Commendations are just so broken

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It's not right tanks and healers should get most of them.

keep raising ones that keep dying and healing them and at the end never get one comm.

It is a trinity - three roles tackling content, where the most effective/efficient outcome involves all three pulling their weight however they can. No offence, but as nice as it is for a DPS to raise or MP-shift or off-heal, that is no different to a Healer or Tank contributing damage, ie. performing tasks outside of their primary function. I see absolutely no reason why a DPS casting raise or shifting mana or casting a heal would automatically be commendation worthy. I would, however, consider the lack of using these features as more reason NOT to commend them. Furthermore, let's not pretend like DPS have any major pressures outside of their primary function - to do damage, preferably while avoiding mechanics like everyone else should do. If they are performing well, making effort to avoid everything, and going above and beyond their own role, then if I'm going to bother considering a commendation, I'd weigh that up vs the Healers and Tanks. Inconsiderate tanking, AFK healing, no damage contribution etc. But if you really want me to press that commend button, it'll be for someone who put in more work than the rest.

I really don't get people's thinking on this subject. Commendations are of little to no value and are about as reliable as upvotes on a forum. People will use them however they see fit as opposed to using it to fulfil its original intent. Just be glad there actually isn't some sort of value at the end - it is the only situation where I would actually understand people complaining about misuse of commendations, but again, judging by people's posts in this thread AS WELL AS the general use of the system, all of it has to do with individual expectation or preference rather than any show of actual skill or co-operation.

No, I won't commend a Tank or Healer just because of their role.
No, I won't commend a DPS just because they throw out some utility.
No, I won't commend anyone just going through the motions in ANY role.
In fact, I rarely bother using it at all - and I will never feel guilty if three people commend me and I don't even press the button, because it's a relative system where nobody has any control. Nobody is obligated to press it - and 50% of those who do, do so because of the weekly reward (as miniscule as it is).

I WILL commend someone who consistently shows to be making more effort than anyone else. This could be the tank, healer OR a DPS. The irony is that, as a DPS-Heavy Healer main who off-tanks on alts and rarely plays DPS, there are plenty of times I get commended far more as a damage-dealer than I do on the others, because again, as long as it is all relative/sporadic/up to players, it's a basically a partially predictable lottery.

I may get my commendations because I play Healers or Tanks more than damage, or I may get them because my in-game name starts with C and has a 1-3 chance of being at the top of the name-list in non-role sorted party lists. Either way, it is unimportant how many I have or why people gave them to me.