Commendation system is useless

[Maero]

Well it is more for a job well done is it not?
I received one yesterday but regret not giving one to the healer
but they took off as soon as we were done

[Max_Damade]

It's probably too early to call this system useless.
If the bonuses from commendations are worthwhile, people will start to remember and vote each time they complete a dungeon.
Right now people just forget and leave without voting. Creatures of habit most likely.
I'm wondering if you are able to give commendations if the final boss is not defeated and time expires. Sometimes these situations really spotlight the player willing to go above and beyond with helping new people "learn the ropes".

[LamchopSHK]

I always find that one or two people always stay behind and wait for a commendation.

[Orophin]

I've used it 2 out of the 4 times, but only because there were people in those two instances that actually deserved it.

[CalvatE]

I dunno, I don't find it too useless. I just don't see it as one of those features you should be sitting down, staring at thinking "THIS IS A FEATURE! I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE ITS EXISTENCE FURTHER MORE!", but rather get to the end and 'oh, hey window pop up. Yeah sure that person played well.', or then go out of the dungeon and then look at your commendation 'awesome i got commended woo' then close the window to forget about it until next time.

If you're aiming right for the Golden Magitek then of course you're going to have a bad time because asking, begging, or just plain sucking up for commendations are transparent and you'll have people more likely to down vote you if a system existed.

[lyndwyrm]

When they talked about the commendation system before, they talked about it like it would be a vote system, but I'm pretty sure every person you commend, gets one point regardless of whoever other people commend. I say this because after I did Copperbell HM a few hours after the servers were up, I got 3 commendations at the end, and I would rather think that I just did a good job than the system glitched. Which, I think is better than a vote system because that way there's no way for there to be a tie or other complications.

I also agree that after a while people will remember that the system exists and think to commend people after the boss if they think someone did well or was just interesting.

[Fenwick]

If you want commendations, use Guildhests Roulette. It takes five minutes for each run and people get votes at the end. :P

I'd have to agree though that if someone asked for commendations, I'd probably be less inclined to vote for them. As it stands I currently go with the person who has the least amount of mistakes. I've encountered people who go off of things such as best name though, it's hard to tell how many commendations you'll get. The rewards from commendations are vanity, I just look at it as though I'll get there eventually.

[WellGramarye]

Each person can give a commendation, which is why you got three. Its funny in a full 8 person group when everyone commendates the same person. Theres a lot of spam, after the fight.

[Delorean]

csb

i have 11 commendations

I'm not really worried about them. i don't want a crown and i dont want a gold magitek mount. Can't tell whether or not I want the Barding. But I will get the minion in a couple of days at this rate.

i get in progress sirius and tell people how to do the fight pretty much guaranteed commendations. people will usually give me commendations just for taking their in progress queues and not acting like a prima donna.

[Nova_Dresden]

Don't forget that only players queued solo can give commendations. If you're grouped with players who are queued as a party you won't be able to get a commendation from them.