Commendation performance?

[Seig345]

Given the nature of random players in DF pugs, there's a plethora of different possible reasons for why you didn't get a commendation on any particular run. In the end, they're an incentive to stay civil both socially and in handling your role in the party, and that's only to increase your chance of receiving one, not some guaranteed perk you're earning by nailing your role perfectly.

I, for one, tend to focus on my role so much that 90% of the intricacies of how any of the other party members are performing are completely lost on me, the remaining 10% more or less being the bottom line (did the tank lose hate a lot, did the healer struggle keeping us alive, did it take forever and a day for enemies' HP to drop, etc). In the end, a player's conversation in the party chat is going to be far more easy for me to notice/remember at the end of the duty than how perfect their rotation and anticipatory responses were. I'm not saying no one can focus on their own role and still see the intricacies of others, but again, you're in a DF with randoms pulled from a large and diverse group, some of which are as incapable at focusing on their own role AND everyone else's as me, some of which don't even care enough to give a commendation. Even just luck plays a part.

[Madsamurai]

Anyway i'll like to apologise if i sounded harsh on my previous responses. Just continue to bring forth your best in a party (which i believe you certainly did) and have an open heart at the end of the run. No commendation? No biggie. There's too much a factor to who gets a commendation and it's really simply a bonus. FFXIV is a great game, don't let this bonus feature kill the fun for you.

[Gallus]

Anyway i'll like to apologise if i sounded harsh on my previous responses. Just continue to bring forth your best in a party (which i believe you certainly did) and have an open heart at the end of the run. No commendation? No biggie. There's too much a factor to who gets a commendation and it's really simply a bonus. FFXIV is a great game, don't let this bonus feature kill the fun for you.

No need to apologize my thread wasn't very friendly to begin with so it's kind of natural people assumed that was exactly the reason why I wasn't being commed on the first place lol. With that said, the only thing stopping me from playing this game is an unexpected heart attack. I'm enjoying every piece of HW...I don't want to sound kawai but...these maps...and flying is so beautiful *_*.

[Leadleaf]

My experiences seem to align with most of this topic, if I have some off day and play like crap on dps (pingponging mines in Fractal final boss) but talk in /p, I'll usually get 2+ comms on the 2secs it takes to me to leave. Play brilliantly on indemands quietly and people barely notice. It's the same thing, players of a casual designed mmo aren't going to be that observant. Especially on lowend content like levelup dungeons. That and they just don't care about their own commendation score, so they don't bother thinking of others'.

[DragonFlyy]

Commendations were not put in so people would work harder in the dungeons. They were created to get the community to communicate with each other. Most people I know still use them for such. It's entirely possible that if the run was completely silent, that the others didn't bother commending because they found the run boring. Try talking to people, giving advice. I've had past runs where I screwed up and got people killed and still managed to get comms because I was friendly. Other runs, where I didn't want to talk, I got maybe 1 or none. It all depends. I never expect a comm though.

[Dliver]

It's tough to get commendations as a DPS.

The only way I get commendations is by being even more ridiculously nice than I already am. Of course the hello, and the gg thanks for runs, but ideally some other nice comments. You certainly have to be much nicer than you do as a tank or heal.

[Carvaka]

I ran a roulette with fc today, I was tank. I wiped the party at last boss by falling off cliff. I got the comm. Not deserved at all, my dps was low, didn't really know the run. But it was the healer that gave it. If everyone does well I follow the DPS should give to DPS and TANK and heals swap. If there is a standout, I give to them, I try to notice when DPS do a good job, because I think they get missed the most.

[Millerna]

If there's a new person in the group, and they say they're new right at the start, they get my commendation.. Because saying you're new in DF is about as commendable as can be considering the chances of them being kicked are considerable.

If there's no one new (or more than 1 new person), I'll look at how they generally behave (especially) and perform (somewhat). I've also given comms to people who may not have been optimal, but because the other 2 or just rude. Trying to force people to skip cutscenes immediately removes you from my commendation list, no matter how badass you end up being

[Dliver]

If there's a new person in the group, and they say they're new right at the start, they get my commendation.. Because saying you're new in DF is about as commendable as can be considering the chances of them being kicked are considerable.

If there's no one new (or more than 1 new person), I'll look at how they generally behave (especially) and perform (somewhat). I've also given comms to people who may not have been optimal, but because the other 2 or just rude. Trying to force people to skip cutscenes immediately removes you from my commendation list, no matter how badass you end up being

Well thankfully healers can be generous carebears. It's what we do when we're healing.

And it works out well because we easily get comms provided we don't do something insane that wipes the group.

[odie]

I commend for various reasons. Performance, glamours, funny names, fellow roegadyn, people who talk, people who tell jokes. But if you are expecting commendations then that's your own problem. Not going to change who I vote for. Sometimes I end up in progress runs with friends. They automatically get it.