BF2S Forums Hour Requirements To Much For Badges.

more like how many years?

Hour are steep sure, but just last week I got over 50 heal points in a round
of course it was on Strike, but I digress. The problem I've noticed lately is
it's insanely impossible to get repair points, I've played just about 80 hours
as an Engi and now that the Vet badge is alot more reasonable to get, it seems
impossible to get the repair points.

Last edited by fateit (2005-10-20 13:57:19)

JeSTeR_Player1 wrote:

40 Hours For Veterin Armor, Helecopter, Aviator
100 Hours For Expert Armor, Helecopter, Aviator

10 Hours For Ground Defense, AA Defense
30 Hours For Ground Defense, AA Defense

I believe this would be a good time for them:
5 Hours For Ground Defence, AA Defense
10 Hours for Ground Defence, AA Defense
80 Hours for Veteran Armor, Helecopter, Aviator
200 Hours for Expert Armor, Helecopter, Aviator
If you have the expert armor, and just joined BF2 a month ago. You have no life.

I dont feel that the vehicle hours should change, but i dont think they need to lower the defense badges. I mean seriously 15hrs on a tow gets old real quick

joelo59 wrote:

Yeah I Just Got 276 Total Hours Since The Game Got Out Last Summer.  For Expert Armor Alones Its 250 Hours.  I Will Get It Next Year Maybe!!!! Lol  I Hope They Lower Some Total Hours, Because For The Average Gamer And Most Of Fans This Requirements Are Imposible.

cat3ever wrote:

I agree, it's hard to get those badges!

Okay, these badges are called "Expert" for a reason. They aren't supposed to be easy to get.

IronGeek wrote:

Yeah scary, how much time would that be if you played for about 2hrs a day, how many months?

7 months if you were able to spend all of your time in a specific vehicle. Are you an advocate for shortening the lifespan of this game? Do you have an issue like ADHD where you can't play the same game for 2-3 years? The dedicated player (1-2 hour a day) should be able to accomplish the highest ranks and and a few of the expert badges over a few years of play - and will put in the time if the game is that good. Only those who truly obsess over the game will get every award available.

Bronco...{TFL} wrote:

I dont feel that the vehicle hours should change, but i dont think they need to lower the defense badges. I mean seriously 15hrs on a tow gets old real quick

Use the tried and true method of sitting in it while commanding. Almost everyone I know of who has veteran or expert did it this way.

You think the requirements are high now? Remember now many were 1000 hours before the 1.03 patch?

In one of the interviews with Dice around the time of the 1.03 patch they said something about how they had set the ranks and badges by using estimates from player data taken from BF1942 (it worries me how they got it without some sort of tracking system... but I digress). They responded and lowered the requirements for ranks, badges and medals.

Now you want them even lower? I find it frustrating enough that there are several thousand Sergeant Majors already (I've had mine since October 4th - aka 1.03 patch 'Promotion Day'). I know people complain about how much time requirements there are for the badges, but that is a sign of dedication to the task. You want your shiny objects at the cost of making them meaningless to those with more effort put into this game.

Also, if you guys are going to rant about required hours and stuff, at least make your stats available by a link in your sig or put your ID into your BF2s account profile so that a link appears by your name. Then we'll all be able to see how much effort you've put into the game before complaining about this.

My point in short is: Expert badges should mean something! Don't let your selfish drive to get them easily ruin the game for those who worked longer/harder.

Edit: typo correction and more accenting

Last edited by Gilgalad (2006-02-13 12:03:20)

true, i havent managed to get 10 repair points in one round so far, 8 was the best i think..

vieredcap wrote:

true, i havent managed to get 10 repair points in one round so far, 8 was the best i think..

look for a server that allows baseraping ((whatever that is) and hang out warlord, karkand or anything with one side having all their bases cappable) sit & wait and while your at it command to get more time and points there. I look at most of the expert badges and the only one that seems to be out of reach is engineer (and possibly pistol but for awhile I said that about knife) without some help on how quickly certain items or vehciles repair. I think it was after 1.03 when they changed how the helicopters repair it seemed slower to repair and get points.
It a depends on the player if you want to get expert badges across the board or just focus on the kits and items you like to use the most but any award should come with a sense of accomplishment. look at some fo the new rank requirements you need some badges to get certain "higher ranks"
http://bf2tracker.com/thread.php?postid … post163203

Last edited by mayhemo4r (2006-02-13 14:17:30)

Oh yeah, I do agree that they should be hard.... but 1000 years.... C'mon
I have over 300 hrs, so don't doubt my dedication, I have worked long and hard for the basic badges, and have 6 veterans, the expert requirements are small potatoes compared to the SF medal requirements.

the only ones that i think take too much time are AA and ground defence. my highest amount of kills on aa is 29 iar (dalian plant as pla sittin on southdocks aa, even shot down a few planes that round but mainly helo's)
was thinkin to my self wtf havent i got vet badge atleast??? only to check and find out you need 30 hrs for vet

grrrrrrr not happy

start feeling sorry for us players that are near major general (180,000 points) when the new patch comes out, expert badges for all vehicles is one of the requirements.

Last edited by .:ronin:.|Patton (2006-02-13 19:11:50)