Sgt.Gh0st
Pump-Action Pimp
+16|7045|The Hague, Holland
Yay! I just got the Mid-East Service Ribbon! So what if you people may not care ! A ribbon is a ribbon.
Greenie_Beazinie
Aussie Outlaw
+8|7077
you... have... 38 hours.... is EA on drugs?
Sgt.Gh0st
Pump-Action Pimp
+16|7045|The Hague, Holland

Greenie_Beazinie wrote:

you... have... 38 hours.... is EA on drugs?
Lol why? Is 38 hours not long enough?
Greenie_Beazinie
Aussie Outlaw
+8|7077
The old requirements were 250 hours...
lowyaukee
Member
+2|7098
Please see my post: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=2072

I guess the criteria for getting some ribbons/badges/medals may have been changed.
Sgt.Gh0st
Pump-Action Pimp
+16|7045|The Hague, Holland
Haha dude, if all the requirements have changed..
I only got 38-40 hours man.. This must suck for all you vet.'s
Faith +1
Member
+1|7077|Arizona
Dude I havent even gotten it and I have more than what you have per se for stats!!

MAN!

:-(

Ea doesnt like me.

http://bf2stats.nsvr.info/player/Sgt.Gh0st/

If you want to see your stats and ribbon NOW! lol.

Good job for you.

Last edited by Faith +1 (2005-10-04 09:06:52)

Sgt.Gh0st
Pump-Action Pimp
+16|7045|The Hague, Holland

Faith +1 wrote:

Dude I havent even gotten it and I have more than what you have per se for stats!!

MAN!

:-(

Ea doesnt like me.

http://bf2stats.nsvr.info/player/Sgt.Gh0st/

If you want to see your stats and ribbon NOW! lol.

Good job for you.
Thnx mate
I geuss im just a lucky basterd?
[R]age^B-HeKtiC^
You like that, biatch!?
+25|7067|Uk
i have it too i did 88 hours or sumut
bluehavoc8686
will frag for food
+11|7103|Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Greenie_Beazinie wrote:

The old requirements were 250 hours...
i dunno greenie. i got it before the patch about 2 weeks ago and once again that whole '250 hrs.' thing didn't seem correct. i think i got it because i played for more than 24 hrs as MEC. this is all making sense now, since the overwhelming majority of players play as USMC, they created those awards to entice people to play as MEC and China.
Ravlen
Member
+0|7043
Well, odds are you need to do something specific to gain some of the awards, even with the new ranks. So, if someone got the MEC ribbon, maybe they just needed to play a full round as MEC before getting it? Odds are it'll be the same for veteran badges, the hours requirements are lowered (or removed) and we'll slowly get the new badges as we get XX kills in a round, or XX heal points in one round, etc...

I just checked my roommate's stats (I'm at work, he's at home playing 1.03 right now, the bastard) and looks like he got both the MEC and China ribbon too... He's got 20 hours for MEC and 15 hours for China.

http://bf2stats.nsvr.info/player/TipsyMcswaggart/

Ravlen

Last edited by Ravlen (2005-10-04 11:17:59)

Landepaukku
Finnish bush-man
+23|7100|Finland
I just got the ribbon too! But actually i got it even before i downloaded the patch. I got it when i hitted 10000 global points mark.
fizz85
Member
+1|7053|Voice of reason
Hey Ravlen.. don't know if that site you have a link to is your or not but my AV caught 2 trojans from it. Might want to scan you system.
Here is the site and the link to avoid:

http://bf2stats.nsvr.info/player/TipsyMcswaggart/
holocost
Member
+1|7050|ireland,cork
how do you get the ribbon cos i want it
tF-voodoochild
Pew Pew!
+216|7111|San Francisco

bluehavoc8686 wrote:

Greenie_Beazinie wrote:

The old requirements were 250 hours...
i dunno greenie. i got it before the patch about 2 weeks ago and once again that whole '250 hrs.' thing didn't seem correct. i think i got it because i played for more than 24 hrs as MEC. this is all making sense now, since the overwhelming majority of players play as USMC, they created those awards to entice people to play as MEC and China.
No, the only requirements for it are "time in service" (global time) and "time in theatre" (total hours on mec maps and china maps respectively.) There is no requirement at all for being in a specific army. 250h was correct before the 1.03 patch, now we have absolutely no clue what the new time requirements are.

You recieved the service ribbon under the new requirements as some sort of a glitch on EA's part I assume. A few weeks before the patch officially released there were countless people recieving high ranking awards long before being anywhere near the old requirements.
Ravlen
Member
+0|7043
OK, I figured one thing out about the service ribbons. Well, obviously, you gotta play as that team to get the ribbon. Big surprise, eh? But I think you get it when you win a round... That's why you aren't seeing it show up, it only awards it to you once after a round is over, so there's no way to award it in game.

I just tried it tonight. Won a round as chinese (kept playing). Checked my stats 15 minutes later, sure enough, chinese was showing up, but not MEC. I then played again as MEC, won a couple rounds this time (weee?) and sure enough, MEC ribbon shows up.

So, there's Time in Service, but you'll only see the ribbon show up at the end of a round in which you are on the winning side.

FYI, the time in service I had was:

MEC      15:30:17
CHINA     08:44:26

Ravlen
oh-godzilla
Member
+0|7055|Germany
i just played for the first time with the new patch and got both unnoticed
CMDR_Dave
Redneck
+66|7104|Missoula, MT
[whisper] psst...here's some ribbons, surprise! [/whisper] ~EA 
3stitches
fajitalude
+0|7057|Radcliff, KY
I got the mid east and far east ribbons after i loaded the patch (on 5 oct ) and i only had 5000 pts and only 30 hrs as mec and 24 hrs as china.

Last edited by 3stitches (2005-10-06 06:47:25)

ArkAng37
Member
+1|7108|San Antonio, TX

holocost wrote:

how do you get the ribbon cos i want it
Play a round as Mec then play a round as Chinese
Dodger6500
Member
+0|7043
People can't seem to understand these ribbons. They are awarded for Time in Theater. Add up all the hours you spent on maps in the Middle East, and that's your total. Then add up all the maps for time in the Chinese theater, and that's the other total.
nitro92
I cheat.
+-6|7065|Sydney, Australia
i got it but it dusnt come up wile playin i went in2 bfhq and it was there same with far east
Buzerk1
Member
+44|7099
got 3 ribon with the upgrade...  Far East and Mid-East.... and got Good Conduct after playing a normal clean (no team damage) map

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