Commendations are just so broken

[MicahZerrshia]

Commendations are really only there so you can feel good about yourself, outside of the really gaudy rewards for the achievements they are worthless.

That being said I do tend to give them since I usually can omw out of a dungeon even if I race to the exit. Usually I will comm the other dps unless they were just terrible at their job, it will go to a healer that dps during their down times and sometimes I give no one comms if they waste time or are terrible. For instance when I get stuck with a pt of rp ppl that emote and do rp talk the entire way through, generally wasting tons of time along the way. I had a lala healer the other day who didn't need to heal so would just use the cheer emotes on the tank instead of contributing in any other way. Also couldn't kick them since they came in together.

I do not think these players deserve any type of comm or reward so they get none form me.

They need to revamp the system if they want to make them more worthwhile. Make them give better rewards or some sort of buff. Maybe boosted exp for jobs under lvl cap or something if you give and get 3 comms in a row or something. Maybe throw in drops like TT cards or other rando items. 5/5 glamour 10/10 crafting mats, 20/20 furniture, 50/50 a mount or something. Make ppl really want it and work for it.

[Anselmet]

If you want commendations I have some tips as I have been grinding for them because I am close to breaking 3000. Run trials or normal raids over and over as a healer. I would focus more on trials due to having more bosses that cause bad parties to struggle but if you want a break normal raids are a fine substitute. If you are an adequate healer and you can carry everyone to the finish line, you will receive commendations almost every time. (Of course those quick bosses from ARR will usually equate to 0 comms, but not common to happen)

Also, I play drg as my main and I can literally be the top dps on my team and the other three being a blm, sam, or a smn and not receive a commendation in trials. I will generally walk out with all three in a dungeon, but dungeons take too long imo and you can at most get three. On average I am getting three from trials as a healer. My tank usually gets at least one, but when parties go bad (which is scarily common in trial roulette) a healer who can recover is a healer who is gonna be bathed in commendations. A tank and a dps is not getting those commendations most likely. And if they are its for x reason.

The system isn't bad. You have to remember that not everyone hand out commendations. Some literally just kill the boss and leave. And as others have stated that people will hand them out for a funny name or a glamor. I tend to hand it out to dps that stand out to me because I know that healers and tanks don't need my commendation. They will most likely walk out of a trial with at least one. I honestly think that people should be able to get a commendation for whatever reason but that does not mean there isn't a way to 'manipulate' the system.

[Ramesses]

Commendations are really only there so you can feel good about yourself, outside of the really gaudy rewards for the achievements they are worthless.

I absolutely disagree with you... vehemently.

First lets start with the rewards... the Magitek. I assume you've been playing long enough to remember how excited everyone was just before 2.0 and it was announced we were getting Magitek mounts. The excitement on the forums was palatable and if SE had wanted to charge $20, €20 or £20 for that mount, half the player base would have clamored to queue up and pay, myself included.

Instead, we got them in the MSQ and a gilded gold one for amassing (500?) commendations. The whole premise of the commendation system was to help surge a sense of camaraderie amoung players. Acknowledgement is a key trait of that and yes, it's always up to the individual whether or not to commend but the achievements are subtle ways to encourage players to spend them.

Next is your reasoning that it's "only there make people feel good about oneself".

If you reckon commendations are only available to make people attain self gratification then I'll have to strongly disagree with you on that as well. A few people make the false assumption that its all about who could crank out the highest DPS that gets the commendation... others think they'll only give it to the healer who performs DPS. For me, just off the top of my head, my criteria come in so many different forms... and I wholeheartedly give it because I want the other person to feel good; that I genuinely appreciate their sportsmanship, their generosity, their skill, their patience, their innate ability to be a true WoL.

Here are just a very few examples of why I gave a commendation:

• The tank who shamelessly admits that he's still learning the job and it's his first time tanking the dungeon... then goes on to deliver some excellent tanking. I know he's telling the truth because towards the end, I see the map achievement pop for him.
• That healer X who had the humble courtesy to say "Please excuse me , can you please wait a moment? My baby just woke up, please bear with me, brb!!!". Then she quickly returns and does an emote "X gives a grateful bow and hands everyone a cookie"
• Or the healer who straight up apologizes for focusing too much on healing only her girlfriend in the party and adequately adjusts to make sure she's also focusing the tank.
• The Ninja who makes some mistakes and humbly accepts some word of advice from the team... and because I play the job and have a keen practiced eye for the rotations, I actually see the incredible improvement by the end of the DF.
• The player in that newly released 24-man raid who carefully explains the strategy in the alliance chat... and he happens to be in my party.
• Including that rare player also in my party that just knows how to crack the wittiest jokes and keep spirits high... plus the healer, also in my party, who is always willing to go out of her way to raise the other healers in the alliance (which is an example of the many instances when one would want to give more than one commendation).

These, amoung several, several, several other examples, are the players who get my commendations.