Commendation Rewards

[Odett]

I don't care how good you are as a dps, you may get more than an unexceptional one, but a great dps will never get as many as a mediocre tank or healer. Even when I'm tanking and screw up badly causing a wipe I'll still get commendations just because I'm tanking and for no other reason.

This hasn't been the case in my own experience. My average number of commends is 2 on BLM (my main), and 1 on PLD (although that could say a lot about my tanking). In fact, I'm much more likely to get all 3 commends on BLM than any other job/role, and it's not really uncommon either. When I get 2, I usually assume the tank didn't commend me in the case that I kept pulling agro off them, and that's why I'm really not looking forward to a BLM buff. They might as well change our icon from red to blue when that happens.

[PetiteMalFleur]

This hasn't been the case in my own experience.

One of the dps in my static says he started receiving more once he got his T5 weapon so gear probably factors. I main healer but mostly run dungeons as tank (which I'm still getting comfortable with) and get more when I heal. I'm just going by my own personal experience though. I either tank or heal so I'm biased. When I get a decked out dps fighting me for aggro I'm pretty happy because the dungeon goes so much faster.

I thought SE decided not to buff BLM. I can't remember where I read that so I could be wrong.

[Ulathskullsplitter]

This hasn't been the case in my own experience. My average number of commends is 2 on BLM (my main), and 1 on PLD (although that could say a lot about my tanking). Snip...

Where are you getting all these commendations as a BLM? Brayflox speed runs would make sense but i don't see it else where. It irritates the hell out of me as a DRG when i do a trial roulette or something and I carry the dps for the whole party while the others are dying or doing terrible dps and i get to the end feeling good expecting 2 or 3 commendations only to get out and get 0. People just don't give them to dps no matter how deserving. I run DF content on a near daily basis as DRG since commendations were implemented and only have about 160.

[Taaku]

I think there could be more commendation rewards. i don't even have 200 myself. but even if its just a title or minion for getting like 1000 or something i think it would be cool.

The game could use more titles for certain achievements.

[Mardel]

I have like 190~ however, I never really do dungeons with randoms. I didn't do roulettes prior to the patch changes. I would just group with my friends whenever I needed spare soldiery after clearing coil 2. The commendation system isn't bad.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I usually get no coms on healer or tank unless its titan xD

[TeganLaron]

Well commendations were put in to get people to be nicer to each other in dungeons, and they accomplished that really well; at least initially there was noticeably more positive interaction between people. You just have to hang the carrot, even if it's a really small one, and players will march towards it.

Exactly. I said it when it was first introduced and I'll say it again; whether people are actually being nice or if they're just pretending to get a commendation, as long as they are making the run pleasant I'll count that as a success for the commendation system.

[Eggnook24]

Cheating = Playing Tank or Healer....

[KingOfAbyss]

Cheating = Playing Tank or Healer....

If only the real cheaters out there could take this as another shortcut, our shortage of Tanks and healers would be resolved!

*Now please Forum, give that commendation to Fizzle, thank you.

[Ryuukishi]

Frankly I give the commendation to the tank by default. Someone else has to be really friendly or do something really spectacular to take my commendation away from the tank. I'm just grateful that anyone's willing to take on that responsibility.