BF2S Forums War College Ribbon

They switch sides.

when there about to lose they change to the winning team.

oh well let them play as a commander (50h) and change sides i dont care!!!

im starting to think that EA use the War College ribbon to spot foul players / padders

Its true, if you switch teams to get the WCR you get your stats reset regardless of if your a private or a 2nd lieutenant. Its utter bullshit in my opinion, they should either allow you to switch for it or take it out the game.

I spent about 3 months team switching for this ribbon on servers with auto balance off and i got to just over 2:1. Now since just recently EA started resetting people for doing this Ive had to give up on the ribbon and start joining the loosing team at the end of each round in order to lower my ratios and make it less obvious what I did. having to do this is fucking stupid.

it is incredibly retarded and i still find it hard to believe

x0pht wrote:

LOL... that's what im doing now, switching to the losing team on purpose. but i still get a W/L ratio higher than 3:1 when i play with clanmates.

thats not padding, people will not complain about you then

just stack teams, guaranteed win

we've talked about that bloody ribbon so much... I personally have complained and moaned about the great difficulty for non-cheaters-exploiters-dirty players to get that award. We all try to play fair but there are certain things that are just beyond your control and make this ribbon, by far, the toughest to get.
How about entering a server and being on the losing team, with only 20 tickets left to end the round??
How about giving your very best and forget about victory because your team is full of n00bs, smacktards, stat padders, teamkillers, vehicle whores? You just can't do it all alone!!!!
As someone posted in the improvements section, there should be an alternate way to get this award. I am really pissed about it.

as a player who got his WCR i have to disagree with the argument that you have to teamswitch to get a W/L ratio of 3
there are only three "simple rules" you have to follow:

1. never join a losing team - when you first log in to a server and you are at the losing side so you can't change the outcome of the round wait until the new round starts and you can take your part to win the round

2. be good! - you won't get the ribbon when you are a middle-rate player - you can't always rely on your teammembers - often you have to take your part to turn the outcome of a game (for example take an early flag in karkand by moving behind the hotel or by owning in a jet on wake)

3. when you found a server with a good team stick to it as long as you can - don't just play 2 or 3 rounds

if you follow this rules you don't have to switch teams (besides the fact that most servers don't allow teamswitch) - in more than 1700 rounds i did not switch teams more than maybe 30 times

dodge_this(fr) wrote:

I guess they should change the war college ribbon requirement and put :
-> 100 hours as commander
-> 1.50 w/l ratio

totally agree!!