Pic from Interview with Frankie
As you can see in this Image i took from the Interview, you can read:
Elite General Slayer-Novice
1/3
(Kill Elite Generals)
What do you think? Does this confirm Commendations or could this be part of the mission?
I don’t think this is actually part of the Operation since it ONLY popped up AFTER he killed the Elite, it wasn’t the Objective of the mission.
> Pic from Interview with Frankie
> As you can see in this Image i took from the Interview, you can read:
>
> Elite General Slayer-Novice
> 1/3
> (Kill Elite Generals)
>
>
> What do you think? Does this confirm Commendations or could this be part of the mission?
>
> I don’t think this is actually part of the Operation since it ONLY popped up AFTER he killed the Elite, it wasn’t the Objective of the mission.
I think that has got to be a Commendation.
Maybe it’s a challenge?
Yay!
Elite Generals are back?!
First it was the red spec ops style Zealots. Then it was most of the Elites behaving the same as in Reach (they still berserk before meleeing when you get up close). Now the Generals are back. I can only imagine the redundancy/continuing retcon of Spec Ops Elites…
My new hopes:
-Zealots have unique jumping ability
-sword Elites are more than just fast running 1 hit kill enemies
-Generals are actually fleshed out in the canon. In Reach, they were non-canon enemies, never appearing in any cutscene nor being marked as a high priority target (like the Zealot on TotS), not even in Lone Wolf’s cutscene which is where they make a prominent appearance
-Elite Spec Ops have new tricks up their sleeves (NOT including active camo) since even Elite minors can throw grenades
-every Elite is distinct in behavior and uses cover
Please 343, don’t use Reach as a basis for Elite behavior! Same burst firing, same movement patterns, same abilities. It’s boring!
OT: I hope the Commendations are worthwhile this time.
> Maybe it’s a challenge?
It says “Novice” and shows an image with a medal so, i guess not.
Commendations have been confirmed for ages. I cant find the link, but it was a quote from frankie.
Actually here it is! In the question about the armour.
> Commendations have been confirmed for ages. I cant find the link, but it was a quote from frankie.
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> Actually here it is! In the question about the armour.
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> halo4nation.com
Oh, nice.
Well this is an In-game confirmation.
I just hope commendations are better thought out than they were in Reach. 
> I just hope commendations are better thought out than they were in Reach.
Agreed! Example: Getting an Onyx commendation on Oni Swordbase with the Target Locator within 2 hours.
I just hope the commendations this time actually prevent commendation boosting.
> > I just hope commendations are better thought out than they were in Reach.
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> Agreed! Example: Getting an Onyx commendation on Oni Swordbase with the Target Locator within 2 hours.
> I just hope the commendations this time actually prevent commendation boosting.
Eh, I don’t care about that, really. I was thinking more along the lines of the vehicular commendations for matchmaking, assists in campaign, etc. I hope the numbers are tweaked/tailored to each mode rather than copied pasted from one to the next.
> I just hope commendations are better thought out than they were in Reach.
I thought they were fine. Only way they can be better is if every weapon gets it’s own commendation.
> > I just hope commendations are better thought out than they were in Reach.
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> I thought they were fine. Only way they can be better is if every weapon gets it’s own commendation.
That would create even more credits that can be boosted for. I like it 
> Eh, I don’t care about that, really. I was thinking more along the lines of the vehicular commendations for matchmaking, assists in campaign, etc. I hope the numbers are tweaked/tailored to each mode rather than copied pasted from one to the next.
Ahh I see now. Yeah, the vehicular commendations for matchmaking for Reach were good, but it took such a long time to get big results when there wasn’t much vehicular maps. Yeah, I wouldn’t like to try and get the same amount of thousands of each commendation, each commendation should be a reasonable amount.
> > Eh, I don’t care about that, really. I was thinking more along the lines of the vehicular commendations for matchmaking, assists in campaign, etc. I hope the numbers are tweaked/tailored to each mode rather than copied pasted from one to the next.
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> Ahh I see now. Yeah, the vehicular commendations for matchmaking for Reach were good, but it took such a long time to get big results when there wasn’t much vehicular maps. Yeah, I wouldn’t like to try and get the same amount of thousands of each commendation, each commendation should be a reasonable amount.
Exactly. There weren’t any vehicles in the Team Slayer playlist (HUGE difference from H3…Sandtrap, Sanxbox, Valhalla, etc) so unless you played a LOT of BTB (to a lesser extent, Invasion) and used only vehicles…Yeah. Ridiculous.
> > Eh, I don’t care about that, really. I was thinking more along the lines of the vehicular commendations for matchmaking, assists in campaign, etc. I hope the numbers are tweaked/tailored to each mode rather than copied pasted from one to the next.
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> Ahh I see now. Yeah, the vehicular commendations for matchmaking for Reach were good, but it took such a long time to get big results when there wasn’t much vehicular maps. Yeah, I wouldn’t like to try and get the same amount of thousands of each commendation, each commendation should be a reasonable amount.
Which is why I think the “Dog Fight” gametype and map in my File Share should be in matchmaking (probably Action Sack). Everybody gets a Banshee!
> > > Eh, I don’t care about that, really. I was thinking more along the lines of the vehicular commendations for matchmaking, assists in campaign, etc. I hope the numbers are tweaked/tailored to each mode rather than copied pasted from one to the next.
> >
> > Ahh I see now. Yeah, the vehicular commendations for matchmaking for Reach were good, but it took such a long time to get big results when there wasn’t much vehicular maps. Yeah, I wouldn’t like to try and get the same amount of thousands of each commendation, each commendation should be a reasonable amount.
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> Exactly. There weren’t any vehicles in the Team Slayer playlist (HUGE difference from H3…Sandtrap, Sanxbox, Valhalla, etc) so unless you played a LOT of BTB (to a lesser extent, Invasion) and used only vehicles…Yeah. Ridiculous.
The vehicular maps on Halo 3 were sooooo much better! Standoff and Valhalla Warthog battles were so much fun to be part of the vehicular battle! Even Scorpion and Wraith battles on Sandtrap and Avalance! It was just far too awesome :3
Reach mostly had vehicles that didn’t suit the structure of the map and lots n’ lots of Ghosts and Mongooses. And also the OP Banshee.
I got to admit: I’m glad the Gauss Hog is back on Halo 4, slower paced shots than the previous Gauss’s, but sounds brutally awesome. I’d love to see dogfights up on the sky on Halo 4!
