Darth_BadGuy 5 years ago #13. I entered levelling roulette as tank and the Healer immediately decided right at the start that they knew my limits better than I did, thus ran. ” This will start a vote to kick them. If a vote kick passes all players can leave without penalty. Then right-click the person who you want to. I noticed we had a thread for these about five months ago, but that's plenty of time for people to have new ones (or share…Yes, I know, I just pointed out that you left out critical details. Depending on the duty being undertaken, there may be restrictions on the number of players allowed in a party, as well as their roles. In the case they closed it, hit U and there is a button at the bottom for it. Now it seems like a guarantee that I'll eventually get disconnected each time I open the game randomly. 798K subscribers in the ffxiv community. We start off just fine, then the tank goes crazy with the pulls and I literally can’t spam my heals fast enough to keep up. There's no way outside of someone stating it in chat to see who initiated the kick. I reported a particularly egregious griefer for harassment and abuse of the vote kick system about a week ago. Talk with the party first, if everyone is aware of the afk player and dont know the guy, you probably will succeed in kicking him, if they know him, they might give you the reason he is afk. So, with a duo in 4-man content, one says "kick this guy" and his buddy. 4th kick - de-mentored. New Vote Kick Option Can we please get an option for kicking players who are just bad at playing? You have no idea how many times I have run into players who are horrible at the game. 1. Most times. Just create a PF and put “BLU J-Kick” in the description, people will join. have it auto kick at 5 minutes because making a. When it was literally in frame. The other dps said ''don't! wait we are together here'' but tank already pressed. The Crystalline Conflict is a PvP mode that pits teams of players against each other in a variety of arenas. As a returning player, I feel like the vote kick is more abundant than I remember it being. *The cool down penalty will apply to the one who abandoned first. They would resurrect at the end of the boss battle and rejoin us so they could collect the rewards and the Timeworn at the end. Then they wipe 3 more times. 23. I hope the Vote Kick is never in place though, there is so much abused that do it more harm then good. I think the guy who started the vote kick was this one guy who was upset about missing an elevator I activated, he was always really lagging behind and the dungeon is easy so I started the elevator and he was whinging about it for the whole dungeon. The only way to never get kicked off a PF is to never join PFs in the first place. [deleted] • 1 yr. Copy the 2 numbers next to your name. Next, select the party member you wish to nominate for dismissal, then Vote Dismiss from. Originally Posted by Vyrerus. go to party list menu,. We start off just fine, then the tank goes crazy with the pulls and I literally can’t spam my heals fast enough to keep up. A "majority" group of people could choose to wait until just before the final boss dies, and kick other players so they'd have a better chance at the loot. What if we put up predation UWU prog and they keep dying on ifrit. Barley_Mob Jun 18, 2020 @ 9:07am. Just a tip but if you can include the following, it helps the GMs: Time of incident: Where you where when it happened: Players name (person you're reporting): what he/she was doing:which is so true it hurts. They'd still get 1 vote as a collective. That is why it should be used EXTREMELY carefully. I tried vote kicking the healer for abuse and being a solo dps, the other 3 were in a pre form, it was rejected, and they refused to kick me >< I wasn't going to chew penalty just for idiots tbh but it was horrible, they kept messing about, trying to get me killed and the entire dungeon run took 40 minutes because of them messing about and not. Interestingly enough though, the person who rage quit is usually the problem. If they're a dick/stubborn, vote kick them. Most players in FFXIV do NOT want the new players to skip. ” You can do this from the party menu. . The objective is to escort a payload to the enemy’s goal, while preventing them from doing the same. There really needs to be some kind of warning on the Vote Kick option where it would have a pop-up message that says something like "Abuse of the Vote Kick system over any kind of item or skill based problem will result in a ban and/or deletion of the item from the abuser's inventory. This is the rule I follow. 