Curious Question... DPS Class players and Dungeon Commendations

[Silverquick]

Yep. I noticed once I started spamming Doom Spike, I wound up with at least one comm; two often enough. People love speed running everything, xD.

On the other side of it, if I get a Goad. I want to stop and hug that Ninja.

Well I will back you there...

I notice myself getting more of them in AoE situations where I'm throwing down Bio 2, Miasma, Bio, then Bane... and then stepping into the crowd of mobs and spam Bliz 2 on top of it. And at later levels throwing in Miasma 2 and throwing down the Shadow. Mobs do tend to drop very fast.

So I have noticed I get more Coms during heavy AoE situations with lots of mobs coming in.

EDIT: I remember once being in a group with I thought a DRG, who was spamming Doom Spike, and I remember between the two of us just polishing off crowds of mobs left and right.

[Aeeninwen_Taldel]

Being a tank, I tend to give commendation to the healer, unless I feel another player deserves it more. Mostly, because I am new. I am learning the tricks, and I probably take more damage than I out to, so it gives some healers quite a job. I've gotten better since I first started, but I tend to have some off dungeon runs.

[Chalbee]

It seems to be pretty random. There are times when, by my own measure, I play terribly (I botch my rotation, waste a dreadwyrm trance or something silly like that) and get 2 comms. Then there are other runs when my rotation is flawless, it's clear I'm far out-DPSing the other DPS in the group, and I raise the healer (I main SMN) and get nothing. /shrug

edit: This is by no means meant to sound salty because I've been known to give comms according to glamour/general hotness of other party members.

[MaloraYuki]

I've gotten quite a few comms on all of my dps classes (as well as my healers and tanks). I can't say for sure how many are from what classes now but I had around 200 comms by the time I reached lvl 60 on my bard. But I mean I've had people give comms for being helpful, listening to advice, giving advice, just being friendly, and even things as simple as liking my glamour or thinking my toon was cute. So I mean I can't chalk up the comms I got to class or how I played that class.

[Clethoria]

I played healer in PotD and always got the other commendations when I didn't even have to heal or do anything because my cast times are so long. It's weird. I commend other MNKs just for being MNKs.

The only time I really get the majority is when I talk and show off my charisma. Otherwise I'm bypassed for the healer/tank.

[Settiesama]

Personally I think it's just become so common knowledge that tanks and healers receive the most coms, that people give them their coms based on just that fact. Some don't even take notice how good or bad a dps is doing, and just blindly follows the trend, even if the tank and healer were horrible.

As some has said, the easiest way for a dps to get a com is to make yourself stand out, talk, joke all while still playing well.. And stray far away from making speeches in your macros

[Vhailor]

What is everyone else's DPS experience with this.

I don't really play DD classes, but I can say that as a White Mage, I tend to value friendliness over performance. So I'll commend a DD role as much as anyone else, which definitely reinforces your observations. Being silent is the only sure-fire way to avoid a commendation from me.

[Silverquick]

I don't really play DD classes, but I can say that as a White Mage, I tend to value friendliness over performance. So I'll commend a DD role as much as anyone else, which definitely reinforces your observations. Being silent is the only sure-fire way to avoid a commendation from me.

Yeah its hard for me to say really,

I mean tonight as an example I did Dusk Vigil for the first time, never did it before, (did several dungeons tonight for the first time)... two things happened in that one at the end.

I did thank everyone for the group, and even did a /bow to the healer who seriously kept me alive during the Griffon fight, that whirlwind caught me off guard the first time as I didn't know the mechanics since it was my first in there. But we really didn't talk at all while going through.

But at the same time I was doing a lot of really good AoE damage, and had kicked in Raging Strikes at the end of the Griffon fight and hit a 1900 crit with Fester on the Griffon for the kill shot.

And at the end got 2 Coms when I left the dungeon.

I was courteous, like usual, and I liked the group they were very proficient.... but we didn't talk much outside the end of the dungeon.... and I admit my damage was really high. So its really hard for me to say which particularly did it.

[eaudaemon]

I don't know, As a White Mage main now (use to be Bard), I rarely get commendations, now matter how hard or easy I Raise or Keep everybody alive I'd be lucky to get one, so I don't think that healers are on that same level as Tanks monopolizing commendations.

[Stitches1974]

If I'm tanking, I'll give the healer a com if they didn't let me die. If I'm healing, I'll give the tank a com if I didn't get beat on. If I'm dpsing, I'll give the dps a com, unless either the tank or heals were superb and the other dps kept messing up ( melee not using LB or such )

As of right now, leveling a SMN, I get a fair amount of coms for doing my job properly.