Commend suck-ups?

[Maku]

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

It is sounding more and more like most english speaking players just don't bother. However even if you don't get commendations if you are going to run CM i would suggest going as a tank since you can set the speed of the run yourself then. ^^

On a side note, when I run CM or the other main quest ID I usually get about 3 when I tank. But I play with other Japanese players and Japanese are generally more social in random groups than English players. I also happen to talk like a cat in Japanese and people usually say it is cute so that gets me a lot I would imagine. But I was doing that since the start of the game so. ^^

[VisRalis]

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

^Isn't that expected of you wearing ilvl90 gear? SSDD right?

[Hocchi]

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

So you're upset you did your job and they didn't put you up on a pedestal?
Lol.

[flamds1]

I ran Castrum Meridianum 2x wearing iL90 tanking gear , pretty much main tanked every boss , not 1 wipe not 1 death , didn't lose agro once .

After last boss was down people just instantly left , I doubt they commendated anyone at all .

Got 1 commendation in 2 runs .


Last time I ever tank that again, so much for helping people .

So you were way overgeared for the instance, did your job and are upset because you didn't get commmendations for doing your job?

[Nailkita]

My Commendation method:
Terrible run? No commendations for you
No one stands out, and it's a smooth run? Tank/Healer (depending on which I'm playing)
No one stands out, and dps is really fast? Top DPS
Bad Tank and a DPS protects me? DPS
Crowd Control in weaker groups? BLM
Great Conversation? Whoever I enjoyed talking to most
Explains fight IF someone needs it? Helpful person (I've gotten a lot while leveling bard for this so I know others do it too)
New player that is willing to take advice and learn? All yours (I wish I finished the AK run with the fresh WHM that I had to coach to not use cure II all the time and not pre regen, and believe in their aoe heals, cause they actively appreciated all of the advice and followed through)


What I'd really like for them to do though, is allow those in groups to commend people not in their group, I ran WP on my tank with our FC's top dps blm and brd and the healer was fairly fresh (had obviously done WP before but they were only around 3k health) I asked if they would be comfortable with speed pulls (skill > gear) and they said they'd try. So I went through my normal speed run pulls and they really kept up, sure I had to burn some excess cooldowns, and our dps thought I was crazy but no wipes no deaths and it was a smooth fast run. I wanted to give them commendations SOOO bad. But alas I could not.

[Shmunkster]

I commend anyone that stands out for me.
Sometimes it a BLM that LBs purrrfectly at the boss fights. Sometimes its the Tank, if i never get aggro. Sometimes other DPS if I see them doing some good moves

I did low level DR today and there was a (non-synched) Arcanist. I noticed (as I was Aero every enemy) that they all had Bio and Masima ticking (even if they were down the tank marked order). I dig that. I commended her - even tho the other DPS was good and the tank was rockin. It was just something I saw and thought - nice, you're working it good!

[MrLeonheart]

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.

Of the commendations I've been given, I'd say a healthy 80% are as a DPS. Though in my case, I think my name had more to do with it than anything.