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

[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.

[KaitlanKela]

Limit break.

You know, I get there you might be in the middle of a rotation. That makes sense to me. As a healer I try to let it sit there at full for a few gcds before I'll say something. My assumption is that you noticed and I'll only point it out if I've convinced myself you didn't.

But, the proper way to handle the lb is to use it as soon as is feasible after it fills, because it starts filling up again after you use it. The longer it sits at full the more potential damage is wasted. So sometimes it does frustrate the tanks and healers when the dps sit on it for an inordinate amount of time, because they are the wasted potential but we have no capacity to do anything about it EXCEPT communicate.

[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.

[Crysten]

I very rarely give our commendations these days but when I do, it's normally one of the following:

- Healer that actively does DPS without getting too cocky about it.
- Tank who makes the healer's life easier, rotating cooldowns ans switches stances when able to.
- Fellow DPS if runs are generally very quick (around 15-20 minutes).

In the case of the above being a tie, I'll give it to the person who was the friendliest. Anyone who makes me laugh in a run automatically gets it, regardless.

[Masquerade]

When I tank I typically give it to the healer.
When I dps I typically give it to the tank.


My decision on who I give it to, is not even necessarily decided by who did the better job. Like if I am running as damage, and the tank of the group did an excellent job, but he/she has crown next to their name..I give it the healer if they have the sprout symbol. A crown most likely has more for the achievements you get for them, so the sprout needs it more.
Or another scenario - if the healer did an excellent job and the tank was kinda...sloppy..I give it to the tank. Just from assuming that he/she is new to the role, and I don't want them to feel discouraged and decide to only run groups as a dps role after that one bad run.

I do not often give it to one of the dps players in the group, only because it can be hard to tell which one of them was putting out more damage. But when one stands out and you can easily tell the difference between them, I'll give it to that one.

Tho iv also ran in groups, where one of the dps was stepping too far off to the side and getting adds on them, and either the healer or the tank confronted them about it, in very rude ways...that kind of thing ticks me off. So come the end of the group, I give it to that player.

[revonine]

I don't usually have strict guidelines to follow. But I have easily commended people in the past for:

Cool/unique glamours
People being honest about their XP and asking for advice
Being chatty, polite and friendly
Saving a run from a wipe through quick thinking etc

[Pells]

careful with that! i know someone that was thrown in the gaol once...for harrassment. because they used melee lb1 whenever it was available in Void Ark

Doesn't it go to LB2 in Void Ark? He wasn't waiting until it was full.