 10 50 100 300 500, each achievement gives a pet/item.

10 -> Title
50 -> Chocobo Baby minion
100 -> Vanity Crown
300 -> Chocobo Barding
500-> Gold Magitek Mount.

Redeem the achievements at the achievement guy in Gridania.

Otherwise they serve 0 use. I have like 11 from running some low level dungeons in duty find. Its nice to get. I ususaly try to give someone who was overall pleasant or helpful mine.

[Hocchi]

I usually toss them at a healer, personally I've made 50 this evenings just tanking roulette guildhests trying to finish the 200 guildhests achievement.

[Alice_89th]

For now, my priority list looks something like this;

1. Someone who was fun to run with (fun in chat, playful, etc)
2. Someone who was helpful to newcomers
3. DPS if they didn't pull any weird stunts and were friendly.
OR someone who saved us from a near wipe by being awesome.
4. The healer of tank, depending on who I liked best.

Things that will make me give the commendation to others
1. Demanding/asking for recommendations
2. Being an impatient twat / being rude
3. DPS/Healer pulling before tank

Chances are that if you are the only person who bothered to say hi in the beginning and did nothing stupid, you will be the one who gets my recommendation.

[Alistaire]

It's a sloppy system really. Obvious bias to people who do more dungeons, and a less obvious bias towards tanks and/or healers; nobody notices dps unless they're bad.

Edit: Oh and the other flaw: you can't commend someone if they've already left the dungeon. So anyone caring about getting these should not rush to exit after boss.

[allluckys]

as a tank I kinda always get one or more I give it to the healer mostly if I was dpsing I'd give it to the other dps. If some one explains a fight they get my vote automatically.

[Lucke]

Typically I'll be more likely to give my commendation to a DPS instead of the healer. Don't wanna perpetuate the thought of "Only tanks and healers give each other a commendation". If the DPS actually does stuff and holds a conversation with me, I'll give you the commendation.

+ Points for killing in the kill order
+ Points for checking your aggro (slightly better now with Shield Oath)
+ Clicking items and stuff while we're finishing up a group (grabbing lantern oils and using them while we're still fighting so when the mob dies, we can keep moving)
+ Points for actually talking to me during the dungeon, simply saying "HI!" goes a long way.

Now, if the healer is being a badass by battle-raising people and keeping me alive through hard hitting attacks (Everyone's Grudge) then that will help determine who I give it to. Sometimes I have really kickass parties and I have no idea who to give my commendation to, so I just close my eyes and click someone's name at random lol.