There are a few Spartan Company commendations that require a bit more specification for me to understand:
-Which weapons qualify as ‘standard weapons?’ Are they all the infinite-use loadout weapons, or just the AR and pistol? Do faction-based weapons like the carbine and suppressor count as standard weapons? Why would this be a hard commendation when you use loadout weapons almost all the time?
-Which weapons qualify as ‘power weapons?’ Are they all the weapons that kill people faster than loadout weapons, or every weapon other than the loadout weapons? If you spawn with a power weapon, is it still considered a power weapon? Is it only a power weapon if you grab it off a weapon pad?
-What qualifies as a ‘melee’ or ‘spartan charge’ kill? If you kill someone with the gravity hammer or energy sword, does it count as a melee kill? If you insta-kill someone by spartan charging into them while wielding an energy sword, does it count as a spartan charge kill?
-What qualifies as a ‘hijack?’ Does blowing up a scorpion or wraith via hijack count toward this commendation, or does it only count when you actually seize control of a vehicle?
-What qualifies as a ‘perfect kill?’ Does the CE pistol count, or just the loadout weapons?
EDIT: One more, what qualifies as an ‘assassination?’ Do ‘Beat Down’ medals count, or only ‘Assassination’ medals?
I know this is a lot of questions, But I want to try to get these commendations done in the smartest way possible. For example, if kills with the gravity hammer DO count toward melee kills, my company would just have to grind it out in Grifball. If CE pistol perfect kills count, we could play the CE throwback playlist when it comes in rotation to easily make MASSIVE progress toward that commendation. Play smarter, not harder, I say. I hope you Achilles grinders can tell the specifics of these commendations. Thanks for reading, and have a nice day!
> Which weapons qualify as ‘power weapons?’ Are they all the weapons that kill people faster than loadout weapons, or every weapon other than the loadout weapons? If you spawn with a power weapon, is it still considered a power weapon? Is it only a power weapon if you grab it off a weapon pad?
Power weapon just means anything that isn’t a loadout weapon.
So everything except the AR, Magnum, BR, DMR, and SMG are considered “power weapons”.
Or at least I’m fairly certain that’s how it works.
> -What qualifies as a ‘melee’ or ‘spartan charge’ kill? If you kill someone with the gravity hammer or energy sword, does it count as a melee kill? If you insta-kill someone by spartan charging into them while wielding an energy sword, does it count as a spartan charge kill?
Not sure about melee kills, but I can tell you that a Sword Spartan Charge counts as an Energy Sword kill as opposed to a Spartan Charge.
> What qualifies as a ‘perfect kill?’ Does the CE pistol count, or just the loadout weapons?
Only the Magnum, BR, DMR, Carbine, and LightRifle count for perfect kills, last I checked.
The CE Magnum has a medal for it like the others, but it doesn’t register for commendations.
Question - What qualifies as a ‘hijack?’ Does blowing up a scorpion or wraith via hijack count toward this commendation, or does it only count when you actually seize control of a vehicle?
Getting the hijack medal counts for these.
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> Question - What qualifies as a ‘hijack?’ Does blowing up a scorpion or wraith via hijack count toward this commendation, or does it only count when you actually seize control of a vehicle?
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> Getting the hijack medal counts for these.
I thought, since they didn’t specifically say to ‘take control of enemy vehicles’ in the description, you could assume they meant every kind of vehicle boarding. They really need to fix those descriptions…
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> > Question - What qualifies as a ‘hijack?’ Does blowing up a scorpion or wraith via hijack count toward this commendation, or does it only count when you actually seize control of a vehicle?
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> I thought, since they didn’t specifically say to ‘take control of enemy vehicles’ in the description, you could assume they meant every kind of vehicle boarding. They really need to fix those descriptions…
Yes the descriptions are vague and sometimes contradictory. Good luck on you quest!!
An additional one for you to be warned of for the future;
Warthog turrets do NOT count twoards vehicle kills. My company ran into that exact same problem.
So for “Road Trip” you HAVE to uses a tank, a Gungoose or a Ghost.
Power weapons and loadout weapons can be viewed on your service record under weapons here. That’s the easiest way to know for sure what counts for what.
Melee, spartan charge, perfect and hijack are based on the medal you get. So if you get a hijack medal, the commendation increases. As far as I know the CE magnum counts towards perfects, or at least it did when my company was still grinding.
Ill add add one since your company is still working towards the forgot to pay the toll commendation. It doesn’t have to be the driver you snipe. Feel free to snipe passengers and turret gunners. As long as you get a buckle up medal, the commendation increases. You can also destroy wasps with a sniper and that counts for some reason
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> Power weapons and loadout weapons can be viewed on your service record under weapons here. That’s the easiest way to know for sure what counts for what.
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> Melee, spartan charge, perfect and hijack are based on the medal you get. So if you get a hijack medal, the commendation increases. As far as I know the CE magnum counts towards perfects, or at least it did when my company was still grinding.
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> Ill add add one since your company is still working towards the forgot to pay the toll commendation. It doesn’t have to be the driver you snipe. Feel free to snipe passengers and turret gunners. As long as you get a buckle up medal, the commendation increases. You can also destroy wasps with a sniper and that counts for some reason
Vehicle doesnt have ot be mobile either. Best way to get that one Ive found is play BTB on any map with a sniper and vehicles, wait for an objective run, and nail the gunner when the driver parks