Commendations?

[Velox]

nobody notices dps unless they're bad.

Now that's not true. I main a healer, and yesterday I was farming Brayflox and the monk in the party did a phenomenal job despite not having a ton of experience (first time running Bray, new to game). She got my vote.

So don't say "nobody notices dps." As a healer, I make it my job to assess the actions of the whole party and gauge who is pulling their own weight or is trying to learn.

[Nash20]

Attention DPS!

You kinda figure you wont get many commendations...unless someone recognizes how awesome you did...RARE!

I am here to implore DPS to commend each other...well that is if your fellow DPS did a good job. Throw each other commendations!

[Naryoril]

i think the intention of the system is not saying "who played well" (because this also depends a lot on the gear), but "who is friendly and helpful"

so if everyone is silent the whole run i won't give a commendation, even if they were all awesome players.

[Nova_Dresden]

I think it'd be harder for a healer to get a commendation than a tank or DPS, honestly. All a healer can really do is keep people topped off, not be in cleric stance when healing, and be in cleric stance when they're helping with DPS during lulls in damage taken. A good DPS and a good Tank are much easier to notice.

As a tank, I'd give my commendation to a healer every time, though. Just because we made it through.

As a tank or healer I usually give my commendation to the best DPS. Been running Roulette a lot on my WHM, and I've been doing a lot of helping newer tanks learn their job better, I mark mobs for kills if the tank isn't, I DoT targets with Aero, I Fluid Aura and Repose an add to reduce unnecessary damage if able, and I toss the odd Stone spell in between everything if I have a free moment. Healers can do a lot more than just top off the party.

[RaineMagus]

*Of course you're free to commend whoever you want, this is just my take on it*

Personally, I commend whoever I thought gave the most <*effort*> during the dungeon run. This commendation not being based off gear, class, role, play-style (1v1 vs AoE, healing vs using Holy, etc), socialization, or whether or not I 'liked them'. It's not intended to be an elitist attitude ... quite contrary infact..

(EFFORT != SKILL, DPS, MONEY / GEAR, etc etc etc)

-There's many ways to judge effort that aren't 'skill', such as the willingness of a player to improve, adapt, and work with their team.


On the socialization front, I'd urge everyone to consider the following (since many list it as a key criteria):

Consider that there's players from around the world on all servers for FFXIV. Your party may not be your native tongue, nor be socially adept (some have anxiety in speaking to others)..

[ being talkative or friendly does not inherently make you a better team-player ]

[Megido]

I think it'd be harder for a healer to get a commendation than a tank or DPS, honestly. All a healer can really do is keep people topped off, not be in cleric stance when healing, and be in cleric stance when they're helping with DPS during lulls in damage taken. A good DPS and a good Tank are much easier to notice.

As a tank, I'd give my commendation to a healer every time, though. Just because we made it through.

Haha yeah, there is some connection between tank and healer that dps dont have. I'd actually say its a little unfair, the healer will always have a couple extra reputation points with me, nothing i can do about that.

If i was dps, i would give it to the other dps if he managed to outdps me. dps.

[EveAlexandra]

Unless it's a BRD that gives me his sexy ballad I usually give mine to the tank, because as mentioned by someone else I have no idea which of the dps is doing or not doing his rotation properly.

Joining AK/WP and stance dancing to help dps with holy spam usually gets me 2 commendations.

[RaineMagus]

Haha yeah, there is some connection between tank and healer that dps dont have. I'd actually say its a little unfair, the healer will always have a couple extra reputation points with me, nothing i can do about that.

Eh, I actually feel pretty high affinity with the tank as as a main DPS (of all roles that I'm partied with).


Always thought of it this way:

A tank relies on the DPS to take down the enemies before they run out of defensive cooldowns, especially in a speedrun ... and the DPS likewise relies on the tank to permit them to unload their full damage.

Everyone relies on eachother in the end for success, a tank dies if the healers can't keep them up clearly.. Yet they also die if the DPS doesn't take out the enemies quickly. It's a pretty symbiotic relation... Prolonged fights also hurt the healer's MP pool, and so your healers too have a connection to the DPS [duration].

[Zipster]

Please note that commendations can only be made by those who joined a duty on their own, and not those in a party.

Is it valid to say that the commendation window will not appear for those ppl who are in a pre-formed party prior to entering the duty?
The reason I ask this, as I ran a DR Low lvl last night, Haukke Manor, and everyone wanted to give me commendations at the end. I received one successfully from one of the people in the dungeon party; however, for the other two (DPS and healer), the commendation window never appeared for them, only the final loot window.

I believe even if the commendation window is dismissed and you haven't selected a person yet, that you can still click on the notice to bring the window back up?

If not, how would you force the window to appear again? Has this happened to anyone yet? Thank you!

[Stanelis]

I think it'd be harder for a healer to get a commendation than a tank or DPS, honestly. All a healer can really do is keep people topped off, not be in cleric stance when healing, and be in cleric stance when they're helping with DPS during lulls in damage taken. A good DPS and a good Tank are much easier to notice.

As a tank, I'd give my commendation to a healer every time, though. Just because we made it through.

As a tank I always give my commendation to the healer, no matter how good he is (unless a DPS does a very good unusual thing during the run).