Acquiring Badge/Medal Feasibility

[imported_KC.JADE]

Okay, I just got done looking through UBAR (Unofficial BF2 Awards and Ranks) and I noticed that I've gotten most of the Basic awards. Huzzah.

Now I've focused my sights on something a bit bigger, say, Veteran Special Ops and maybe another medal of some sort. I'm not gonna bother with the Purple Heart, since that pretty much just proves you suck. So browsing through the UBAR page of Medals I notice that for all of them you pretty much need a MINIMUM of 3000 global hours as that specific kit or whatev. Now then, lets do some math:

3000 hours / 24 hours = 125 days

125 days / 365 days (1 year) = .342, or 34.2% of the year

What does this say ladies and gentlemen? It is saying that you need to game as one SPECIFIC kit for over a third of the year before you can achieve a medal of some prestige.

Now, am I the only one here who finds that extremely F*ed up??????

[Flying Vortex]

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Lol.. Thats awfully weird. Are you sure thats right?

[Oxy]

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Combat Infantry medal needs only 500 hours - a few people already have it.

[-(PK)-DarkIllusion]

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top guys like elektrik disb.. and buttler damn those guys

[Valbonne]

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Okay, I just got done looking through UBAR (Unofficial BF2 Awards and Ranks) and I noticed that I've gotten most of the Basic awards. Huzzah.

Now I've focused my sights on something a bit bigger, say, Veteran Special Ops and maybe another medal of some sort. I'm not gonna bother with the Purple Heart, since that pretty much just proves you suck. So browsing through the UBAR page of Medals I notice that for all of them you pretty much need a MINIMUM of 3000 global hours as that specific kit or whatev. Now then, lets do some math:

3000 hours / 24 hours = 125 days

125 days / 365 days (1 year) = .342, or 34.2% of the year

What does this say ladies and gentlemen? It is saying that you need to game as one SPECIFIC kit for over a third of the year before you can achieve a medal of some prestige.

Now, am I the only one here who finds that extremely F*ed up??????

...And that's if you play 24/7. I for one like to eat and sleep and spend time with my girlfriend and our daughter.
So, i think for me to get these kind of medals/awards, i have to play for a couple of years !!! :laugh: :laugh:

[jonnysanchez]

Re: Acquiring Badge/Medal Feasibility

Okay, I just got done looking through UBAR (Unofficial BF2 Awards and Ranks) and I noticed that I've gotten most of the Basic awards. Huzzah.

Now I've focused my sights on something a bit bigger, say, Veteran Special Ops and maybe another medal of some sort. I'm not gonna bother with the Purple Heart, since that pretty much just proves you suck. So browsing through the UBAR page of Medals I notice that for all of them you pretty much need a MINIMUM of 3000 global hours as that specific kit or whatev. Now then, lets do some math:

3000 hours / 24 hours = 125 days

125 days / 365 days (1 year) = .342, or 34.2% of the year

What does this say ladies and gentlemen? It is saying that you need to game as one SPECIFIC kit for over a third of the year before you can achieve a medal of some prestige.

Now, am I the only one here who finds that extremely F*ed up??????

youve read the requirements wrong. there are no class or kit medals, only badges. each veteran class badge requires 250 hours with that class. most of the 3000 hour medals are for planes and vehicles and are sort of like elite ribbons. lots of people have veteran class badges, which just means they only play one class. but the most ridiculous medal is the sharpshooter infantry medal, which requires expert badges for all 7 classes plus knife and pistol. and each expert badge (except pistol and knife) requires 1000 hours of use per kit. 7000 hours total for that one medal

[Flying Vortex]

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youve read the requirements wrong. there are no class or kit medals, only badges. each veteran class badge requires 250 hours with that class. most of the 3000 hour medals are for planes and vehicles and are sort of like elite ribbons. lots of people have veteran class badges, which just means they only play one class. but the most ridiculous medal is the sharpshooter infantry medal, which requires expert badges for all 7 classes plus knife and pistol. and each expert badge (except pistol and knife) requires 1000 hours of use per kit. 9000 hours total for that one medal

Still.. That is to much hours IMO

[RUTIRON-040290]

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Me too. Schooling and basic requirements will take 3/4 of my daytime. And I'm not a gaming freak. I got other hobbies too. So this will prove a difficult situation for me too.

And the stats are correct though. :hmm:

-R

[Flying Vortex]

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Well obviously people with high hour earned Ribbons / Medals have no Social- Life

[Jedi_Joe]

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i say its pretty ****ing dumb....they should change that in the next patch or something....like only nerds and people who have nothing to do can ern that stuff....and i cant play 24/7

[Flying Vortex]

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Yeh exactly 44-89.. But they won't change it, because then we will have HEAPS Of people with High Up ribbons and medals abbusing the Privallage

[tehpwnzoor]

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yeh i agree one of the medals requires 6000 hours play time lol thats half a year or 12 hours a day, every day now who the **** is gonna do that mayb sum1 will get medals in a year or so

[BigBadBob]

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Yeh exactly 44-89.. But they won't change it, because then we will have HEAPS Of people with High Up ribbons and medals abbusing the Privallage

what privelage? There's nothing special to having badges and such. The only think that matters in this game is points.

I know it's stupid, but what can we do about it.

[DLWebmaestro96]

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In about 2 months, I have played about 100 hours. This means I will reach 3,000 hours in June of 2010! :) Geez... BF3 will have been a distant memory by then!

I truly hope DICE lowers these req's some. This is just absurd for anyone with a "normal" life. To reach 3,000 in one year, one would have to play a little over 8 hours a day EVERY DAY. I'm not even at work 8 hours a day EVERY DAY of the year. The average (full-time) worker in the US works approximately 2,000 hours a year. So basically, you have to spend more time playing BF2 in a year than you do at work.

[Mayflower]

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Now, am I the only one here who finds that extremely F*ed up??????

No ur not the only one who finds that extremely F*ed up. I got all basic badge with Veteran Pistol and Expert Knife but except these it's just too long the get veteran or expert.

Im working on the Expert Pistol and Veteran Explosives. The only medal 'possible' to get for me it's the Combat Infantry Medal 400 hours.