Commendation Rewards

[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.

[Odett]

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.

If a healer is DPSing and cleric dancing, I'll always commend them because that should always be appreciated and encouraged. Tanks are last in my commendation priority when they don't use cooldowns because it's just lazy and makes healers have to work harder. Maybe more people think like this and that's probably why healers get the most commendations. And yeah, likewise, having DPS fight for agro when I tank really removes the dullness, but many tanks get pretty mad when that happens. If you have good gear and you're not able to get back agro, it's really your fault. I'm not going to baby a tank when they don't use their skills.

I haven't been caught up in the BLM buff decision so idk about that, but honestly, people that complain about BLM mobility and damage loss just need to learn how to play the job better.

[Eggnook24]

Cheating = Playing Tank or Healer....

[Ryuukishi]

I got mine legit. I tank and play a lot. That's all there is to it. Playing PvP is a pretty fast way to get commendations too by the way. Plus, now that parties can give out commendations to other players, if you're 1 person queuing into a group of 3 or 7 preformed (more likely to happen if you're a tank) then you're the only one they CAN commend, so it's like SCORE! But I had 600 or so commendations before the last patch so I never got that benefit. It should be even easier now and challenge log rewards people giving out commendations so...

I got 7 commendations once in CT as the odd man out with a 7 member FC group, that was pretty sweet.

LOL at the accusations of "cheating" or "whoring" commendations by spamming guildhests and being friendly/good. That's exactly how you're supposed to get them.

[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.

[Odett]

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IDK what to tell you, I just get a lot. I also offer myself to mark doors in Amdapor, so I can always count on at least one commendation from there. For trials I go PLD because the queue is faster and it's only one fight so it doesn't feel like a chore. You'll get less commendations from that as DPS because it's usually harder to distinguish yourself there, but in a 4 person group, where you're always either about to take agro or have agro on you, I can usually count on 2, at least 1, and maybe 3 if the tank doesn't hate me after the run. You'll always get the groups where you feel like you did a lot but get nothing, but that doesn't happen many times to me.

[Black91CRX]

You may have been running with 3 people who were in a grp and could only give it to you. I know I've done that running with friends before.

Way to take the wind out of my sails...lol

[Kuroyasha]

...... 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.

I get em as BLM on a lot of dungeons when they see me infinite flare, since even if other dps is bad, tank can still pull more than one group and know they'll go down fast. I get em on melee too. When I drg and do proper aoe on pulls and single target dmg on boss. I've gotten all the commendations as Monk multiple times. Especially when I do big aoe dmg on a big pull(yes..as a mnk lol). I think seeing a monk do good AoE is so rare in DF that many be like o_O when they see it. Plus being mnk i just melt the boss' hp so that speeds things up as well. I get about equal amount between going as tank/healer/dps now. Somewhere around 600-650 commendations i believe.

[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.

[Lyrinn]

Queue as bard, play Swiftsong and Foe Req when applicable. Instant commendations.