I solo heal FL, coordinate everyone on the battlefield, save people from certain death repeatedly, make all of the right calls (for once) and get nothing.

I rock up to Ifrit EX in silver GARO armour, say nothing other than 'hi', get hit by every single mechanic - I'm a terrible Ninja - and walk away with all of the commendations simply because I looked cool.

Commendations really shouldn't be taken seriously. Meanwhile, instances are instances whether they're unsynced or not. Soloing an EX primal should count for the total just as much as facerolling Sastasha.