Commendations are just so broken

[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.