Commending DPS

[Cidel]

It's not uncommon for me to finish and exit a raid/dungeon/trial (as a healer) without commending anyone at all. Typically I go into them with certain expectations (the tank holds aggro on trash mobs, DPS uses AoEs when necessary, people stay out of enemy AoEs, etc.) I won't commendate people just for playing decently unless the rest of the party is utter garbage and they're the only other person who is legit not giving me a headache.

A DPS is more likely to get my commendation if I see them actually do mechanics and isn't face-tanking every avoidable thing. But that's my minimal criteria. Unless I'm having to constantly throw out raises/was killed, I don't expect Refresh/ Mana Shift- but when someone is throwing those out liberally (as necessary) I will take note. For that reason, Ranged DPS/Casters have an innate advantage for my comm.

If anything, I'm more critical of healers/my co-healer in deciding if they'll get the commendation, but by default it's usually in their favor simply due to the higher stress/awareness required for their role. But if I get paired with a 2nd AST composition and they don't overwrite my Expanded buff more than once (the 1st one I'll assume is an accident) and also heals in the opposite sect effectively, you'll be hard-pressed to earn that commendation over that other AST.

As a DPS my comms tend to go to the healers though, especially if I was healed through/Rescued/shielded for something I should have avoided/could have killed me. The only other time I can recall commendating another DPS is if both healers were just bad at staying alive/healing and if I can recall said DPS essentially avoiding as much unnecessary damage as possible or constantly having to raise the healers.

[AxlStream]

I never commend DPS.

[AlphaFox]

As long as they are actually helping, or are new and trying I give it to my fellow DPS. If they constantly lag behind (non-cut scene reasons) or seem to just auto it goes to healer or tank.

[GomJabbar]

I never commend DPS.

A lot of people seem to have this attitude, which is why I almost always commend DPS (unless they are doing a terrible job...). I make it a policy never to commend anyone who blatantly asks for it however. If I hear a "Don't forget to commend your healers/tank! ^^" It's a sure way NOT to get my comm! lol

[savageink]

I commend based on several things: First they have to still be there after I push the loot button. If they manage to pass that amazing step, I see if anybody stood out as a quality player...which could be anything from being polite and friendly to rezzing me when I did something stupid without bitching about it. If there is only one person left, they get it unless they pissed me off.

[Iscah]

My issue with commending DPSes is that most of the time I honestly have no idea how well they did.

If they didn't do something to stand out, I don't know which one did better, and don't know who deserves it. Even more in eight-man content.



On the receiving end, I seem to get comms a lot while leveling black mage, presumably for getting the basic rotation right(ish).

Also the other night we had a new tank who wasn't picking up enemies properly, so I was targeting the enemies going for the healer. (I'd commend someone for the same thing if I was the healer.)



I wish you could indicate why you commended someone though. Just a few tickboxes like 'you played well', 'you gave good advice', or 'I like your costume'.

I make it a policy never to commend anyone who blatantly asks for it however. If I hear a "Don't forget to commend your healers/tank! ^^" It's a sure way NOT to get my comm! lol

Same. Surefire way to lose my commendation if I just was about to give it to you.

By the same token, I don't like to commend the 'last person standing' just because they haven't left yet, if I didn't intend to give it to them otherwise.

[Sanctify]

Commendation system is fundamentally broken. You should either be able to commend EVERYONE who did good, or noone at all.

Were you that kid that was happy when they got their participation trophy in grade school? Commendations are earned son.

[savageink]

I don't like to commend the 'last person standing' just because they haven't left yet, if I didn't intend to give it to them otherwise.

I have no problem doing that as long as they didn't piss me off. That means they were playing well enough to not cause any huge bumps in the road....and frankly in randos that's awesome.

[TimeraiderGaranyi]

It usually depends on what i see from the healer. If the healer goes out of SP alot quicker than it should, i do tend to look at the health of the dps and the tank more.
At that point either the tank is doing something wrong, the dps is getting to much damage or the healer is not using his SP correctly.
Depending on that, someone will get the commendation

But i do have to agree it also depends heavily on role of myself.
When a tank, its alot easier to see wether the offtank is doing a good job. When a dps, you know what you are doing so its easier to judge wether the other dps is doing enough.
Healer i dont play to often.

Have to agree commendations for dps are a good bit more rare than for healer and tank ofcourse for obvious reasons. Less healer/tanks played make them more "valuable" than dps and people want to encourage them by it. Dps is mostly seen as the "easy" task in PvE (mostly coming from experience in other mmorpg's) and ofcourse the type of people youre partied with.

[Kacho_Nacho]

I've seen posts in Reddit an these forums of DPS players claiming they would usually or always commend the other dps. However, when I tank or heal, I usually get more than one commendation. So that leaves one dps without a commendation, especially during times when all party members have contributed to exceptionally wonderful dungeon/trial runs.

So I present this question to you, especially DPS mains:

What conditions would you normally commend other DPS players after you clear the instance?

When the player is nice and talks during an instance. I also tend to commend lalafell because I've got to show support for my favorite race.