Quote Originally Posted by ispano View Post
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.