What is your preference for a player to get a commendation?

[Yeol]

Tank:
- By holding aggro and switching between dps stance and tanking stance.

DPs:
- MCH/BRD/NIN if they use their support abilities correctly.
- MNK/DRG/BLM/SMN very high dps.

Healer:
- Dpsing healer + keeping everyone alive.
- AST using cards correctly.

[Pheryx]

You have some good points. I can understand your point of view.

On a similar note, when I was first leveling ninja, my first melee DPS class, I was scolded for using LB on 2nd boss when it had about 50% HP remaining. Since that time, I've been hesitant to use LB until about 15% or slightly less, depending on the boss.

I had the same problem. Use limit break as soon as it's up? Get yelled at because it should be used as a panic button. Use it near the end of the fight? Get yelled at because damage loss.

On topic though. I usually give a com to the other dps>healer>tank. If the other dps and healer are being lazy it instantly goes to the tank.

[Zojha]

For me, it's a pretty simple priority system:
1) Nice and helpful people
2) People who play better than most
3) The role counterpart (Healer/Tank, DPS/DPS)

If multiple people qualify for the first step, I go down to the second and even the third if they also qualify for the second.
There are two kinds of people who I don't commend on principle and those are rude people and people sporting "sexy" glamours. In such cases, I give my commendations to someone else even if they qualify for one or all of the prior.

[Rennies]

Use logic and limit break if the bar is full. :P or I'll use the healer lb just to spite you

[Alleo]

I always try to give at least one person a commendation. The only cases where I dont do this, is with people that make a dungeon run way longer than it should be or if people are already gone to fast.

If nobody talks it goes to the one that I saw as doing the best. If someone is talking in the chat (more than "hello" and "bye") than I will give it to him, even if he is not the best of the group. I like it way more if runs are funny even if it means that it takes a little longer. Only if chatting to much causes us a lot of wipes..than thats bad.

If someone explains the mechanics to someone new, that person needs to do a lot of mistakes to not get a commendation from me.

For myself even as a not so bad dps (at least what others told me) I barely get any coms. So I am always happy to get them especially if I take the time to explain the dungeon or if I chat with them. (Will do that even without coms xD I just like explaining and some nice talk) I always feel a little smug if I go with two other friends and I am the one that gets it. Those are mostly the ones that barely talk in a dungeon and even if they are very good tanks/healers and deserve them, its still feels good to be the one that got it thanks to being nice.

I wish we would be able to give more than one commendation. Sometimes you have a really great group, where everything goes fantastic and yet you can only give it to one.

[Drkdays]

I'll usually comm the newest player (the one with the fewest classes) to help them get their achievements. Unless they're being a jerk or completely inept (lv 42 gld who won't flash or something like that) that or a caster DPS, they never get enough love.

[cammi]

I don't have a system... it's pretty random honestly. My monk gets hella comms tho, it's kindof insane I get atleast 2 comms every dungeon on her. o.O I was really random and gave a comm to the cutest character in one run, they liked it.

[Jatoi]

What influences me to give comms depending on role... and can be a difficult choice when things go so smoothly.

Usually it's an outstanding BRD or MCH if things go south and use their TP/MP regen abilities or a tank that can really time their CDs well... or a healer with fast reaction time. It really just all depends.

[iSunglow]

I give my commendation to the most polite and talkative person in the group. I'd much rather reward good behavior than good play; it'll encourage new players to stay, and that's one of the best things anyone can do for our community. I'm hard pressed to give any commendations if nobody can even say a simple hello at the beginning of the run.

[Daemius]

I always give to the dps if I'm playing dps. I give it to the healer if I'm tank and vice versa. I only deviate from this occasionally. I will automatically not comm a bard/mch for not using foes/mch foes if I'm on my black mage. Same goes to a nin if they don't goad and I'm playing some tp based dps and we're aoeing a lot. Otherwise you have to perform pretty badly for me not to follow my usual comm priority.