BiOD0L3
Member
+3|6736
Hello,

I've already read countless forum posts about people having problems with the Armored Transport Specialist Ribbon in SF. Let me explain first.

For the last week, I've been playing Warlord High Point servers. 16 slots, 64 player map size. Rounds last over an hour (I timed it with a stop watch). From the very begining of the round, I hop in a Tank, and I achieve well over 20 minutes in the tank (usually around 40-45 mins total) and I'm only counting the time I spend in the tank, not dead and waiting to respawn, or getting out to repair it, etc. At no time did I spend 20 minutes STRAIGHT without getting out of the tank.

Furthermore, I achieve usually around 33-35 kills in that time frame, no less than 30 of them DIRECT kills with the tank, meaning: xxx [m1a2] yyy   not   xxx [jeep] yyy.  The way I know this is that for every direct kill with the tank I keep a tally on paper next to me.

By the time the round ends which is over an hour of total gameplay...I have well over the grand total of 20 mins in an armored vehicle, and well over the 22 required kills.

Last game was as follows:

47 minutes in tank
33 kills in tank

(YES ALL THE SERVERS ARE RANKED)


No ribbon. I finish almost every game at warlord exactly like this.

I have NOT tried/accomplished the following:

1. Achieved the same goals on a different map
2. Achieved the same goals with an APC
3. Achieved the same goals in tank/apc with 20 mins uninterupted armor time (no getting out or dying)

Does anyone have any solution for this? I am going out of my mind trying to get this ribbon and I have no idea whats wrong. I've never had a problem getting any awards in the past, and this is the first one giving me trouble.

I have actually tried to park the tank in the garage on warlord outside the SAS base, and leave it there for over 20 minutes one time. After that, I got 26 kills and the round ended without me getting the ribbon.

Could anyone please help me...and explain what they did to get the award...and hopefully I can get it.

Thank you very much.

-BiOD0L3

p.s. I have the regular bf2 armored serivce ribbon.
Bratwurstschnecke
Member
+77|6895|respawn screen
Phew, thats bad luck. I got mine by "accident" on the Iron Gator. The time requirement is more difficult than getting the kills. You say, you did the time? Give it another shot.

Hey: You must be a clerk?
BiOD0L3
Member
+3|6736
I think I'll try gator...and I'll also try APC instead of tank....perhaps its called "ARMORED TRANSPORT SPECIALIST" for a reason....Afterall APC is an ARMORED TRANSPORT vehicle....and also maybe it is 20 minutes straight.....if anyone else has any bright ideas, let me know please.

p.s.

Yes, I have WELL over the 20 mins MANY time...I play in a high points warlord server that lasts over an hour per round.
Bratwurstschnecke
Member
+77|6895|respawn screen
Iron Gator is the worst map to get it because only MECSF have one APC, you can just camp 1 flag plus a few ladders plus AntiAir. I dont know, but I think tank/apc counts towards it!
I did it by "commanding" on a 8vs8 round and took out the antiair several times and plus a spec ops who tried to C4 me from a boat. I got the BF2 armor ribbon a month earlier on the gator also, was quite surprising, i'm no armor specialist!

