I’m an avid completionist when it comes to my games and right now I’m going for 100% commendations, but there are some that are nearly impossible to progress on. I’m not complaining about grinding (as I’m dedicated enough to have mastered plasma pistol legitimately, and maxed all weapons), but I’m talking about circumstantial issues.
As it stands right now, 343, the following commendation masteries are way too unattainable for the following legit reasons
Mongoose destroyer (no one rides them, difficult to destroy goose instead of rider, can spend whole games where no one on the enemy team rides them)
Scorpion destroyer (only located in 1 map in the game, does not always get selected)
- for these achievements, perhaps a vehicle based gametype can be implemented
Oddball/King of the Hill mastery (almost never given a chance to play these games due to lack of availability in matchmaking)
- please bring back oddball and koth dedicated playlists
Flood victory (is grindable, but having only the top scorer gain commendation will make this the hardest one to achieve. Perhaps all 3 rounds can count as seperate victories toward the commendation?)
343, Please consider ways to make attaining these commendations more attainable. As I’ve said, I have no problem going after them legitimately, but I would like to feel in control of being able to attain them, not be at the mercy of other players’ votes/gameplay decisions.
Thank you very much!
Simply lowering the requirements for those a tad bit instead of constant updates to maps and game types would be beneficial for the most.
Good luck! This will take you a while but what about the plasma pistol can the perfection commendations? For the mongoose commendation i recommend you play ctf on ragnarock and if the enemy grabs the flag they will most likely board a mongoose.
> Good luck! This will take you a while <mark>but what about the plasma pistol can the perfection commendations?</mark> For the mongoose commendation i recommend you play ctf on ragnarock and if the enemy grabs the flag they will most likely board a mongoose.
They should change the plasma pistol kills commedation to EMP people/vehicles with it instead then it would be a bit more attainable lol.Mastering Perfection commendation was easy in my case atleast, the tactic I used still works after patches but better 
so no problem there.
Plasma pistol is possible, mostly through regicide. attack people who are already fighting…always pick maps with overshields and rush it every time to get at least one free kill, use pulse grenades to weaken individuals, if you find an AFK player make it your primary goal to rush the spawn points and get a few free kills through the match, try to pick maps that have clustered areas of fighting (usually bottom mid of haven, bottom ring of dispatch, etc. If you’re king, try to lay low to earn OS and DB. it took a while, but it was worth it for my sweet energy symbol.
Perfections. Most of mine came through Big team infinity slayer. -Yoink- level with mantis, equip wheelman and explosives, snatch the mantis from spawn if your lucky and play cautiously. There’s often enough people rushing you to get 15 kills. If you’re in any risk of you’re shield going down get out of there. you’re best chance is with always keeping your mantis at full health.
Mongoose. Yeah some of mine came from CTF ragnarok. GEt the mantis and stomp incoming mongoose riders if you’re lucky you may get 2 a match. but still…so many matches where people don’t use them…
There’s also the ‘Crawler Sniper’ commendation which sucks because there’s only two missions that have 10 or more snipers inside.
As for Mongoose Destroyer… Yeah CTF on Ragnarok and get the splaser or Mantis. If you’re lucky the mongoose will die with the driver when you splaser it or launch a barrage of rockets at it.
I know what you mean about koth. I’ve mastered all my weapons and most of the vehicles. Going for my wins in flood …regicide and koth… Miss the objective playlist
> > Good luck! This will take you a while <mark>but what about the plasma pistol can the perfection commendations?</mark> For the mongoose commendation i recommend you play ctf on ragnarock and if the enemy grabs the flag they will most likely board a mongoose.
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> They should change the plasma pistol kills commedation to EMP people/vehicles with it instead then it would be a bit more attainable lol.<mark>Mastering Perfection commendation was easy</mark> in my case atleast, the tactic I used still works after patches but better so no problem there.
Some players will find that ridiculously hard to complete though
Thank you for your feedback. We will keep your requests regarding Commendation Mastery in mind as we develop new game types, playlists, and more. Stay tuned to the Halo Bulletins and Matchmaking Updates to see what’s coming next each week!
