iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia
Hi all~

Just wondering if anyone else is having problems getting the command badge and staff officer ribbon when they have clearly achieved the requirements for them?

I have achieved over 50 command points many times, although I am not sure if i had been a commander for the required 28minutes in a round to be elligible for the staff officer ribbon...

However, the basic command badge only requires a command score of 40.  Now I have certainly achieved scores in excess of 60 BEFORE doubling... why am I not getting my badge?  Could it be because I have achieved one criteria for the veteran command badge?

Has anyone else had this problem? or is there some other requirement that does not show up when I click on the badge in my BFS2 profile?

Cheers
i
checkered_jedi
Member
+0|6960
my friend has the same problem but i got them like the first time i was commander and then later got the staff officer maybe u teamkill people with arty and that affects it who really knows it would be useful if ea games brought a guide to bf2 so that we would know for sure
C.Keen
Aliens Ate My Babysitter
+0|7024|UK
Are you actually scoring all the points in the round as commander? If you score 50 points, then become a commander you commander score is 0 to start with, though you score for the round will still be 50 at that point.

Also, this should be in the "Battlefield 2 Help!" section, not the "BF2s Help" section.

Last edited by C.Keen (2005-11-08 06:49:08)

iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia
Apologies, I'm a noob... can a mod please move this thread?

Yes I'm 100% sure that they are commander points, not teamwork points or kills.  When I said I have achieved over 50 command points, that is when I take into account non-command points... like having to leave my command screen to kill sneaky enemies, or repair points/supply/heal/revive points.

IMO, the command badge is a really easy badge to get... most people will get both the command and staff officer ribbon together... just getting on my nerves >_<

cheers
i
Galen1066
Member
+1|6975|Colo. Springs
I'm not sure if this is actual or not, but I have done that as well, (gotten 50+ command points and not gotten the badge, but my side lost the round) Now when I was commanding and got the required amount of point and my side won then ai got the badges (Basic and Vet) and the ribbon, so I think you have to be Commander on the winning side, make sense? Just my two cents worth.
theburritos
Member
+0|6969|Orange County
well it's wierd, i never got my basic command badge and then all of a sudden i get veteran command... yeah i dunno but my friend is having the same problem that you are

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iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia

Galen1066 wrote:

I'm not sure if this is actual or not, but I have done that as well, (gotten 50+ command points and not gotten the badge, but my side lost the round) Now when I was commanding and got the required amount of point and my side won then ai got the badges (Basic and Vet) and the ribbon, so I think you have to be Commander on the winning side, make sense? Just my two cents worth.
I just commanded 5 games, and won all 5... now that score at the bottom, is that the pre double score, or post double score?

either way... I have clan members who have never gotten a better score as commander then me, and they have the badge, and ribbon... it's embarassing when I'm one of the two team leaders >_<

as far as the veteran command badge goes, I qualify for it... except I dont have the basic... bugger eh?

Cheers
i
iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia
Hi TF

Thanks for the info, I totally agree, commanders should spend 100% of their time in the command window... only thing I can add, is talk to your squad leaders, when SCAN and UAV running, zoom in and help squads out... tell them the location of enemies, telling them sniper on roof to your south east and then spotting makes them react quicker...

but, this thread isn't about how to command. Just don't want it to get side tracked

Cheers
i
torranfox
Member
+0|6971
>>but, this thread isn't about how to command. Just don't want it to get side tracked<<

Yep, was just thinking that after I posted. Must stop going off on tangents  -_-

I've had issues myself in getting commander badges.  More specifically the veteran badge (It didn't register right away the first time) 

Tip::
Try this: 
Next map you command,  hop in a tank/APC and defend a base while commanding.  (I did this on Songha Stalemate)  Shoot down any enemies or choppers that come in to take it (On stalemate I defended the  American base on the hill where all the commander equipment is with an APC).  You aren't exaclty "going in to fight" and this earns you "defend flag" as well as frag points too. 

By my round's end I had 50 commander points and the basic Comm. badge.

I didn't have any problem getting the basic Commander badge.  Heck, you're way ahead of me in score. You should breeze through a round No problem and get the badge trying someting like this.

Try that and let me know what happens.

Good luck!

-TF
iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia
I tried that... after I shot down one heli, no more came >_<

ended up getting 68 x2 for winning.  That is what it said at the end of the round.  I don't know how many of those were for commanding, but I got 5 kills.

Still no badge >_<, but thanks for the tip... I got heaps of points anyway.

Cheers
i
torranfox
Member
+0|6971
Hmmm..
That's damn Piculiar....

You should have gotten it easily. 

Edit:

Ok, I think I've got my head on straight now.

I guess the only other thing I can offer is to stick it out for as long as possible in a round. 
I have noticed that it takes time to earn these reguardless of how many points you finish a match with due to the simple fact that EA is having issues with certain badges/ribbons registering properly.   I certainly hope they can resolve this soon.   