Warlord / Ghost-Town / Surge are maps to get the armor ribbon, go for the heli ribbon on the iron gator. Good luck.
InviSniper
The first true Sniper.
+95|6862|Cumberland, MD, USA
I'm not sure why you're not getting your Ribbon. I got mine in Warlord in the LAV-25 on the =USF= server pre-1.3. Is it possible 1.3 messed up everything INCLUDING the SF award system?
BiOD0L3
Member
+3|6736
~~~~UPDATE!!!!!



IN ORDER TO GET ARMORED TRANSPORT SPECIALIST RIBBON SINCE 1.3, YOU MUST USE:


1. APC (NOT TANK)
2. OVER 20 MINS IN ONE ROUND
3. OVER 22 KILLS IN ONE ROUND (SAME ROUND AS ABOVE)


This worked, and UBAR needs to change the reqs, because its not just ARMORED VEHICLE, Its APC Only.

-d0L3

Thanks
Bratwurstschnecke
Member
+77|6895|respawn screen
Congratulations. Thats new information but somehow makes sense. Link to your stats so everybody can admire it!
Richard2000
Banned
+39|6764|England
i was a commander in a APC whan i got it on warlord
Raxor
Enemy Boat Spotted
+17|7063|United Kingdom
i got mine in a tank on ghost town > got the armoured service ribbon just before it.
InviSniper
The first true Sniper.
+95|6862|Cumberland, MD, USA
Congrats on getting it. I didn't have any trouble with it because I like my armor, but I'm having trouble with the crew specialist and helicopter ribbons in SF.

Bratwurstschnecke wrote:

Congratulations. Thats new information but somehow makes sense. Link to your stats so everybody can admire it!
I believe these are his.
ShadowFoX
I Hate Claymores
+109|6750
I got mine on Ghost Town with an APC. Try that.
DerGraueWolf
aka Nekrodamus
+52|6951|Germany, near Koblenz
Nice find BiOD0L3! This should be very helpfull for quite a lot of soldiers out there. +1

I can't remember how I got mine six months ago and until this thread, I never thought about this difference with the names at all , but to me it sounds quite logical, that an "Armored Transport Specialist Ribbon" is APC only! Sure while EA/Dice did this change they thought of that fantastic brand new killing machine BMP-3 ...

Last edited by DerGraueWolf (2006-06-26 08:31:50)

=SAS=Teardrop
Member
+0|6849
I got mine using a tank, got accused of tank whoring a lot, but never mind.
perhaps they did change the reqs after I got mine?
|-LoNgHiLL-|
Member Member
+7|6780|Classified
A tank is not a transport, its better this way...
Souljah
Member
+42|6886
hhmmm i just got mine recently in a tank on warlord and i wasnt even trying for it lol. come to think of it, i dont think i was even in a tank for more than 15min. o well im not complaining
gazzie
Pulls out gun, Watch him run
+39|6941|England
Yeah im having this same problem at the moment so an apc eh ill try that thankyou for the information
EVIL_STYX
TANK WHORE
+62|6901|FIVE RIVERS OF HELL

BiOD0L3 wrote:

Hello,

I've already read countless forum posts about people having problems with the Armored Transport Specialist Ribbon in SF. Let me explain first.

For the last week, I've been playing Warlord High Point servers. 16 slots, 64 player map size. Rounds last over an hour (I timed it with a stop watch). From the very begining of the round, I hop in a Tank, and I achieve well over 20 minutes in the tank (usually around 40-45 mins total) and I'm only counting the time I spend in the tank, not dead and waiting to respawn, or getting out to repair it, etc. At no time did I spend 20 minutes STRAIGHT without getting out of the tank.

Furthermore, I achieve usually around 33-35 kills in that time frame, no less than 30 of them DIRECT kills with the tank, meaning: xxx [m1a2] yyy   not   xxx [jeep] yyy.  The way I know this is that for every direct kill with the tank I keep a tally on paper next to me.

By the time the round ends which is over an hour of total gameplay...I have well over the grand total of 20 mins in an armored vehicle, and well over the 22 required kills.

Last game was as follows:

47 minutes in tank
33 kills in tank

(YES ALL THE SERVERS ARE RANKED)


No ribbon. I finish almost every game at warlord exactly like this.

I have NOT tried/accomplished the following:

1. Achieved the same goals on a different map
2. Achieved the same goals with an APC
3. Achieved the same goals in tank/apc with 20 mins uninterupted armor time (no getting out or dying)

Does anyone have any solution for this? I am going out of my mind trying to get this ribbon and I have no idea whats wrong. I've never had a problem getting any awards in the past, and this is the first one giving me trouble.

I have actually tried to park the tank in the garage on warlord outside the SAS base, and leave it there for over 20 minutes one time. After that, I got 26 kills and the round ended without me getting the ribbon.

Could anyone please help me...and explain what they did to get the award...and hopefully I can get it.

Thank you very much.

-BiOD0L3

p.s. I have the regular bf2 armored serivce ribbon.
I know your pain It took twice of it actually apearing in game with the award and it never showed up in my stats and I had close to 50 kills and atleast 50 min in a TANK before it did both times it actually apeared.

And I would safely say I had better then what was required to get it about 5 times before it actually gave it to me and stuck with my stats... It was in a M1A1 on Ghost town where I got mine I had 48 kills and about a hour in it seems it take twice what the requirments are to get it atleast for me anyways...

On the note of trying it in a APC it will not work it has to be in a "Main Battle Tank"
( sorry I did not read the other posts just letting you know I don't think it will work with APC )

EVIL_STYX OUT!!!

Last edited by EVIL_STYX (2006-07-18 21:31:42)

gazzie
Pulls out gun, Watch him run
+39|6941|England
I tried with a tank 3 to 4 times already got way over the time limit and kills.
EVIL_STYX
TANK WHORE
+62|6901|FIVE RIVERS OF HELL
Like I said Gazzie it seems to take atleast double the time and kills that EA says is required to get this ribbon...

I had it technically about 8 times before it actually stuck - just keep trying...

EVIL_STYX OUT!!!
-TL-
Srs lurker
+25|6711|Oklahoma City

EVIL_STYX wrote:

On the note of trying it in a APC it will not work it has to be in a "Main Battle Tank"
I got mine entirely with a BTR-90, and my brother got his with a mix of tanks and apc's (bolth post 1.3), so the ribbon may require at least a few kills with an APC. I don't think I had 20 minutes straight in the apc, so it's just total time.

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