Commendation system is useless

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Whizawk]

Must I remain inside the instance to receive player commendations at the end? Can they be obtained passively when you're back on your server world?

[Tlamila]

Must I remain inside the instance to receive player commendations at the end? Can they be obtained passively when you're back on your server world?

No, you can only vote for those who are inside. So those in a hurry get no votes, worse for them :P

But I've seen people are starting to wait for everybody to vote before leaving instance now.

[Makado]

I can see not voting for someone that's begging for the commendations but the way the other person worded it was perfectly fine...

[Whizawk]

Having to wait for a vote that you *think* you'll receive does seem a bit egotistical.

[Nova_Dresden]

Having to wait for a vote that you *think* you'll receive does seem a bit egotistical.

Best to wait for treasure to be distributed, give a 5-count, then head out. If they saw one warning to roll on an item, then they saw the warning to commend someone. They're right next to each other.