Commend suck-ups?

[MLew0032]

Anyone notice the commend beggers trying to act nice in dungeons? Right now the fastest way to get commends is through guildhests but you see fully geared people in just about every run trying to act like they are your best friends. That sight really sickens me and I am also trying to get commends by just doing my thing to win the dungeon without having to "hello " everyone and playing good cop.

[Little_Ifrit]

Id rather players to be fake nice than twats

[MStowastiqVahlshdeh]

Id rather players to be fake nice than twats

I agree,
While it is sad that people need to be gifted into acting civil, it is many many times better than dealing with people who are essentially abusive just for the heck of it. I have no problem with people asking for commendations but no matter how much I am asked, I will only reward people according to the intended design of the commendation system.

[nixi]

Are you sure they aren't genuinely nice people, you're positive you aren't overly negative. The thread makes me think the second is far from impossible.

[Viridiana]

Wait, saying hello at the beginning of the dungeon is sucking up now? I thought that was common courtesy?

[Shyluv]

I always said "hello" or some variation of it before 2.1.

[SirGazuntai]

I always say "Hey. " at the start of a dungeon, respond to whatever questions I get and laugh at funny jokes anyone makes in a dungeon. Now that 2.1 comes along I've been accused of being a suck-up because I've been doing this since I started.

Though, I do hate when someone asks/tells you to commend them. Was leveling my healer with 2 FC mates and some ilvl70 PLD came in and demanded we commend him after each boss and when we told him we were in a party he pulled mobs, called us noobs and left. xD Luckily tanks aren't necessary in low level dungeons, we finished without him...

I think you're just being too cynical by assuming everyone who's nice is just sucking up. Not to mention if you think saying hello at the start of a dungeon is people acting nice, you must not be very nice yourself. What's so wrong about saying hello at the start? There's usually plenty of time because there's usually always 1 person who isn't trying to skip the cutscene as quickly as possible.

There's also the fact that TRYING to gain commendations just seems stupid to me. If you're good, you'll get them. Unless you're DPS, then you better save the day otherwise you aren't getting any...

[ispano]

If you're good, you'll get them. Unless you're DPS, then you better save the day otherwise you aren't getting any...

I've given several to DD. Like that one early Guildhest, the one where you pull the mobs around the Goobbue. Got it as a random and I was tanking. No ranged skill at L12, so I body pulled the first group, and the lowbie archer automatically pulled the rest of the groups and moved to me without having to be asked or told.

[SirGazuntai]

I've given several to DD. Like that one early Guildhest, the one where you pull the mobs around the Goobbue. Got it as a random and I was tanking. No ranged skill at L12, so I body pulled the first group, and the lowbie archer automatically pulled the rest of the groups and moved to me without having to be asked or told.

I don't mean they actually have to save the day, they just have to do something worthwhile to gain it and being DPS makes it that you don't really have a lot of opportunities to do something worthwhile compared to Tanks or Healers, who constantly save the group. I've had a few commendations on my BLM (not sure if it was for being good, being geared or just random selection) so I know it happens, but if I'm to give commendations based on how helpful someone was to the group, Tanks and Healers are most likely to get them unless a DPS manages to beat a boss when everyone else wiped, or a Bard prevents a wipe with a well timed LB.

In fact, I gave a commendation to a Bard in AV because it was his first time and even though he wasn't very good, he managed to AoE down the fruit on the last boss after our 4th attempt and we finished with 4 minutes left.