DPS deserve commendations too!

[Bitmoar]

I give mine to the person with the cutest portrait.

[Likethewind]

Tank and healer trade comms as should both DPS.

[Connor]

Tank and healer trade comms as should both DPS.

This has been the general I’ve followed up until now. Only exception is if someone else does something that makes an impression, like DPS using a well-timed support ability most people forget, or a tank saving the dps with one of their ‘throws mitigation right at your face’ skills lol.

[Mecia]

I do comm DPS depending on their job and how well they did. Elezen take priority though.

IDontCommLalas

[lolnotacat]

Portraits were a mistake. I feel like I made the right decision by turning them off when loading into instances.

[Somnolence]

I only com DPS if their chars look cute

[Voidmage]

On tank I've asked dps to LB giga pulls (like the Mt gulg one) before. I think so many ranged kinda just forget it exists, but every time I've asked people jump at the chance

I’m a caster main and had it a few times that I was dogpiled for using LB on trash packs.
Most often from tanks or healers and sometimes from melee who go off the rails if you do that.

I guess others had that experience too so I usually only do it if there is no melee in the party.

On the topic:
Normally I get the most comms as a melee dps.

You can zip around as a blm playing perfectly or rez the party on rdm and get no comms.
Then you can have a bad day where you stand in every aoe possible and get the pity commendation. It’s really random.

It’s best to just not care too much about them.

Tank gets it if they don’t instant pull or use a countdown,
Healer gets it if they rez me quite fast,
DPS gets it if they know how to play their job.
Other than that it goes to:
People who said hello > funny people > good portraits > female Miqo’te / female Au’ra / Thightlander > Lalafell > everyone else > Furries.

[AddictedToWitches]

I usually give comms to whoever's portrait I like best nowadays tbh
A lot of people also just leave instantly before you can comm them
Honest to god, wish they would change it and let you comm more than 1 person or even a button to commend all

[dspguy]

It is almost a subconscious decision. Comms go to tanks and healers because in most cases (outside of 24-man), that's who you are waiting for in order to get into the dungeon.

[genuine_stranger]

"If you don't have a nice picture, you don't get a com."

- Me