Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[SturmChurro]

That's because you aren't using a macro that's all like "Don't forget to comm your healer UWU!"

and we thank you for it.

Maybe not begging, but not interacting AT ALL with anyone is probably one big issue. I will say, to be fair, in the past few days I have probably gotten about 20 or 30 commendations total. Not that great, but respectable. I got maybe 6 or 7 last night/this morning. One of them was actually for my performance - at least I assume it was. When I go out of my way, that's when I get the least commendations if anything!

It's not really a big deal. I'm just wasting posts in off-topic about it. I'd have actually started chatting with people, or spamming guildhests if I was really bothered.

[NekoMataMata]

Maybe not begging, but not interacting AT ALL with anyone is probably one big issue. I will say, to be fair, in the past few days I have probably gotten about 20 or 30 commendations total. Not that great, but respectable. I got maybe 6 or 7 last night/this morning. One of them was actually for my performance - at least I assume it was. When I go out of my way, that's when I get the least commendations if anything!

It's not really a big deal. I'm just wasting posts in off-topic about it. I'd have actually started chatting with people, or spamming guildhests if I was really bothered.

You don't even wave when you enter the dungeon? I don't usually chat but I always drop a "o/" at the start. Granted I usually get more commends for Tanking or DPSing than healing these days for whatever reason. I feel like a lot of people took the whole meme of "healers aren't necessary" a bit too much to heart considering some people really, really need heals when they're eating every mechanic.

It's fine though. I really enjoy tanking and once everything's level 90, that's all I'll do. My PLD and WAR don't need a healer. Had a healer get nuked in Smileton today after they spent like 5 minutes trying to explain mechs to a first timer and I got to show off by soloing the other half of the boss.

[SturmChurro]

You don't even wave when you enter the dungeon? I don't usually chat but I always drop a "o/" at the start. Granted I usually get more commends for Tanking or DPSing than healing these days for whatever reason. I feel like a lot of people took the whole meme of "healers aren't necessary" a bit too much to heart considering some people really, really need heals when they're eating every mechanic.

It's fine though. I really enjoy tanking and once everything's level 90, that's all I'll do. My PLD and WAR don't need a healer. Had a healer get nuked in Smileton today after they spent like 5 minutes trying to explain mechs to a first timer and I got to show off by soloing the other half of the boss.

Nope. I only greet or interact someone if they are addressing me specifically. I am typically silent throughout an entire run. On rare occasions I have gotten chatty, but that is really a drop in the bucket compared to the thousands of runs I have done. If someone is to whisper me (tell) then I can get into hour(s) long conversations. It's just in runs, I don't really see the purpose. I am in and out.

I do tank on occasion, but really just dungeons. I still need to get my PLD tank mounts, so I have been playing that more this expansion. I don't think I can say I really see much of a difference in commendation gain whether I am tanking or not. I almost never play DPS anymore. Until I get my relic weapons, my DPS is too undergeared to be used. However, I do play DPS in CC (DNC mostly). I actually have gotten an alright amount from there believe it or not.