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

[AegisKiddo]

During my time in FF14, I have had quite a few occasions where I'm conflicted as to who to give that 1 commendation too, like in my last df roulette, I had a Sch dpsing, Ninja goading other pcs also providing shadewalker on boss pulls and the Bard doing foes for the ninja and sch. To say it was quite a fast run is understatement, long story short, I was conflicted as to who to give the commendation too, I gave it to the sch in the end.

As a tank, I get a commendation for most of the dfs I'm in, as a healer some of the time and as a dps infrequently. Under normal circumstances my preference for who deserves a commendation is as follows, I priorities any new pcs, then healer/tank then the dps. I find it interesting, how there is a dichotomy when it comes to commendations depending on the role played at the time.

So my question is, do you have a preference as to who to give that 1 commendation out to, and have you ever been in a dilemma as to who to give it too?

[LalafellDown]

I always give 1 to healer that does DPS. Even if they throw just 1 Aero.

[Yurimi]

I tend to give it to those I feel best earned it if multiple players seem to have earned it then if one actually said hello and thanks in the run they will probably get it

[Ryodi]

Default DPS every time. The DPS would have to be incredibly bad or a tank/healer would have to blow my mind for it to change. My reasoning for this is because as a DPS player, far too often you will see tanks and healers get most of the commendations for getting out of bed in the morning, it's not even required to actually play well. So my contribution is always reserved for the DPS players that go unrecognised for actually playing well.

[Atoli]

I give it to the person I liked the most.

+ for doing their job well
+ for going far beyond their job
+ + just giving it to the one who hasn't left the instance by the time I type out my goodbyes
+ + + for making me smile or laugh or just enjoy the run with their talk

- for not saying hello/goodbye
- - failing at anything I consider easy
- - - for having a name I dislike
- - - for wearing a glamour I dislike

Of course I don't make a list of + and - for any person I ever play with, it's more of a subconcious thing.
But yeah, I don't care how well someone played, if I don't like their name or think their glamour is slutty, I'm not giving them a comm.
At the same time, if someone is a joy to be with, I don't mind fails that much and will probably still give that person the commendation

[DynamoAce]

I like to give it to those who I feel sync really well with me. Tanks who really do a good job at pulling big (Like a Paladin who will also know when to go into Shield Oath so I don't go through hell healing them), DPS who can keep up with their rotations very well and don't wind up swimming in AoE's (Especially if I see a Black Mage that can stay on their toes but still keep up with their high damage), and if I'm not healing I may give it to a Healer who can keep up with keeping us all alive while assisting in DPS if they can.

If I ever see newbies/sprouts who do really well in my eyes, I'll also give it to them.

[Mugiawara]

- - - for having a name I dislike
- - - for wearing a glamour I dislike
But yeah, I don't care how well someone played, if I don't like their name or think their glamour is slutty, I'm not giving them a comm.

No offense but from a lot of previous posts, you're really big on appearances...

[Musashidon]

anyone but dps, they never deserve a com.

[Atoli]

No offense but from a lot of previous posts, you're really big on appearances...

I have literally only made 2 posts about appearences in all of my forum life
(not counting the "oh wow, so pretty" in glamour threads)
One in the "fat characters" thread and one here. I get the feeling you don't read a lot of my posts if that is all you remember...

But yes, I think a commendation is meant to show who we apprechiated the most in the party.
Some may weigh it very high to get through the dungeon as fast as possible, but I think in a game that is so bent on making us run the same thing over and over again,
the most important thing is to make a run enjoyable and different from the last.
Just killing mobs fast does not do that. Having fun conversations or enjoying to look at someone's pretty glamour does, though.

[AnaviAnael]

Being a mage, I'll always comm a bard who uses Foe's.