> Thank you for your feedback. We will keep your requests regarding Commendation Mastery in mind as we develop new game types, playlists, and more. Stay tuned to the Halo Bulletins and Matchmaking Updates to see what’s coming next each week!
I would like to thank you for not only listening, but putting your time, your effort, into making this game. Your selflessness is greatly appreciated by me and a few others.
> Thank you for your feedback. We will keep your requests regarding Commendation Mastery in mind as we develop new game types, playlists, and more. Stay tuned to the Halo Bulletins and Matchmaking Updates to see what’s coming next each week!
please don’t make pp commit easier. for those of us who grafted for it will feel cheated.
players should not whine about the difficulty of some commies they’re all attainable.
the first player I know to achieve all commies took him 32 days of play. which in the grand scheme of things ain’t much 
> > Thank you for your feedback. We will keep your requests regarding Commendation Mastery in mind as we develop new game types, playlists, and more. Stay tuned to the Halo Bulletins and Matchmaking Updates to see what’s coming next each week!
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> please don’t make pp commit easier. for those of us who grafted for it will feel cheated.
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> players should not whine about the difficulty of some commies they’re all attainable.
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> the first player I know to achieve all commies took him 32 days of play. which in the grand scheme of things ain’t much
Do you think the majority of players here want to spend more than a month trying to get kills with specific weapons? And it’s random, it’s not like your about to finish off the guy with your PP. More often than not, a stray DMR bullet pings his brain, and I lose a valuable kill on my commendation.
Edit: I notice that metallicat has my lucky number near his name. Cheers!
> Thank you for your feedback. We will keep your requests regarding Commendation Mastery in mind as we develop new game types, playlists, and more. Stay tuned to the Halo Bulletins and Matchmaking Updates to see what’s coming next each week!
Most appreciated for the timely response and the consideration! I love the Halo series and look forward to the continuous updates and gameplay/playlist possibilities in the future.
> > Thank you for your feedback. We will keep your requests regarding Commendation Mastery in mind as we develop new game types, playlists, and more. Stay tuned to the Halo Bulletins and Matchmaking Updates to see what’s coming next each week!
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> please don’t make pp commit easier. for those of us who grafted for it will feel cheated.
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> players should not whine about the difficulty of some commies they’re all attainable.
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> the first player I know to achieve all commies took him 32 days of play. which in the grand scheme of things ain’t much
Yes, all comms are attainable, but we need a fair shot at them. PP your in control of, you can equip it every game and do work with it, therefore I’m fine with leaving that comm as is. I’m talking about trying to go for a comm (KOTH/Oddball/maps with scorpion) and not even getting a shot cause the game/map isnt picked and your stuck playing CTF or something you’ve already mastered, etc. It makes it tempting to quit out since you dont have any incentive for the goal you’re trying to attain.
I want to be able to make progress or have a shot on a comm every time i play the next game. How many comms for koth/oddball/scorp/mongoose can you get in an hour? Answer: However many times the game/map was actually picked or the goose was actually used by the enemy.
BTW 32 hours of game time is pretty ridiculous! Im a full time employee and a grad student Hats off to someone for having the iron to sit through all that. wow.
> Thank you for your feedback. We will keep your requests regarding Commendation Mastery in mind as we develop new game types, playlists, and more. Stay tuned to the Halo Bulletins and Matchmaking Updates to see what’s coming next each week!
Will do! And it’s great to see this response ^^
> the first player I know to achieve all commies took him 32 days of play. which in the grand scheme of things ain’t much
I hope you meant 32 days of gametime invested, and not “I played a few hours a day for a month” ^^;
I’ve been playing since Halo 4’s release and only just last week got Mongoose Destroyer past 10 kills, and Crawler Sniper hasn’t gotten past rank one yet!! when it’s near Mastery, I’ll have to kill hundreds per rank, and only ten show up every mission?
Plasma Pistol Mastery is tedious but doable. It takes skill and finesse to get kills with it, even if most of mine were leeching off of other people’s hard work in Regicide.
Mongoose Destroyer is a pain unless you get lucky. I’ve killed the driver more often than the mongoose itself, even with splasers, rockets incinerations, and multiple Mantis barrages. If it doesn’t destroy it outright they just jump out.