No commendations

[Zeldert-Castiel]

The easiest way to get a comm is be an experienced player, but the polite one.

Like in dungeons, trials or raids you can give advices first before the fight starts. New players will think that you're kind enough to give advice politely (not by insulting them because they're bad at first run)

Or as a healer (that's the fastest way for me) you heal and perform a little DPSing by giving DoT. Use Rescue when a player got stuck and unable to move. Casting HoT like Medica 2 will help too.

[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.

[Sylvain]

I don't see why the healer would be more entitled to commendation than the dps or the tank.
I personaly only command the person who did best, be it DPS or heal.

[RopeDrink]

I'm a WHM main and a stern advocate of DPS'ing as a Healer. If I see a Healer who does both (ie. not your typical bot/netflix Healer who only knows how to Cure full HP targets), they'll probably get my comm.

However, in certain dungeons, such as Sohm Al (Hard) back before Stormblood, if I saw DPS making effort on rotating stuns on exploding jellies (you know, the small but helpful little details), as well as punching out decent numbers along the way, I'd throw a comm their way if the tank was nothing to write home about. Overall it's the little things that get my attention - not just the role. I don't 'expect' commendations just because I healed, though I tend to get them given how much effort I put into DPS'ing as a Healer.

[AppleJinx]

Just so you know, if you expect every player you come across to throw a comm your way, that pretty much undermines the purpose of the commendation system.

[TensaiSogetsu]

Much like respect, you have to work for your comms. I don't comm for just joining DF. If you impress me, you will get a comm. If you make the dungeon take longer, you won't get a comm. DPSing and healing will not earn you a comm, that's expected of you.

[Thoosa]

Hey,

I tend to regularly get comms as a healer

Although I’ve seen healers in the past who:

1. Don’t aoe enough (gravity/miasma 2/holy and assize) and at the same time making sure the tank has regen or shields applied. If the healer and the dps are doing their aoe properly it makes a big pull less risky as everything dies faster!

2. Don’t prepare shields or have heals ready for big damage.

3. Know when to single target heal or group heal - it’s faster to single target heal (in situations where one or two people are low) and costs less mana.

4. I don’t see many healers who being esuna and use it much.

Good luck

[Transient_Shadow]

omg why is this thread still going?! I posted this like almost over a year ago... Let the salt die folks DX