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Since the portrait addition, having a good-looking character and cool/fun portrait are the best ways to farm commendations. I actually like that, because when playing an MMO expressing myself is more fun to me than the gameplay.
Not that I can talk. I main healer, so I've got nearly twice as many comms as I have instances run.
An attractive character and slick adventure plate will win over most people the majority of the time, in my experience. Imo, there's no way to tell in-game how well people did, barring deaths/revives, and really good healers, so what sticks in your mind after combat is that cute miqo that was winking at you at the start.
I usually give my comm to whoever's doing well on the imaginary leader board and moving the run along quickly.
I usually play healer so I get comms by default. To try to restore some amount of balance I always give my comm to whichever DPS had the least upsetting performance. However, if Limit Break is never used the entire time and I cast it on the last boss as the healer then I give it to the tank, instead. :)
As a lalafell DPS main, the cute portrait comms are very real.
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Honestly, having a good looking character helps big time! When giving comms I go healer first and if they weren't good. Tank and then prettiest plate.
But that's just me though 😅😅
Yep, as a DPS who is used to rarely getting comms, I now joke when I do get them it's because of the portrait! 😁
Before portraits I would just give comms to tank or healer, whoever I felt did better, but now if a DPS has a good looking portrait I'll give to them before even considering default tank/healer comms
I comm pretty bunny boys 😔
My partner changed from Viera male to Lalafell female, making super cute portraits for every job, specifically to farm comms and yup, it works.