In 2.x I got plenty of commendations because I was playing tank or heals, but as I made my alts in 3.x and decided I would give dps a try, I managed somehow to get more commendations then my Tank/Heal class together and even in much shorter time.

I am not saying that I am one of the super skilled players, because I am defiantly not, maybe I have a couple skills here and there who knows, but I mostly tend to see it in a complete different light.

Nowadays, it's hard to find DPS that actually does dmg (or at least when it comes to roulette's) or people that at least try to find a somewhat acceptable rotation (even if not perfect), is in most cases enough to get the commendation at the end.

Sure if I am on my smn and help out the healers (raise - emergency heal the tank because healers are busy, physick the pld because the healers didn't see divine veil pop etc) I get most of them, but I've gotten plenty as well on melee classes.

Guess it's just harder for DPS to get commendation, because everybody is playing it and not everybody gets noticed. I mostly give my commendation to DPS when playing DPS myself, otherwise I give it to the tank or healer depending on their performance. I am weird like that.