Commend suck-ups?

[Hocchi]

I go in guildhests fully geared, to work on the 200 achievement, any commendations from them are just a bonus.
Not everyone's a suck-up, it efficient now to spam them since everyone is running them for storyline, makes getting that achievement done much more easier.

[Delorean]

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

Well

I don't think it's that, but rather some people are being more friendly/helpful in an attempt to acquire more commendations and that this particular poster finds it to be despicable.

Yeah, I've managed to get 5 thus far as a DD. Two were for being last man standing against Demon Wall, 2 for Mage's in CT when a healer died, and one presumably for pulling mobs off the healer when the tank died on a bad pull.

i wish commendations were in the game last patch

i'd queue ifrit all the time and be like "all your commendation are belong to me". people would be like "wtf? not giving that guy a commendation what a douche". but only before i solo the last 10% of ifrit

[Desidious]

Commendations are just an extra bonus for being helpful and all-around friendly. Duty Roulette story mode has given me commendations for simply explaining the mechanics in CM and I'm a dragoon. I think it's a wonderful addition simply for the fact that helpful players can actually be shown they are doing a good job too. Yeah there might be suck-ups but I'd take a handful of those over one destructive troll.

Take a deep breath and think back at any troll you've run into on DF. Now replace that with a person trying to suck up and be overly nice... way better huh?

[TychoCelchu]

I think it's a wonderful addition simply for the fact that helpful players can actually be shown they are doing a good job too. Yeah there might be suck-ups but I'd take a handful of those over one destructive troll.

Take a deep breath and think back at any troll you've run into on DF. Now replace that with a person trying to suck up and be overly nice... way better huh?

This. People being encouraged to be nicer is a good thing. Less people being dicks about everything. I think people should be nice anyway, because it makes for a more comfortable community for everyone, but having a little encouragement is necessary for some people. As for just giving them to the person who was the best, SE said it was more for those who were most helpful or easy to work with or most improved. That's why they didn't call it the MVP system. I like to give them to people that I feel learned from their mistakes if they made them or were just fun to play with because of their personality (I think they are funny or just good at keeping the atmosphere friendly or something)

[kuikui]

I give comms for all kinds of stuff. One person for having a hilarious name, another to a Miquo'te who wore revealing bottoms....not necessarily just to a tank for being a tank or what have you. If someone pulls a last minute awesome move to save a wipe, that will get them one as well.

[Urthdigger]

I have to say, one of the best side-effects of commendations I've noticed is I try to pay more attention to what the DPS are doing. It's easy to think the healer or tank were amazing when you get past a tough boss fight with no wipes... but sometimes it's that DPS making use of debuffs and being on top of the adds.

[La_Dava]

Bla, bla, bla... the fact is that the commendations were made for the people to play a class like Tank or Healer. Remember the DPS complaining about the waiting time in DF because of the lack of thoses classes?
Tanks and healers will get commendations in a 80% of the times... FACT !

[PetiteMalFleur]

I've had people all for commendations and if I'm in a party tell them they certainly deserve it but that I'm partied. It's hasn't been an issue. Most DF groups I ran with prepatch I actually came to like. Especially if we started out wiping several times. You'd be amazed at how open to advice they become if you are polite about it. People who cause a wipe are generally braced for getting blasted and appreciate when the party is cool and willing to move on. I think you're overthinking it, op.

[Kletian]

I get DPS accomodations for being willing to explain the mechanics of each new fight. I say hello at the beginning of every run but I've done that since Beta 3.

[Sax]

I think it's hysterical when people try to out 'nice' the other people for commendations. Had a group of people tripping over themselves in Prae today trying to win them votes lol. Pretty entertaining if you ask me.