No commendations for healing and DPSing

[goob]

I wouldn't assume that everyone would be giving comms to everyone. Lousy players still likely wouldn't get any comms, yet this would allow those who did a good job to get them, even the DPSers who probably don't see them that often. Tripling (or quadrupling or more) the amount of comms needed to get rewards would keep people from getting them too quickly.

As for the people who don't take a second to give comms now, that probably wouldn't change.

[Seryl199]

I agree, I have no qualms about giving my commendation to the player who did the best. By that I mean the player that had the most impact on the group, a tank that pulls and mitigates appropriately, healer recovering from mistakes or providing solid DPS without endangering the party, or a DPS that's just killing it, spot on with LB's and such, or anyone who's bubbly and upbeat throughout the run. By giving everyone a commend, you don't get to single out who did the best. You just say that everyone did ok.

[T2teddy]

I will give a comm to a healer who actually heals me, however that rarely happens, even if I've gone out of my way to save their butts from add aggro [since the OT/s are playing aggroball with the boss] and that's the reason my hp is almost gone.
Mostly I give comms to people who are helpful with pointers, friendly, or exceptional performers.

[NyxVampiria]

If anyone expects comm just cuz they are healing then I would never give them my comm. (Theoretically speaking since I'm always playing healer myself) our job is to just make sure the group stay alive, that doesn't deserve more comm than making sure you're soaking damage or being the one making sure stuff dies.
Just be happy for the ones you can get. A good personality or a showing extraordinary performance can help you gain them.

[Leiloni]

If anyone expects comm just cuz they are healing then I would never give them my comm. (Theoretically speaking since I'm always playing healer myself) our job is to just make sure the group stay alive, that doesn't deserve more comm than making sure you're soaking damage or being the one making sure stuff dies.
Just be happy for the ones you can get. A good personality or a showing extraordinary performance can help you gain them.

You didn't read the OP (or even the thread title), did you? The entire thread is discussing people who did more than just heal. They tried to go above and beyond by both keeping people alive as well as dpsing and doing other things to get the most out of the class, yet received no comms.

[NyxVampiria]

You didn't read the OP (or even the thread title), did you? The entire thread is discussing people who did more than just heal. They tried to go above and beyond by both keeping people alive as well as dpsing and doing other things to get the most out of the class, yet received no comms.

I did. Still don't think that anyone should expect to get comms. As ppl said already everyone have different criteria for giving out comms. If you know yourself you did a great job, pat yourself on the shoulder and feel good about yourself cuz you did a good job and deserve to feel good. If ppl didn't recognise it then meh, doesn't change the fact that you did a great job. I once had to save a party all on my own and received no comm. Not a big deal really.

[Sidra]

I think in general the idea of dpsing while healing for some reason seems to be and extremely polarizing issue for the community. I actually think a lot of pro-dpsers might give the commendation just for seeing you in cleric stance, and for the anti-dpser crowd seeing cleric stance automatically means their commendation is going somewhere else. In both cases, the commendation isn't really a measure of how well you played.

[Risvertasashi]

I think in general the idea of dpsing while healing for some reason seems to be and extremely polarizing issue for the community. I actually think a lot of pro-dpsers might give the commendation just for seeing you in cleric stance, and for the anti-dpser crowd seeing cleric stance automatically means their commendation is going somewhere else. In both cases, the commendation isn't really a measure of how well you played.

This too. Choosing to cleric or not can be a bit tricky-- some groups actually don't like to see you do it.

That said, as posted before, in my experience the #1 thing that determines if you get comms is... basically, how social you are.

[Xyth]

I pugged a Titan Extreme in 2.5, never said a word. Only people alive were Tank, 2 of the Healers, BLM, and myself as a BRD since 70% of the fight. The other tank and 2 DPS got knocked off. We finished the fight, and I got 5 comms. I never said anything, never died, I didn't even play ballad cause healers were fine on MP. 5 comms...

I never expect comms as a DPS class, so this comes to show you that people give comms for any reason. I gave mine to the tank for solo tanking it.

[Mhikail]

I don't get any Comm's for Alexander as an AST lol, I barely get comm's as an PLD.
Big deal. I comm people for paying attention and/or being a cute little good Lala lol.
Not every tank/healer needs to get comm's. DPS do have to focus on mechanic's and stuff.