1) Everyone in the party can start a vote-kick, not just the leader. I voted "NO" but it didn't matter. Step 3: Click on their message to bring up the options. Display Tooltip Code. Votekicking isn’t from an RP personality it’s from the jerk behind the. they will be attending the opening ceremony that is scheduled to kick-start each day, as well as. How about a actual good cause. Posted April 14, 2016. Description. Luckily, it’s straightforward to kick someone from a party in a duty in Final Fantasy XIV. x you'd only use if if you can use it before a transition (and use anatman to get gls back) or end of fights. Only the first player who abandons the duty is subject to the penalty. I set down another and apparently he still kept telling the group to kick me. In that case just disband the party and make your own with the other 2 people. A community for fans of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, which includes a free trial that…Play Guide Top; Gameplay Guide and Beginners' Guide Updated -; Eorzea Database Updated -; Game Features Updated -; Side Stories and MoreIf you are not on the free trial, you can invite other players to a party by right-clicking them, or right-clicking their name in the chat window, and choosing "Invite to Party". You leave the dungeon, which removes the cooldown for abandoning and said tank leaves without consequence, requeues into another roulette/dungeon for an instant queue. I'm on the fence with revealing the identity of the person who initiates votes-to-dismiss a player or instance. Vote Dismiss cannot be initiated while in combat OR while there are items that need to be lotted on. To have a vote kick feature while using the Duty Finder is not hard to do technically, and we are planning to release. Vote Kicking, Cooldown penalties,. ryanell666 9 years ago #1. Voting yes adds one vote, while voting no subtracts a vote. Friends aren't going to dismiss friends and bots probably don't bother voting as you say. I told him to just wait by the doors to the next level for us to come back with the magitek. Frontlines Vote Kick Abuse. Yesterday I saw a person (sub tank or off tank) who got vote kicked after Atomos room with the reason "AFK" when apparently he wasn't AFK!The buffs to Castrum actually quelled my own complaints about the content, but it’s also fair to judge other overlooked things like being able to kick undesirables. find the offending players server ID (The small number next to their steamID64 and their steam name) type "votekick *server ID*", this might be "votekick 10". The next step is to choose a reason. ExodaZero. (1) I have a secret to tell. You can report them. FFXIV has one of the most comprehensive canned "autotranslate" chats in any mmo, it's specifically designed to be played without a keyboard. Everything was going great, everyone knew what have to be done until the second boss. Sadly that could easily be abused though. Cant vote kick for bad performance People can now troll by purpfully playing bad and making runs take super long. This IS a level 50 dungeon, we are not expected to be il100+ there after all. It got flagged for a name change, but it had happened four times for his rogue (he's a special snowflake) so the automated system registered this was a repeat offense, and banned him for 48 hours. [deleted] • 10 yr. So if you don't end up getting the item you want after the vote-kick, you just instantly leave the group and try again. Main Class. The majority of the time it would be used as intended, but there would always be the potential for abuse. Doing my Duty Roulette today in Frontlines Shatter. Think for 5 seconds before making stupid, inane requests. It has a high-quality sound, a durable. They acknowledged that they were and that we "can't do abutting about it" as they kept starting engagements beefier we could vote to kick. USAGE: /kick [placeholder] →Kicks the specified PC from your party. . I M O its justified when the majority of the party thinks a member should be kicked. I've seen a few posts about the kick feature getting abused and I just wanna is this out there for folks. People that abuse the vote kick feature, beware. Now I don't want to start a discussion on if I or anyone else feels like differing play styles is a valid reason to kick party members, but rather if the vote kick system as it currently is implemented is even suitable for this purpose if the GMs are going to allow it to be used for such reasons. In almost 600hrs, I think I've seen 3 successful kick votes. So I suggested this on Zam, and I suggest it here as well. The same applies to CLL and Dalriada. By playing together with others in a party, it is possible to undertake a number of challenges such as dungeons, trials, and guildhests. The only time where delaying rolling is "actionable" is when it's being used to prevent the usage of vote abandon/vote kick for party members. I've heard of a couple of cases where the player was willing to troll (or otherwise be uncooperative) to get vote kicked and was wondering what…This is still easily abused by players I was in a toxic duty finder where the tank attempted to vote kick our healer because they were checking out stats on a gear drop, that attempt failed, then he vote kicked me for accidentally grabbing a mob while he typed a message pretaining to the main story. On the topic of music; Square Enix has prepared a special offer for Final Fantasy XIV fans: a direct drive turntable system decorated with various FFXIV logos! This turntable is perfect for playing the vinyl collection of the game’s music, as well as any other records you have. Voting yes adds one vote, while voting no subtracts a vote. r/ffxiv • After having to make a couple of exceptions (mostly the helmet and the sword) I have completed my Nightmare inspired