-TF

Last edited by torranfox (2005-11-10 10:54:15)

iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia
TF: I think you're right, I'll just have to stick it out... maybe it has something to do with me having 1000+command points, which is a requirement for the veteran badge.  But oh well, just a badge!

G_M: yeah, and a team that for some reason doesn't squad up... so you want to be a squad leader, but no one seems to want to play commander either.
chickenmuncher
Member
+2|6966| U.S.A.

General_Mess wrote:

i WOULD HAVE TO SAY CHECK THE UBAR. I KNOW AFTER THE UPDATE THEY CHANGED EVERYTHING, MAKING IT SOMEHOW EASIER?

GOOD LUCK, AND DON'T SWEAT IT, YOU WILL GET IT WHEN YOU AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
Umm... I do think that this forum is talking about, some the UBAR says, but he can't acheive.
iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia

General_Mess wrote:

i WOULD HAVE TO SAY CHECK THE UBAR. I KNOW AFTER THE UPDATE THEY CHANGED EVERYTHING, MAKING IT SOMEHOW EASIER?

GOOD LUCK, AND DON'T SWEAT IT, YOU WILL GET IT WHEN YOU AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
hehe, I like to think that it's become harder to get the commander badge since the patch, cos players who are not as good as me have gotten it.

cheers
i
JJWolf
Member
+0|6956|Auckland
What is the go with the problems? does anyone have a link to the EA site in reference to the problems EA are having with recognition of ribbons, medals, and badges?

I have earnt 48 points of purely command points and didn't receive the medal, peeved me off since that was an acomplishment at this rank as everyone takes precedence over my rank. Not to mention having done it several times in the past, but i am having a very hard time understanding how to earn command points, is it just that, the average of all your teams points? including the damn idgits who go tk half the bloody team and end up with -30?
ghostgr
177th Field Artillery
+39|6956|In your head
is it possible that perhaps you got it after 2x bonus, because it says IAR: 40 command points (before 2x) At least I am sure about that.
Ryan
Member
+1,230|7058|Alberta, Canada

i got both, they are easy peasy lemon squeezie, lol
iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia
I think it may be that I never got the required amount, although as I said before... I have members in my clan who are no where near my level (I'm not boasting, rather they are really crap) who have the medal. But again they gained it before patch 1.03... so maybe that is the difference...

ryan_14: I'm happy for you, but yeah are you only 14yo? =P

Last edited by iUDEX_nCr (2005-11-12 11:17:31)

Lazarus Tag'lim
Have Wrench, Will Travel
+1|6996|Alabama Coast, USA
You score when they do... and their score (which is either +1 or +2, depending on the thing they did to score) is divided by the number of players on your team who are alive (so if someone scores a kill for +2 on a 12 man team, while 2 are dead and respawning, then +0.2 is added to your commander score).  Your score is not reduced when others get TKs.  And, you must earn the scores for badges and such *before* the x2  (except x2 does apply to overall scores needed, such as for Vet and Exp command badges).
SMKpaladin
Member
+0|6956|Germany
I got my basic and veteran command badges 2 days ago in one round, at the same time. If you look up my stats in BFHQ it even shows  that I got the veteran badge prior to the basic badge But of course I kept my eye on the score the whole time and got basic exactly the moment I reached 40 points and because I already was more than 25 minutes commander, I got the veteran badge as well. Unlucky me, the round ended before I got 50 points (

I don't understand why so many tell everyone to kill/repair/defend anything while being commander, that gets you NO commander point, not a single one. I tried it, the score in the commander window said, that I had something above 50, but after the round ended, I only got about 30 commander points, the rest was not commander score but combat / teamwork score. And you have to get commander score to achive these badges, killing/repairing/healing/defending won't help you with that!
Lazarus Tag'lim
Have Wrench, Will Travel
+1|6996|Alabama Coast, USA
Were you commander the whole round?  Because a) 100% of what's shown in the top of the commander interface is commander score, and b) if you're commander, no matter how many people you kill, or how much you repair, you don't get ANY combat or teamwork score.
iUDEX_nCr
Member
+0|6987|North Melbourne, Australia
I am FULLY aware that kills, and teamwork points DO NOT contribute to commander score.
I have gotten 50+ in the command screen and not gotten my medal.

cheers
i
SMKpaladin
Member
+0|6956|Germany

iUDEX_nCr wrote:

I am FULLY aware that kills, and teamwork points DO NOT contribute to commander score.
I have gotten 50+ in the command screen and not gotten my medal.
This is what I meant with this:

SMKpaladin wrote:

I tried it, the score in the commander window said, that I had something above 50, but after the round ended, I only got about 30 commander points, the rest was not commander score but combat / teamwork score. And you have to get commander score to achive these badges, killing/repairing/healing/defending won't help you with that!
To say it more clearly, the score displayed in the commander screen is NOT the pure commander score but your overall score, the best way to check this is as in my example where it displayed 50+ points in commander screen, but in the end I only got about 30+ pure commander score. Just do nothing as commander than using your toys, that is the only way you can be sure to only get commander score displayed.

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