Doing a search revealed lots of different answers on how to get service ribbons in SF. The one good post showed the stats for someone who had all 6 ribbons. By taking the lowest common denominator of theater time, play time as that side, score, best round, no tks, play all maps, etc, it became clear.
However, I wanted to test the best round, tk, score, play all maps theory.
I can tell you positively that it is 50 hours in theater + 20 hours as that side play time AND NOTHING ELSE.
- I did not play all maps with the SAS in it.
- I had a crappy round of sub 40 points
- I tk'd 2 people to make sure the round sucked
I had just over 50 hours in theater and 19h 47m as SAS. So I played one crappy round of warlord, then shut off the 'puter and waited. BF2S.com said EA games would update in 5 hours. So I waited the 5 hours, turned on my 'puter, and presto, there was the ribbon. It did not get awarded in game. It just appeared in my award section on BFHQ.
Pretty simple really. Some people have made it way to complicated by saying you need 80 points in the round, no tks, play all maps, etc. Forget all that. It is a simple 50 / 20 hour time trigger to get the award.
If someone already posted this, oops... I did not find it when I searched. I am sure there are others who also would like to get to the simple formula and not wade through the complicated nonsense. Good luck.
However, I wanted to test the best round, tk, score, play all maps theory.
I can tell you positively that it is 50 hours in theater + 20 hours as that side play time AND NOTHING ELSE.
- I did not play all maps with the SAS in it.
- I had a crappy round of sub 40 points
- I tk'd 2 people to make sure the round sucked
I had just over 50 hours in theater and 19h 47m as SAS. So I played one crappy round of warlord, then shut off the 'puter and waited. BF2S.com said EA games would update in 5 hours. So I waited the 5 hours, turned on my 'puter, and presto, there was the ribbon. It did not get awarded in game. It just appeared in my award section on BFHQ.
Pretty simple really. Some people have made it way to complicated by saying you need 80 points in the round, no tks, play all maps, etc. Forget all that. It is a simple 50 / 20 hour time trigger to get the award.
If someone already posted this, oops... I did not find it when I searched. I am sure there are others who also would like to get to the simple formula and not wade through the complicated nonsense. Good luck.