What are Your Conditions to Commend?

[Musashidon]

are they not a dps? coms for anyone but dps.

[KittytheSheGeek]

Usually I will give mine to whichever DPS stood out to me the most, because as a dedicated DPS I know how underappreciated we are, especially those who play their job well. Though I will give it to a healer if people keep eating it and they have to work extra hard to get us through the fight. Sometimes I will give it to someone simply because they are friendly or funny.

[zombunnies]

I'm usually healer, so I tend to comm casters that give me mana shift, or mch/bard that use refresh.
If neither applies, I give it to tanks that don't annoy me.
If the tank annoyed me, it goes to the dps that made me smile. Either by being in a silly glam/having a funny name/or just making a joke.
If there's no funny dps, I shrug and give it to no one.

For 8 mans, the co-healer gets it. Unless they were inexcusably awful. In that case, it follows the first set of rules.

As a tank, I give it to healers. No ifs, buts, or maybes. (I always give them the benefit of the doubt, which probably isn't always good)
As a dps, I'll give it to a dps who buffs me up, otherwise it goes to the healer.

Of course, these aren't ironclad rules.

[Kaelah]

I usually commend whoever is friendly and did a good job. Also, if they are willing to accept advice if they seem to be struggling.
If there are people who do all of the above in one group, if the good player did an exceptional job, like they saved us from death, manashift when needed, stuns when needed etc, they get it. If not, I give it to the friendliest player, the one who says hello, communicates, says good job, goodbye etc. I had a tank the other day who was new, and in their hello they added "I'm new to tanking so please bare with me, if you have any advice on how I can do better please let me know." They instantly got my comm for that run. (In case you were wondering, they were actually amazing.)

If I have a run where no one says hello, everyone does their job ok and whatever, then I don't usually rush to comm. If everyone doesn't leave within 2 seconds of the dungeon ending, I'll give it to the tank usually. (I'm healer.) Or whoever is left.

If I have a run where everyone is an ass (rare) of course, no one gets it.

[NekoNova]

For me it's usually a mix :



* Did they use proper cooldowns?
* Are they talkative/communicative? I hate silent runs
* Are they friendly?
* Are they open for feedback?


Asshats, insults, elitist behavior is immediately a no-comm from me.

[LalaRu]

When a run gone smooth, I expect dps commend each other, and tank-healer the same, that's fair.
If the run ended with problems, will commend who tried/succeed to overcome them in a constructive way.

On roulettes will not play the minmax game so I won't judge tanks that won't switch to dps stance on boss, or dps not optimal but sufficient.

[Jaywalker]

I DF a lot, and I'm not stingy with commends haha. If I have the opportunity at the end of a run and haven't been horribly offended by the contenders, I prefer to do it. Would be easier to say what would put me off commending.

People who are kind and make me laugh, I commend. People who do amazing jobs in their roles. People who are inclusive, or at least don't exclude. People who are good teachers. People who bring fun to the game for me. Newbies who are clearly trying hard.

Dragoons who link.

I commend all roles, but don't necessarily expect to get noticed as DPS. Some of the moments I got most :> about involved getting three commends from strangers in DF.

[Mansion]

Still being there when I have the opportunity to click on a name, mainly.

[Laerune]

Its a mix between gameplay and personality for me. Most of the time players only speak when things go wrong, so I judge them on their gameplay. While its easy to see this on Healers and Tanks, with DPS I am having harder time to judge them.