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    Player
    Kranel_San's Avatar
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    Gridania
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    Character
    Krann Starwarden
    World
    Zodiark
    Main Class
    Reaper Lv 100
    It only goes to Melee jobs who use their LB without someone telling them to
    If none did it then i'll just give it to a good-looking female tank/healer.
    If healers/tank did horrible performance then i'll just give it to a completely random dps
    If i didn't like the party then nothing is given and I leave at the first moment. Happened few times.
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  2. 11-11-2021 04:52 AM

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    Lexis's Avatar
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    Character
    Lu'kas Steinfheld
    World
    Zalera
    Main Class
    Machinist Lv 90
    Usually if I comm my fellow DPS, it's because things died fast and they kept themselves out of the red. I do find myself giving comms to tank and healers more, but sometimes the DPS shines more.

    And sometimes and tank and healer were just terrible so... as long as the DPS was serviceable and not dying all over the place, they get my thumbs up.
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    Deceptus's Avatar
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    The Goblet - 16th Ward, Plot 55
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    Character
    Deceptus Keelon
    World
    Behemoth
    Main Class
    Sage Lv 90
    General Priority:

    1) Physcial Ranged that use Peloton get my comm 100% of the time.

    2) If I Tank: Healer gets it. If I Heal: Tank gets it. If I DPS: The other DPS gets it. Everyone wins that way.

    3) If I see things absolutely melting, goes to DPS who is blasting.

    4) Sprouts who are new to dungeons (new player bonus) if they're clearly trying.

    Have had runs that go so poorly where I don't comm at all. You don't earn my comm by participating.
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    Veteran healers don't care if we need to heal, but right now we don't. We want interesting things to do during the downtime other than a 30s dot and a single filler spell that hasn't changed from lvl 4 to lvl 90.
    Dead DPS do no DPS. Raised DPS do 25/50% lower DPS. Do the mechanics and don't stand in bad stuff.
    Other games expect basic competence, FFXIV is pleasantly surprised by it. Other games have toxic elitism. FFXIV has toxic casualism.[/LIST]

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    Equitable_Remedy's Avatar
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    Character
    Eristede Kell
    World
    Sargatanas
    Main Class
    Ninja Lv 100
    I default to giving my comms to the highest DPS in the group unless someone does something to stand out.

    Tanks/healers get plenty of comms—I'm here to spread the love.
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    Tlachtga's Avatar
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    Character
    Tlachtga Ereshkigal
    World
    Zodiark
    Main Class
    Sage Lv 90
    people who perform better than i could on that particular job/role.

    not in the business of giving people comms for simply showing up
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    Breakbeat's Avatar
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    Los Angeles, CA
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    477
    Character
    Billy Shears
    World
    Goblin
    Main Class
    Summoner Lv 90
    My criteria?

    That they have a cool name. Yesterday I saw "Royale Withcheese" and they got my commend. If I see any other Beatles references, they get it. If nothing strikes my fancy, I give it to a tank or heals.

    Literally, it's on a whim. I don't run DPS meter addons, so there's no way for me to know if DPS did well. Things died. DPS did their job.

    I mean, for real, I'll give it to funny glamours, good names, folks that chat during the run, etc., etc. Given the current system there's literally no way to gauge performance outside of very vague basics:

    - We didn't die, DPS and/or Heals and/or Tank did their job. Was it good DPS and average heals and crap tanking? Who the heck knows? Might have been low DPS and great heals, and average tanking... or excellent tanking, good DPS and crap heals.

    I gave a commend to a Chicken glamour today. Funny as hell during cutscenes.

    I've received just shy of 100 commendations in about three months. All as DPS. Most of which, I can assume, are for either my character name ("...the one and only Billy Shears!"), or my witty chatting (shameless, aren't I?)

    I think very few of those 100 commendations were given because someone measured my DPS. Nah.
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    Last edited by Breakbeat; 11-11-2021 at 07:17 AM.
    "If you pay attention to the world, it's an amazing place. If you don't, it's whatever you think it is.” – Reggie Watts

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    Shurrikhan's Avatar
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    Character
    Tani Shirai
    World
    Cactuar
    Main Class
    Monk Lv 100
    Criterium for commending a DPS: The differences between the commended DPS and an average DPS did more to make run the run quick and smooth than the differences between my current tank or healer and what would be average for either of their slots.
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    SturmChurro's Avatar
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    Gridania
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    Character
    Sturm Churro
    World
    Marilith
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 100
    Depends. I'll give DPS comms semi-often. I used to give them out more often. If the healer does an adequate job healing me, with no real mistakes in dungeons (I usually play tank in these), I'll typically give it to them nowadays. If the healer wasn't so good, I'll more often than not give it to a DPS who I think performed adequately. If nobody did, I have stopped giving out commendations every run, because I can't really justify doing it. However, I will give sprouts commendations sometimes, regardless of class. It really just depends. I'll give out my commendation to a DPS in trials or raids, or a tank, more often than a healer, unless the healer did an outstanding job.
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    WHM | RDM | DNC

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    FrogDog's Avatar
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    Character
    Jubei Murata
    World
    Lamia
    Main Class
    Gunbreaker Lv 100
    If I'm playing DPS myself I'll usually comm somebody for doing more DPS than me. Other than that I'll comm a dancer for partnering me.

    If I'm not DPS, I'll comm whoever did the most damage or whoever is left by the time I comm
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