Commendations?

[pbenner]

Well, Patch has been out for a week, and while I haven't been actively seeking them, I have acquired a few.

Multiple times I've received all 3 from other plays, and always hand one out. I try to commend a DPS unless I've been given a stellar healer or a tank, but even the small things matter to me, like using limit breaks when needed without being prompted, etc.

I like the system, not looking forward to getting 469 more for the mount, but I'll get there eventually.

~K

[BlueMage]

If someone wants to farm commendations, I imagine the fastest and easiest route would be just joining a behest over and over as a tank or healer with a macro explaining the behest.

[Simaril]

Tanks are easy evaluate: Did they hold threat, and know the fight are the obvious points. Personally, I also look at the pace they run the instance, and effective communication. Sorry tanks, but if you're pulling slow, or if you're pulling fast, but not marking, and making it sloppy you're not getting my commendation.

Healers are a little tougher to evaluate: Did they keep everyone alive... that didn't take unneccessary damage? Did they keep themseleves alive? Did they do DPS or CC as appropriate. How did they handle oh S___ moments? If they're always second on the threat meter, and not just spamming overhealing, it seems to me that they're contributing a lot.

DPS... well I usually think about which DPS I'm NOT voting for. The dps that's always 4th on the meter, and just stands around is not getting my vote. Neither is the one who can't get out of the red circle, or push the lever, or kill the add. The DPS that will steal my vote from the tank and healer is the one who's always second on the meter, and killing the adds, CCing, dropping in heals as needed, marking, explaining th fight, etc.



I actually make a point NOT to give commendations to mediocore tanks or healers. If the whole party is just mediocore, I won't give the commendation at all.

[Nailkita]

I've actually gotten a lot on my archer now, I'm just leveling it and running into a lot of new people so I'm explaining things, and making sure I nab/bind things away from healers when the tank's not as good or inexperienced. I even got 3 commendations one run where I ran down every fight because someone was new, and I ran it down before we reached the boss in between dpsing trash so it didn't slow us down.

So people do notice dps, tanks will not give you commendations if you don't either follow their target or at least use target's target (had a dps definitly get denied commendation from me because he insisted on attacking the same target as the other dps (both monks)) otherwise healers can more easily notice when a tank's doing a good job. I pick up really quickly on the strong and weak links as heals, as the tank all I know is if the healer can handle healing, or if the dps are following my numbers/taking my target, hard to tell if anyone's being stellar.

[Winterain]

Commendations are funny sometimes.
Some instances will be a cakewalk and I'll hardly have to heal anyone. My 2 year old brother could have healed that group and I still get multiple commendations.
Then there are instances where it's a total hate management nightmare but I still manage to keep everyone alive with well timed heals and cc. I feel like I should have been given the academy award for best healer ever but I get zero commendations. Go figure.

[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.

[Oreic]

I like and dislike them. I feel that everyone who was active in the party and tried their best deserves one. That's why I often attempt to have the party trade comms equally.

It annoys me when I say "Let's trade comms equally" and am accused of trying to gain commendations. I just feel everyone should get one. I also feel that those who've joined in groups should at least be able to give commendations to those that AREN'T in their group.

I feel sad as a DPS though, since I never see any of us get any. Or at least, that's my personal experience.

[Yuichi]

I usually give to dps unless they really suck. reason is I am dps and know that tanks/healer will always get the majority of them.

[Isunia]

I've gotten 13 all from low-level roulette as a BLM in the past 3 days.

I've done every role also... As a BLM. I had one party where our bard and scholar died right at the start of the last boss, and some how we still cleared it. I got 3 coms from that.

[Kako0404]

I queued a level 10 Guildhest as ACN thinking I was healer (lvl 50 WHM habit) then at the end I revealed and realized I was supposed to DPS. I got 2 Commendations for being an idiot. Great system!