Glamour. After beating Coinwhatsit our healer suddenly called for a vote kick to my fellow DPS. Firstly, I think the 3 hour CD on a successful vote dismiss is far too long considering how often I run into players who. if you are in a dungeon and it wasnt the tank or heals you can keep going clearing trash. Need at least 4/8 players to vote Yes, so obviously at least half of the team wasn't happy with what you were doing. Vote Kick: Kick one-two random DFer when. I got my first vote kick from a dungeon. Originally posted by Dyerektor: Originally posted by -Xfire-: Thank you dudes for your information:) Alt+F4. People have proven to me they can't handle it so there should be a few rules. I've been playing for over a year now, and just recently got kicked for first time. Takes two to vote kick you, so the other person agreed with them. The stalwart spearheads of the group, tanks lead the party through the battlefields. 12. The only time I have seen it truely abused is when there are premade groups that target others for gaurenteed kicks, there was a group of 3 that did this in DF constantly and eventually got a temporary ban. I have mindlessly agreed to vote kick once or twice in the past just because of what was stated in chat. Seems like the player's lodestone page is completely gone, and their FFXIV forum profile is still there but no longer lists any characters. While "You don't pay my sub" is a meme at this point, I think it represents a mentality that is very much present in this game. Personally I would think this isn't a good idea because if the kick doesn't succeed, or the kickee is with friends, it could cause people to get unnecessarily nasty with people. Unfortunately, if you try to kick and it fails your options are leave and eat the 30 or stick it out and give 'em a free ride. If you are getting a sketch feeling from your PARTY, it's only the other ppl in your party that can vote kick you not the other alliances, then just don't lot on anything until combat with the next boss has been initiated, then open the next. Be courteous to your fellow party members and most of the time, they will be courteous back to you. This is the second time it has happened to me. It's too open ended and too easy to say harassment. How about adding this to your social contract - players who in LFR or random dungeon that vote kick for someone being new, should get held accountable. Go to ffxiv r/ffxiv • by. The Beast Gauge displays a warrior's current amount of wrath, which can spend on two heavy-hitting skills. It's starting to become an issue where people are queuing for CM/AK and just afking. You should get a notification that you can give a commendation at the end of a dungeon. This is the second time it has happened to me. The other dps the tank and me ( the healer) just continue. Last night I was doing a Brayflox HM on the DF. Third time: My phone rang, I walked to the other room to grab my phone and walked back. ) This takes away the incentive of the troll and the power starved. . During those days, they will be attending the opening ceremony that is scheduled to kick-start each day, as well as some Q&A on-stage event, where they will be. I have seen tons of topics by people complaining about Duty Finder groups where a single troll/jerk/loser completely ruined it for everyone. To the point now, I'm starting to see more and more people complaining at those that are SBing. Step 2: Find a message that the player you wish to kick has sent. That way after one wipe you don't have the ADHD member of the party voting after one unfortunate event. Vote kick is there in order to enable players to remove intentionally obstructive, harassing, or disruptive players from their party (or to remove players who have disconnected or logged off, or any number of other reasons). Just got out of a Syrcus Tower run. Paladin has the most difficult button layout without a good set up on pc and honestly I'm. Kicks current target when no PC is specified. If I do my job in Amdapor and kill the White Magistones, someone runs in and. the current system if flawed and easily manipulable Not simply this; as u/Llysandria says, everything you mentioned basically comes under the "difference in playstyle" umbrella that the GMs have to govern these cases and excuse most issues. Same. They removed him from party and he reeed all the way to the last boss in shout, much to the annoyance of the rest of the raid. We should probably conjure up a list which consists of everything that's abusable with these 2 systems, and with the solutions! For all it's worth, it might give SE ideas. 