The more reasons you create for players to get commendations, the more they award them for the wrong reasons and the more bad mentors the game gets.

Remove commendations from the mentor system requirements and I wouldn't object to turning commendations into a currency.

But it would also be a system subject to abuse. Get your friends coordinated to solo queue for the same duty at the same time so you could "win-trade" commendations with each other, as an example. Right now, there's no reason to do it unless you're trying to help a friend to get the last few commendations they need for their BK crown. Add more rewards to the system, and it will happen frequently.

Quote Originally Posted by Breakbeat View Post
I think it would be cool if I could possibly think for two seconds about who deserves it, then hand it out regardless of whether the person exited the instance or not.
You'd be more likely to get the chance to think about it if by sticking around, the player might get something they want from it. Right now people don't stick around because they weren't there to get commendations in the first place.