Commendations?

[Denver_Max]

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[stpetepiper]

Upon the conclusion of a duty, the Player Commendation button will appear in the bottom right of the screen. Selecting it will bring up an interface wherein you can commend a party member. Please note that commendations can only be made by those who joined a duty on their own, and not those in a party.

[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!

[Nova_Dresden]

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!

If two people are grouped together and queue for a dungeon, they can't commend anyone. Commendations are only provided for people to give if they queued solo. It prevents 2 people from grouping and just commending each other.

[HEC]

If two people are grouped together and queue for a dungeon, they can't commend anyone. Commendations are only provided for people to give if they queued solo. It prevents 2 people from grouping and just commending each other.

Which is understandable but they should be still able to commend anyone else OUTSIDE of the premade group otherwise system put in the "dissadvantage" those being paired with partially pre-made parties. On other hand though, if that would be allowed it would actually increase their chance to recieve the commendation comparing to full party of "single" players so it's somehow hard to say which one is better / worse.

[blindio]

If two people are grouped together and queue for a dungeon, they can't commend anyone.

This was really poorly implemented. While I understand and agree with the idea that you can't just let two people party up, join duties and give commendations to one another, it hamstrings rewarding the random joiners. My wife and I play together as a tank and a healer and on several occasions I have wanted to give commendations to players to DPS who were very helpful explaining things, etc. Instead of just not showing the window to partied players, it should just omit any party members going in from giving commendations to one another.

I can't be the only person who has come up against this limitation of the current implementation of the commendation system. Anyone should be able to give commendations to someone who entered the Duty randomly, and anyone should be able to give a commendation to someone who they did not enter the Duty partied with.

[Megido]

Commendations are only when queueing for df solo, cant be used by people that join with friends.

woops, too late

[stpetepiper]

The only thing I'm really wondering about the whole thing is that it seems to be a little easier to tell when you have a stellar tank or healer in a 4 man, but as far as DPS honestly, I can only tell how fast the mobs die. I don't necessarily always know if both DPS are doing a good job, or if 1 is carrying the other. I mean you can obviously see when someone is continually doing something wrong like hitting the wrong targets or pulling mobs, but I don't know if 1 guy has a fail rotation and the other is making up for it because he is awesome. I know it's all going to be each individuals POV on giving the commendations, but just wondering what other people are thinking as far as it goes. Will you give commendations for whole group as long as you finish instance? Or are you only going to give it to those who really stand out?

*Edit* The same can obviously be said about 8 mans, and adds even more to the mix because you can still tell when you have a good tank as long as they are holding aggro and not doing stupid stuff, but I doubt either the tank or dps really notice, or care if one healer is basically keeping them alive while the other is watching tv, as long as everyone is being healed.

[Soliwre]

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.