861K subscribers in the ffxiv community. In that case just disband the. How to Kick a Party Member in Final Fantasy XIV Vote Dismiss. Does SE have an official stance on this? I havnt seen anything after looking around. Choose the. Was gone less than 1 minute, and by the time i got back and ran the 15. Or maybe you died 5+ times and lost some score to your team, who knows. He wasn’t even the healer. Reply [deleted] •. In OP's case, by vote-kicking they are doing more harm to the person than that person could ever have done to them by "griefing" or "being incompetent". . I was still new and didn't know I could remove text chat. So unless you want to say that vote-kicking for any reason is wrong, or only wrong when you arbitrarily decide it is (which you can, though I find such a position ludicrous), I consider the supposition. I was defending an S Rank that was spawning in frontline at the docks. Here's a compromise that will make more then a handful of people both happy and unhappy. Seems like every, and I mean, every time someone has called for a vote to abandon, was someone got butthurt, we wiped once, someone DCd and it took…Now with the next expansion on the horizon now is the time to talk about changes, specifically I want to talk about button bloat. Yes, abuse of the kick system is a reportable and actionable offense. I got kicked by a premade pty for not doing enough damage as a healer. From checking the official forums and reddit, this is an extremely common occurrence. Then you can leave. But having individuals stick around who want nothing to do with the party’s wants or desires is causing issues for the individuals with like minds, and ultimately. How to Kick a Party Member in Final Fantasy XIV Vote Dismiss. I'd rather have no recourse than to have the recourse be abused, constantly. Whether it’s the latest info on a new game, or hot gossip on the. A function whereby players may vote to abandon a duty without being penalized is scheduled for patch 2. There is a false dichotomy here as well, in that people (on both sides) argue that a player who asks to be removed is ending the run for everyone. have to wait 5 min to vote kick so usually that happens after 1st or 2nd boss depending on how try hard ppl go at it just rushing thru. But in a duty, even the party leader cannot kick a member without a vote. And then people vote no because it's the tank or they think they're being a nice person. ) When you vote to kick someone they need to be rewarded the same as the party that finishes without them. IndependenceQuirky96 • 1 yr. Use the /echo command to play a sound effect only you can hear. As for what happened, its PotD, its not a place you min/max anything to the fullest unless you are floor 170+, you could have just waited for their balance to expire and use yours, as that would have been good etiquette on your part. Not sure if this has been addressed or not, but there needs to be a change in the vote to kick feature. During those days, they will be attending the opening ceremony that is scheduled to kick-start each day, as well as some Q&A on-stage event, where they will be. FFXIV: ARR One Year Anniversary Video Contest (NA) FFXIV: ARR One Year Anniversary Video Contest (EU) Letter from the Producer LIVE. The votes are also averaged as they. I haven't played in about two months but I THINK the short cut is U on the keyboard, if youre on console. Each time it was a shocker! #5. A warning will appear in the top-right of the screen after 20 minutes have passed, and the notification will remain until five more. <above the system>I was in a T9 DF run. I recall once doing roulette in Aurum Vale. Join my discord server here: The healer suggests in Japanese we vote dismiss for harassment, the other DPS and I agree. Then right-click the person who you want to kick and select Vote Dismiss. [Rant] Vote-kick abuse : r/ffxiv - Reddit. And I mean if the dungeon run isn't up to my expectations I'd gladly take the vote kick for "difference in playstyle". I wish this community could be nicer like the FFXIV community is, but only some of that is on Blizzard (FFXIV incentives good behavior, WOW only punishes the most egregious bad. etc. ) This takes away the. After the first boss he suddenly became afk, like 2-3 min he didn't return. Forum Top; English Forums; Community; General Discussion; And so begins the Vote-kick abuseI simply dont roll on loot so people dont kick me or anyone else. To replenish the party, first select Party Members from the Party section of the main menu, highlight the offline character, and press the X button ( on PS5™/PS4™) to display the submenu. Same place the loot notice pops up. You also cant be rolling on loot, but in a trial that would mean you already won. It was easier dealing with jerks and AFKers without any recourse (ie being helpless to deal with them). 2K. A group kicked me from MS roullette praetorium at like 3:40pm with no warning, made me kinda salty so I checked and found out that vote kick is punishable,. It was only in stormblood that you'd use Tornado kicks in your rotation. I simply dont roll on loot so people dont kick me or anyone else. Failing a duty is counterproductive to what they want to achieve. On PS3 you highlight their name in the party list (from the main menu not the one in that shows your enmity) press square and select vote kick. s. Party. Just in case, there is also a Vote Abandon [na. There were no deaths, pty never wiped and they kicked me right before final boss to grief me. say if he elected to kick the guy that initiated the dismiss only 1 yes vote is needed then the guy that wanted to kick him could've been kicked himself. You can't initiate a vote if people haven't rolled on loot, which means if someone's trolling they can just not roll on loot and four minutes is more than long enough for people