lead.on.target
Member
+1|6880
I just noticed some of my friends are able to rank up without meeting their initial badge requirments. Is this a bug or is this a change made by EA?
OrangeHound
Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...
+1,335|6908|Washington DC

Need more specific details ... what badges do your friends not have ... what are their BF2 names or links to their stats.
lead.on.target
Member
+1|6880
Check out PID 118066026
Ultimatrox
Member
+38|6492|Netherlands
you don't need badge requirements to become captain, just for master sergeant or something the one at 20k points
OrangeHound
Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...
+1,335|6908|Washington DC

Ultimatrox wrote:

you don't need badge requirements to become captain, just for master sergeant or something the one at 20k points
Yep.

For future reference, here are the requirements for each rank:  http://ubar.bf2s.com/ranks.php
lead.on.target
Member
+1|6880
He is missing these at Rank: Gunnery Sergeant
Score: 20,000
Awards: Basic Knife Combat Badge, Basic Pistol Combat Badge, Basic Anti-tank Combat Badge, Basic Engineer Combat Badge.
hintakaari
Member
+113|6197
Next Rank: Major
79.52%
Score: 91,452 of 115,000
lead.on.target
Member
+1|6880
I should clarify.

He is missing the Basic Knife Combat Badge, Basic Pistol Combat Badge, Basic Anti-tank Combat Badge, Basic Engineer Combat Badge that he should have gotten to achieve the Rank of Gunnery Sergeant at the 20,000 mark but he does not have them so how can he rank up?
MrAnderson
Ghost Town T90/Apache Whore
+99|6258|Aberdeen, Scotland
It's a long time since I passed those ranks, but as far as I know...

When you get to 20k, you get promoted to either Master Sgt or First Sgt, depending on whether you earned the badges beforehand...if not, you get Master Sgt and keep earning points. You don't need the badges to keep ranking up at this stage.

Same at 50k, you get either Master Gunnery Sgt or Sgt Major, depending on the badges you have; basically you skip one of the ranks each time.
OrangeHound
Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...
+1,335|6908|Washington DC

MrAnderson wrote:

It's a long time since I passed those ranks, but as far as I know...

When you get to 20k, you get promoted to either Master Sgt or First Sgt, depending on whether you earned the badges beforehand...if not, you get Master Sgt and keep earning points. You don't need the badges to keep ranking up at this stage.

Same at 50k, you get either Master Gunnery Sgt or Sgt Major, depending on the badges you have; basically you skip one of the ranks each time.
This is correct ... you continue to rank up with points, but there are a couple of levels where you can have a slightly higher rank if you have the combat badges.
SgtHeihn
Should have ducked
+394|6745|Ham Lake, MN (Fucking Cold)
Is this you? Because if it is then you should know the answer.
http://bf2s.com/player/61330957/
MrAnderson
Ghost Town T90/Apache Whore
+99|6258|Aberdeen, Scotland

SgtHeihn wrote:

Is this you? Because if it is then you should know the answer.
http://bf2s.com/player/61330957/
I guess he assumed you needed the badges, so he went and got them before he ranked up?

Or he wasn't a nub and actually got them anyway by playing the game
CanadianLoser
Meow :3 :3
+1,148|6766
lol.
lead.on.target
Member
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Thanks for helping to clarify and answer my question.

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