How do you decide commendations?

[Jaarlask]

When I ran as a tank, it was so random if I'd receive commendations, i'd see flawless runs,(good heals, but more often teamwork to mitigate too much damage) not a single death, and i'd be doing decent pulls, nothing too slow. no commendations.
It seems more often than not anymore, the tank has to go above and beyond to get a commendation, but if i run as a healer, even low level and i'm didn't do that well, 3 commendations. frequently.
Regardless of skill i was outputting, i got them all, that seems odd to me.
and of course my DPS, rarely gets them outside of an 8-man, when I LB3 the final boss for no reason and kill him. Like he wouldn't die anyways in a few seconds, but that sure gets you a few commendations for some reason.

[arthur_hogemann]

Mostly to tankers or healers ... in rare cases I give a commendation to DPS, when they don't: die, pull mobs before tank, steal agro from tank's non-target mob, curse other players.

[Bouldergore]

If mobs are going and attacking everyone, then the tank failed.
if everyone is doing their job but the healer goes OOM then the DPS failed.
if the tank dies or a dps dies while the tank is at full health and the healer has mana then healer failed.

there are of course exceptions but in a nut shell this is a decent way to tell who isnt pulling their weight.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

If mobs are going and attacking everyone, then the tank failed.
if everyone is doing their job but the healer goes OOM then the DPS failed.
if the tank dies or a dps dies while the tank is at full health and the healer has mana then healer failed.

there are of course exceptions but in a nut shell this is a decent way to tell who isnt pulling their weight.

You consider those failures even if it happened just once? I usually let screws ups slide unless it happens more than once.

[Zoberraz]

if the tank dies or a dps dies while the tank is at full health and the healer has mana then healer failed.

Isn't that a little contradictory? The tank can't be at full health and dead at the same time. x_x

[Lycinder]

Its completely situational, though a tank is more likely to get a commendation from me they are also more likely to not if they derp since I catch that faster than I do with dps.
If a dps does something which I see and is awesome they are incredibly likely to get a commendation, for example the monk dropping mantra at the perfect time for my aoe heal just makes me fall in love with them; also if I derp with my mana consumption and a bard actually notices me as a scholar derp up and using a ballad will get a commendation and an embarrassed thank you.

[ksufoley]

I prioritize who gets mine usually.

1. The least ignorant one of the three/seven others.
2. Most helpful to newer players.
3. Only one left if I was still looking at final gear and i was spacing out lol
4. Most efficient with class played. I.e. tank didn't pull more than party was capable of going up against, dodging when needed, mitigating/aggro holding correctly. Healer was able to keep everyone alive through SR pulls or oh shit aoe moments (don't kill spiney), esuna,/leeches properly, has the ability to dps while keeping party alive, and dps class - simply kill things in the order they need to or when they spawn, dodge everything possible, take aggro from healer if tank isnt and use lb effectively whether it's bards, melee single target, or mage aoe.

oh and instant commend to the last one standing getting that last hit in so we don't have to fight the boss again!

[zaviermhigo]

I'm a healer, so usually if its a good tank or other good healer they will get it. IF its all DDs whoever did their job well, and died the least gets my commendation.

[CodeCass]

I try to give mine to the person I feel deserved it most. This includes being knowledgeable, helpful, and preformed with their job the best. If I can't decide based on everyone doing an equally good job, I'll almost always give it to a DPS. We all know very well that Healers and Tanks get the commendation 90% of the time, so I try to spread the love to the underappreciated!

[Wyntir]

For me, if I see a DPS utilizing skills outside of their DPS rotation, like a caster using either virus or eye for an eye, they'll get it, or a melee who doesn't need to be told to LB every boss, or even just paying attention and not getting hit by avoidable aoes/getting on adds asap. Otherwise, if it's a smooth run, it goes to the tank.