No commendations

[White-Magic]

If you want to be recognized (receiving commendations), then go above and beyond what is entailed for your specific role.

I think people have fallen into this pit of self-entitlement regarding things such as commendations. If you expect them, then you're doing it wrong. You need to earn them. And not everyone is going to commend you, even if you gave 200%.

I have to agree with everything Kyln mentioned - No one should feel that they're entitled to comms. That being said, you're more likely to get noticed if you've been outstanding with your performance.
Personally, I think exceptional awareness and having initiative plays a key role in capturing my attention when it comes to giving out comms.

For healers, I expect more than just the usual heal and dps (it's expected for our healer meta after all). I'd be looking for things like: E4E during big pulls in instances, refreshing SS on the tank after each engagement in dungeons, virus/disable during tank busters, sacred soil/CU during predictable raid-wide aoes, immediate use of esuna/leeches/ED for pacification, using Fluid Aura on ranged adds to bring them into aoe range, ... the list goes on.

On top of good dps, I'd also look at things like: bards automatically playing foes for mage and healer dps or bards playing ballad for healers when it counts (especially during crucial moments), bards using Wanderer's Paean on debuffs/pacification, nins using initiation with their goad, etc

For tanks, having awareness with their party's gear and capability is key when they're pulling. It's a big no if I see the tank doing huge pulls when the healer or dps are undergeared, especially if they continue to do so even after struggling to survive the first big pull.

I guess other factors for me include: whether they said hi in the beginning/ty at the end of a run, they've been doing mechanics properly, being courteous, and pulling their weight throughout.
... Unfortunately I'm usually quite lenient when it comes to giving out the comms though. As long as you say hi and you've been pleasant to be around, you'd most likely get it if you've been performing well. If I can't still decide who's performed the best in that instance, it all comes down to clever names and glamour

[Squintina]

For healers, I expect more than just the usual heal and dps (it's expected for our healer meta after all). I'd be looking for things like: E4E during big pulls in instances, refreshing SS on the tank after each engagement in dungeons, virus/disable during tank busters

Pretty sure healers don't have Virus anymore.
What's SS (other than Sacred Soil, which I don't see why it'd be used after an encounter)? If it's Stoneskin or Shroud of Saints, that's also been removed.

[Tridus]

Pretty sure healers don't have Virus anymore.
What's SS (other than Sacred Soil, which I don't see why it'd be used after an encounter)? If it's Stoneskin or Shroud of Saints, that's also been removed.

You're replying to a comment from May and an expansion ago.

[Squintina]

You're replying to a comment from May and an expansion ago.

lol yeah, I should probably have looked at that. I saw it on recent threads and was reading the whole thread, but didn't look at timestamps.

[bardaboo]

Got 3 comms in sohm hm as a dps crazed healer.

[Seoulstar]

Personally I don't care about comms. Until I do a 24 man, and I solo heal while stance dancing and keeping the tank alive..

[xJimmehx]

I get maybe 1 or 2 comms every 8 or so df groups. I always run with my wife in party though, and usually the other slots are filled with fc members. So i rarely see comms at all to be honest. ^^

I would like to see something done to change this. I would like to have the gilded magitek.. and sometime before 7.0.. xD

[Capriana]

As a tank, I used to always recom the healer in parties, but that was for lv 1-49 dungeons. After 49, you have to impress me to get my recom, usually a dps does a far better job than the healer and they get my recom. Just because you are performing your ROLE, doesn't mean auto recom, your role is a healer.

I don't expect thanks or recom simply for being a tank. You shouldn't either for just being a healer.

I think most people are like me, because on my SMN I usually get 2 recom per run, I have actually seen 3's as well even in PoTD. Something I have never since as a tank, 3 recoms.

[GDFletcher]

Usually run dungeons in a premade, but on the off chance I am going into a dungeon without any of the following

2x DPS slots open - Be the DPS which didn't think they are a tank
1x Healer 1 DPS Open - Always the healer no matter what
1x Tank 1 DPS Open - Tank

8 man content - 1 of the 2 healers, the off tank or the none suicidal dps

[Tsilyi]

With regard to the 1x healer/1x tank and 1x dps open, always the healer or tank and never the dps? I suppose this doesn't include situations where the tank or healer are average or worse and the dps is excellent.