BF2S Forums anyone tell my why the f*** War College Ribbon requires 3x ratio?

REDTEAM wrote:

Only admin and server owner can get the freaking 3:1 win lose ratio


It not fair

No.

I am neither an admin or a server owner and I have it.  Wanna know how I got it?

HARD WORK

It's the hardest ribbon to get, therfor you have to have the time, skill and dedication to get it.  This ribbon isn't for everyone, and most people will never have it.  3:1 is extremly tough, yes, thats why the ribbon is so prestigious.  I chased it for 3 months before I got it.  Did I teamswitch?  Sure I did, not constantly, but yeah, I teamswitched a bit.  If you people would pull your heads out of your asses and use your brain instead of your ego you could get it too.

Here's how you get it:

Start early.
Play 16 man servers as much as possible.
Play as the commander on these servers. (Commanders control the battle on small maps)
Don't lose, ever.

Pretty simple right?  Wrong. 

1.  If you already have 1000 losses and a 1:5 WL, don't bother.  You're never going to get it, go home.
2.  Playing on 64 man servers will only take you 5 years to get the required WL ratio and Commander hours.
3.  If you suck at commander, this ribbon isn't for you.  Work on the Legion of Merit.
4.  If you are a good commander, there is no reason to lose.  Therfor no reason to switch.  However....teams do suck every now and then.  A little thing I call "refusal to play".  Then you switch.
5.  Once again, this ribbon is not for everyone.  It isn't the parachute ribbon.  This ribbon is harder to get than most of the medals.  Don't feel bad because you can't get it, like I said, it's not for everyone.
6.  If you have to come onto a forum and bitch about the requirments, you probably don't have what it takes to get this ribbon in the first place so just pursue something else.

This ribbon takes a long, long, LONG time to get, a lot of patience, good communication with a team (i.e. clan, friends etc), a through and deep understanding of the commander feature and how to use it to the best of it's ability, and finally a keen and ruthless sense of determination to get what you have your eyes set on.

If you are missing any of the traights in the previous paragraph, or find yourself unable to use the features and tools required to get this ribbon you might as well just stop.  Stop going for it and save yourself a lot of time effort and frustration.  Not trying to toot my own horn, I just know from experiance and I've seen many many people try and fail for it.

^trufax

in my experience playing Wake island as China would give you the best chance of getting your win/loss ratio up.

Cougar wrote:

Ohh, and those stats you speak of, score per minute means nothing.  The only SPM's over 2.0 belonged to tank or chopper whores, and since your K: D is over 2.3 that pretty much proves it.  Henceforth, youre a whore, a uneducated lame ass, and an overall douche bag.

Shut up.

Well by saying that u ve already proven that ur intellect is not very high but that s not an excuse for flaming.
Let s look at the facts:
U ve spent ~34% of ur time in a vehicle.
I ve spent ~28% of my playtime in a vehicle (mostly HMMV) making 9% of my kills with the tank.
But yes....ur right.....i m a "tank whore". Missed maths + argumentation class?
selfpwnd like some ppl would say....

Ah and btw. of course SPM alone doesnt mean much but if u combine it with flag captures, flag defence, weapon + vehicle usage, k/d ratio u can see if someone is skilled or not (obviously ur less skilled than me).
Be happy with ur WC ribbon I dont want it because mostly it only indicates how skilled u are in changing teams.

Last edited by ArMaG3dD0n (2005-12-05 05:39:14)

well, i just reached a w/l ratio of 2.0 and i'm trying to get the ribbon.  i have all the other ones, so i figure why not?  if you guys don't want it, then fine, but don't flame other people for working toward it and finally acheiving their goal.  it's going to take me months to get it...and yeah, i'm sure i'll teamswitch a few times, but what does it matter if its at the end of the round anyway?  if i've played well and my team has been sucking, why should i have to take the loss?

ThomasMorgan wrote:

...and yeah, i'm sure i'll teamswitch a few times, but what does it matter if its at the end of the round anyway?  if i've played well and my team has been sucking, why should i have to take the loss?

Ever think you should take the loss because members of the other team played better?  After all, that is the essence of winning and losing.  It's a team game.  If your team isn't as good, you lose.  Switching teams just to get a win is cheating.  Your medal will be meaningless.

I totally suck at this game but I know that every medal or badge or ribbon I get will be earned.

Ok people, look at my stats. I'm not the best BF2 player out there, but I'm pretty good. Better than most. Now look at my wins/losses. It would take me over 700 wins straight to get my ratio to 3:1. I did not play this game to switch sides whenever my team is losing. Screw that. I play to have fun more than anything. And I don't give a DAMN what you say, you WILL LOSE sometimes REGARDLESS of how good you're playing. It HAPPENS. Only people like Cypher00fus that can afford to have thier own server and control it have the advantage in getting that award. Every other shmuck is assed out unless they resort to lame tactics to get it. Frankly, all that work ain't worth it IMO. I just hope EA realizes how RETARDED that requirement is and REMOVE the req. So for those of you that have your WCR, congrats. I'm sure you worked hard for it. Just know your win/loss ratio means JACK $HIT to me.

Any one who says this ribbon is easy, you come to my house, say it to my face, and prove it on my God damned account. 'Cause I've been trying and trying, and can't get past 1.31. With 18 hours as Commander. This is THE hardest RIBBON in the game. Notice how I said RIBBON, not MEDAL or BADGE.

look at this forum for best possible advice http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=7664. Remember you will need to get 50 hr commander first because it will be checked after u reach that point. for win/lose ratio, you may get checked when u get to 3.0 but after create some loss it will became uncheck and reduce the ratio so. This is all about patience and I started do this couple week ago so.

Because at one point he did had the 3.00 required, its obviously just gone down since then.  You only need to have the 3.00 when u do the requirements IAR.  After that, all bets are off

Ill admit, im a medal whore, hehe.  I do want this thing.  But I'd probably be better off going for the 4,500 hours required for a SF Medal haha.

I need to win the next 1000 games about without losing at all

All medals were intended to reward the skills of players to varying degrees.  I'm sorry if you have obsessive compulsive disorder and absolutely must have all the ribbons or you will feel incomplete.  I don't have it, a lot of us don't.  It might be a teamswappers ribbon, some do it, but others don't, don't get angry at the ribbon because it is difficult to earn.  Either see it as a challenge you want to overcome, or forget about it, don't ask for it to be another time dependent hand out.  If all ribbons were as easy to get as the paratrooper people wouldn't care about them.  Some of the medals are just tougher, expert knife and expert pistol weren't meant to be freebies if you try and get them outside of pistol/knife only servers.  Leave the war college ribbon as a reward for the pros.

As I said in past, get your 50 hour commander first because win/lose ratio will increase or decrease even it met the requirement so.

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=6621

This will answer any questoins you may have about the WCR.