TL:DR - The names of enemies in the Commendation requirements don’t exist for some enemies.
So who messed up the Commendations 343i. To say that there was a real lack of care and attention making these commendation requirements is an understatement.
So what do I mean about “Lack of Care and Attention”
Well it’s little things like the name of the the enemies you are supposed to kill. One achievement mentions you need to kill Elite Generals. Ooops. No Elite Generals in Halo 4 343i. It is supposed to read Elite Commanders!
Then again, one Commendation mentions “Crawler Prime Slayer”. So you need to kill Crawler Primes… but go into the Spartan Ops mission reports and there are no Crawler Primes mentioned at all… Instead they are now called Alpha
Crawlers.
How do you kill Grunt Ultras when there are only Storm Grunts, Imperial Grunts, Grunt Rangers and Grunt Heavies.
Jackal Majors… What are they? Got to slay some of them too but all that is listed are Storm Jackals, Jackal Rangers, Jackal Snipers and Jackal Heavies. No mention of Jackal Majors at all.
Did someone forget to read a memo regarding a name change and screwed up the commendations??
And what about Knight Lancers… how come no commendation for killing them?
It doesn’t sound much but when you are trying to find what you are supposed to be doing WITHOUT A MANUAL you have to guess most of the time.
So why are the commendations requirements using incorrect names/requirements?
Another thing annoying about the commendation list is that they are all over the place. Couldn’t you at least sort the list so you can find what you are looking for. Remember, the devil is in the details.