Why do you commend DPS?

[Akiudo]

i mostly run tank+heal so... because i have no other option ?^^

no seriously, under normal circumstances i'll more or less commend someone randomly, like i don't really gain anything from not doing it at all so whatever.

aside from that i go : helpfullness>general chattiness>just being really awesome at your job>not sucking all the joy out of me.

only time no one gets any commendation is when the group clearly blows, no i don't expect everyone to at least be a 50% raider, but if both dps wear ilvl 490+ and the run takes twice as long as usual while i just know its not do to an afk heal or whatever than you'll either have to be the most awesome person to be around at or well, no one gets the commendation.

[Kaizencorr]

I commend players that use their role actions. That always means a lot to me. It shows you use all of your kit. Similarly if they use LB properly. Lastly greetings and farewells.

[Rasikko]

Slowly being a tank main, so healers will likely get most of my comms, especially if I have a bad day and just not doing well. However all my days as a DNC has been me giving a comm to my partner if:

1. I'm not outdpsing them.
2. They are outdpsing all of us.

[Vyrerus]

I've played every DPS at one time or another, except DNC. I play with animations on, and have a decent eye for detail. If the pulls are melting, the DPS seldom gets hit or the hit seems to be intentional to do more damage and they make up for it with Bloodbath or something... yeah I comm the DPS. At least if they don't leave the dungeon right away. A LOT of people leave dungeons before I can hand out my comm.

Or if the Healer or Tank are exceptionally bad and the DPS did alright, then I give it to them, particularly if I still need my weekly commendation challenge log EXP.

If no one did well in my eyes, which is rare, or if people tried to pick fights with one another without adding anything constructive, I generally comm no one.

[AduroT]

I always commend Someone, and I figure tanks and healers already get most of the commends if for no other reason than being on the top of the list, so if I don’t have a preference of a specific person I tend to commend a random dps. If nothing else dps getting less commendations makes them go oh cool more likely when they do.

Of course with the way roulettes and dungeons work, it’s also often whoever took two seconds longer to sprint to the exit and was still available as an option to commend.

[Unholychinchilla]

Your hair looks amazing.

Ah, thank you. Flattery is another way to get comms out of me, as it happens, because I'm a rather simple creature.

[Lium]

As an aside, I seem to get more comms now on my healer after I name changed her to Anna Stark. It’s a randomly generated name that was available believe it or not. I just thought it sounded really cool, and it fit the look of the character. She’s a WHM with white hair and white robes, and a glam’d Garuda staff.

It never occurred to me that the whole look and name could be a Game of Thrones reference. I’m guessing there’s still a lot of GOT fans out there.

[-Magnai-]

The best shape for cookies for fiendishly evil people.

Exactly!~~

[Reinha]

I give to dps because they get the least amount of commendations. Sometimes a tank or healer stands out with their excellent play and I commend them instead. Also, a Hrothgar or femroe gets the comm.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

I do dungeon and raid content almost exclusively as a healer of some sort.

In dungeons I typically give my comm to the tank, assuming judicious use of cooldowns and general threat management/survival. With that said, if I see that the packs are melting super fast and that the dps aren't standing in bad stuff and aren't ignoring mechanics (like the grates for the last boss of Anamnesis Anyder), I'm inclined to give my comm to one of them.

In 24-man content, I rarely have time to see how specific dps are doing and my comm usually goes to my co-healer, assuming I don't feel like the healing burden is entirely on me and they are just pew-pew-ing. With that said, when I see dps with the ability to res, make good use of it, especially when my swiftcast is still on cooldown, I'm inclined to give my comm to them.

And finally, shirtless sexy catboys always get the comm even if they are terribad. Being hot counts for a lot! ^_^