to want to start the next encounter, which means more loot, which means kicking an active. It was funny so by the time all the mobs were dead i typed "lol", bam vote kicked out. I don't really know how common is the essue or if this is something that just happened to me. When I ask why he was kicked…Vote kick is your get out for free card. 23. I hope this helps. GameStop Moderna Pfizer Johnson & Johnson AstraZeneca Walgreens Best Buy Novavax SpaceX Tesla. I could be remembering this wrong, but I think it said something along the lines of, "So-and-so has initiated a vote kick for. For future reference, if you die and wipe that resets the fight and you can vote kick a player. The command is: /partycmd kick "Playername". Vote kicking new players or players learning. Vote kicking does both. I'd. AFKing in Prae isn't a kickable offense. xfirezockt_TTV Jun 19, 2020 @ 5:29am. Doesn't mean I wouldn't try. The next step is to choose a reason. The first step in kicking a party member in FFXIV is to right-click their name, then click “Vote Dismiss. Method 3 (This only works if the player you wish to kick has said something in the chat) Step 1: Press Y or U to open up the chat. How about adding this to your social contract - players who in LFR or random dungeon that vote kick for someone being new, should get held accountable. Defensive measures should not do more harm than the harm it would have caused you. The person kicked should report it to the. NCSOFT is worried about potential abuse however, the system is already being abused as it is. Well now I literally can't play anymore. I vote NO on every single one. Open the Duty window, button's down near the bottom right IIRC. People who complain about vote kick abuse are generally doing something really poorly that causes them to be kicked and then they complain they got kicked. CryptoMy favorite was when I called out someone for afking in prae. Every group I'm in when people DC they don't wait, they vote kick them out instantly. If most of the group agrees that player is a problem then the boot is considered valid. Its against TOS to leave the group that trapped you. Protip; Hold the FN key. Foxclon has posted on the Japanese forums that Square Enix is planning to release a vote to kick feature in Final Fantasy XIV. Queued back in. I got kicked by a premade pty for not doing enough damage as a healer. At first all went fine, I noticed "vote dismissed" message pop, but didn't realized what's up. 4 options are given for vote dismiss: AFK, offline, harassment, and cheating. I think the guy who started the vote kick was this one guy who was upset about missing an elevator I activated, he was always really lagging behind and the dungeon is easy so I started the elevator and he was whinging about it for the whole dungeon. ago. GM actually replied twice asking for additional information for the investigation. Simple, vote kick as it currently is ignores the wishes of the person targeted by the vote kick. If someone goes Offline, no one votes dismiss. Change buttons to vote. etc. Go to the menu buttons down at the bottom under System > Support Desk > Contact Us > Report Harassment. >>Common Placeholders: <t>, <target>, <1>-<8>. post a message in chat for the kick reason. Vote kicks and vote abandons come up on less then 1% of the runs i do, but i pay attention to who is being targeted and i vote with my conscience. Bard Lv 90. It is possible to have a negative vote count. There is no step 2. Yes, people shouldn't be able kick someone after 10 sec after d/c. You can even use the translator function to rule out language barriers. by TKBLK23. First time mad enough to launch a complaint. The healer! Astrologian, too, so I know they made it to 60 at least once. Open menu Open navigation Go to Reddit Home. Long story short, I was vote kicked from a duty for no apparent reason. This feature should only be usable if the person is afk status or offline. Business, Economics, and Finance. . - Only the Winner Team gets exp. Its against TOS to leave the group that trapped you. Choose a Reason. (And my apologies if this has already been stated!)801K subscribers in the ffxiv community. Bots are designed to be better than players and they cheat. Final Fantasy XIV has been nominated for the Best Game Community award at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023. You also get it if the DF pings and you withdraw three times in a day. That means someone can easily idle and the other players have no means to get rid of them. In my experience when thing escalate it will be less about who right/wrong originally, but the other party members will often distance from whoever come across as aggressive or. To give a serious answer GMs (Game Masters) are people hired by Square Enix to serve as customer support when things break in game or people get harassed/stalked. If they're sorry, just deal with it and hope they get better gear. It is available for Blue Mage . Best thing to do when this happens is to cut your losses, disband, regroup and restart. Forum Top; English Forums; Community; General Discussion; And so begins the Vote-kick abuseYou have to understand how the cut-scene system works in Final Fantasy XIV. • 3 