No commendations

[JisKing98]

If i dps, i com the other dps if they deserve it.
If i tank, the dps gets it.
If i ever lvl a healer, ill give it to the dps.

[Neela]

But it really boils down to the people you end up with. Some com based on performance. A lot com purely on "was this person pleasant to play with?"

actually this ^

for me it's not about skill or gear at all but about the teamwork - if a overgeared tank mass pulls cause he is used to this in a grp with 2 undgeared dds I surely give the com to one of those not to the tank. also I like healers who find a fair balance between sup & dps, here again f.e. a sch who's in cleric 99% of time relying healing/buffing to their fairy won't get any comms from me. sometimes I found myself flashed of a clever LB usage along the way, this is what catches my attention. in the end it's all about chemistry....

[Rhymenoserous]

When I heal I generally com the tank unless they are awful, when I tank I generally com the healer unless they are awful. When I DPS which is rare, I'll flip a coin between the healer and tank depending on who did the best job. Generally DPS gets a com if they were mega useful with sprouts or something.

[Kaeoni]

There are a few reasons you might not get a com even though you're doing really well. more than I'm gonna list but the first one happens a lot to me.

Sometimes I wish I could com more than 1 person. So unfortunately people who deserve them often don't get them.

Another issue could be that the people who are giving out coms don't understand your class very well so they don't have a very sound basis for making an educated decision. That's not always their fault. I only grasped a decent idea of what every class should be doing because I end up leveling a lot of them. I don't understand every nuance of say drg or mnk, primarily cuz I enjoy brd and nin more. But I know enough.

[Nikolas]

If I tank, a healer gets it unless I die 30 times. If I dps, another dps gets it. If I heal, which is rarely, a tank gets it. If there is a new person to content, they always get it regardless. Gotta respect the sprouts!!

[Kyln]

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%.

[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

[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