Why do you commend DPS?

[Schan]

Apologies if this ends up being a bit long but it depends on what i'm playing

- if things die fast.
- if support buffs are used
- if you use lb on trash mobs
- if you're the last one to leave the dungeon
- if you haven't annoyed me (this is very subjective)

then depending on role it's those plus:
as a tank: I usually comm the healer if i know i have messed up and they have to save my behind or if they haven't spammed holy when i have my immunity up (i'm biased and I strongly dislike holy in dungeons). I'm normally to focused on my own management of cooldowns to pay close attention to DPS so it they have filled those 3 pre-requisites and the healer sucked or annoyed me they are getting the comm.

as a healer: if I didn't notice you. I think people don't realize how amazing it is to have that DPS that you didn't even notice existed bc they did their mechanics right (and they're not DPSping from the other side of the moon. my aoe heals can't reach that far)

as another DPS: mobs are melting. I know i'm average but I know myself alone can't make a run much faster. I can definitely tell when I'm paired with someone of at least my skill level.

Because 1 in 100 knows that the Limit Break isn't a finishing move and will actually use it when it is available.

Otherwise, I don't.

You'd be surprised with the amount of poopoo that gets thrown my way for doing this in dungeons when i'm playing ranged / mages. It's kind of unreal. Most of the community I bump into does not like it when LB gets used as soon as its available and there's a 3+ pack of mobs smacking the tank.

[Sarevok_Thordin]

1. The Tank/Healer did something stupid that make me not like them. This can be acting like a turd, tank taking his time too much or the healer not DPSing in times when we are not needing our HP topped off when it's 1 HP off.

2. They actually LB at the bosses.

3. They are a Black Mage in a dungeon that knows what they are doing. Because that seriously speeds things up.

[BluexBird]

I'm a tank. I like to do big pulls. And I can tell when things are taking longer than usual to die. Normally I respect healers who are able to keep me alive through it all, but when we're able to breeze through the dungeon I usually guess who the top DPS was and give them the commend.

That is... providing they don't instantly leave the dungeon after we've killed the last boss! xD

[DubiousDisk]

Sometimes a DPS just be popping off something fierce and I cant help but commend them.

I always give them to WAR/BLM/MCH players though, we don't see enough of those classes and I respect people who play them.

[Renato]

I usually commend DPS for a few reasons. As a tank, I really appreciate feeling like the dungeon or trial is a breeze. DPS roles seem to play a large role in that as the better geared and more skilled DPS classes will definitely be more noticeable. I've had dungeons that have taken 20+ minutes and some that are close to around 15 minutes with a good group.

I also give commendations if they have cool glams or nice-looking characters. I also like seeing jobs that seem kind of rare such as MNK, MCH and DRG. I also really like partying with BLM due to the sheer fact that they nuke the shit out of everything. It's so satisfying to see.

[Chie_M]

+ Peloton
+ Mobs die fast
+ LB is used as something other than a sparkly finisher

[Bright-Flower]

I just comm someone random unless somebody REALLY stood out in a positive way which isn't often in the casual dutyfinder content I do. And I only comm out of habbit because it can get me some weekly exp when I'm leveling a job, take out that challenge log and probably wouldn't even comm 95% of the time.

[kujoestars]

I notice I get comms as DPS a lot just for making humorous comments. Or alternately just not dying, haha. And of course there are the times because everyone else is gone, I think.

[Theodric]

Unless somebody did something that stood out to me as worthy of a commendation, I just throw it at whichever character I think is well designed. A split second decision more often than not since people leave almost as soon as a duty ends unless there's loot to be rolled on.

[Lium]

+ LB is used as something other than a sparkly finisher

I keep seeing people post this. Let me tell ya something. The last two times I used LB on anything other than a boss I got flamed to high hell by the groups. So, no thanks. I'll save it as a finisher.

And in case you might be wondering, I did it on BLM during very large trash pulls. I thought, I'll just AOE them all down quickly with LB. It wasn't appreciated.