yr. Reminder: You can vote-kick for any reason, at any time, as long as you don't say IN GAME it's for something stupid (like low-dmg, calling them useless/harassing them or other things that break ToS). USAGE: /kick [placeholder] →Kicks the specified PC from your party. With that said, this makes a loophole for anyone to freely abuse the vote kick without worrying about any repercussions. MSN Reported vote kick abuse and was actually followed up with by a GM. I didn't vote to kick them and I didn't say they shouldn't gather; if a player is not participating in a piece of content then they should not be rewarded for it. Reply. I know the party leader can kick him. Best thing to do when this happens is to cut your losses, disband, regroup and restart. especially when the one's doing the kicking are more of a jerk than the person being kicked. FFXIV: ARR One Year Anniversary Video Contest (EU) Letter from the Producer. Please note that a penalty will be incurred if you join a matching party and leave it before the duty is complete or participate in a duty roulette with a preformed party and leave it. ok so the vote buttons are f1 and f2 but im on a laptop and when the vote comes up i really want to vote but since the my laptops f1 and f2 keys are binded for non gaming purposes how do i change the buttons from f1 and f2 to 9 and 0. Vote Kicking, Cooldown penalties,. One side basically forces the other to cast a vote of which play style to. Also the Withdraw from duty needs to be further refined if u withdraw more then 3 times you are locked out of all instances for 24 hours watch how fast this problem goes away. The trick is to keep requeueing every 5 minutes and have in progress selected. I was kicked as well, but. But having individuals stick around who want nothing to do with the party’s wants or desires is causing issues for the individuals with like minds, and. 6K. It was a pain the tank and MNK would between the 2 of them pull everything and take AOEs to the face so i had to switch to back up healer. When you got a full party (8 people), at least three of them will have voted for it PLUS the initiator. Healer went AFK for 5-10 minutes with no warning, I say I'm going to vote dismiss, healer's buddy says no way. If they are from the same server, then they could have queued together and decided to just vote-kick you for no reason, since you only need two "yeas" to vote-kick in a 4-person party, with the initiator being counted as a yea themselves. It might take a while if they aren't aure which server they are from, though. They then start asking everyone to accept the vote to kick because I didn’t set down a mage table. They dealt exclusively with RMT and they weren't known to interact with players. I noticed it before but now it's really starting to become a very noticeable issue. Simply, start a dispute then vote kick. You can't kick until 5 minutes into the dungeon so we had to wait 3-4 minutes before he decided he was ready. Here's a compromise that will make more then a handful of people both happy and unhappy. I want to preface this by saying I don't dismiss players below level 50 content. you can't kick someone before 5 minutes expires on d/c, and it would be no different how you can't kick/ vote abandon till a time has passed. Kick them. People kicked from a group can rejoin the same group in progress. Effectively, the tank functions as the leader of the party, and how the. Note that abuse of the vote dismiss function can lead to an account penalty. 3K. Insubordination at its finest. They had a message saying please wait a little bit before. People being dicks. So it's either 1) kick the bad player, replace it and complete the dungeon or 2) abandon the party, back to 30 min queue and do the whole dungeon again. The OP is correct to begin with; this is not an acceptable reason to dismiss a player. The Vote kick System needs to be removed from the DF system it is currently being misused in every way this system as of now does more harm then it does good. So if you don't end up getting the item you want after the vote-kick, you just instantly leave the group and try again. I suggest putting the player name in quotes although I cannot yet confirm if it is really necessary. ago. The Noob's Guide to Raiding in FFXIV. My big wish for vote kick comes hand in hand with a fix for the loot rolling system. We start the fights and the BLM is AFK throughout two of them, so we decide to kick her for being AFK (gave her ample time). After we all wiped, i used the slap emote on…So, I see a lot of people spiritbonding in CM which is cool because i'm one of those people. Again, maybe 5-10% if that. Leaving a Duty. Open the party interface and click on their name, there should be an option to vote kick. FFXIV - Vote for the Best Game Community at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023. This bothers me because I only vote to dismiss someone if they're afk, offline, or obviously trolling the group. When you complete the quest, you will get an item, the Soul of the Paladin, which you equip (lowermost armory slot on the right side) and, when it is equipped, you will change to a paladin. Click on it and you can select a person to give a comm.