BF2S Forums AFking for badges?

PB will kick them/you for being idle.

I go into a game with the same intention on occasion - trying to get transport or the heli awards. Then, after the first death or so, I usually end up getting side tracked into the action and never complete it, or I bail on the idea because I dont want to hog the equipment.

I dont think there's anything terribly wrong with having a personal goal for each game, but it can detract from the teamwork and winning unless its intergrated with what the team is doing.

If AFK = away from computer...then ya, thats a lame way to get the award (sitting in the bushes somewhere) if your not going to at least participate. Finding these guys is a snipers delight!

Last edited by VirtuaLResistancE (2005-11-02 22:42:30)

but if u get 3 kills in a tow u can get the ribbon 2 but ustill have to stay for 5 mins. cheap

AFKing to get a badge, lame. You suck.
Sitting around in a TOW or likewise, or flying around with a chopper, OK. Mebbe youre not contributing that much, but at least youre manning a position or transporting peeps.

Yeah do the same for Commander - but not on a movable asset

Great way to get basic transport: Be commander on a map with the carrier, spawn, grab an RIB, go off to a remote part of the map, and command.  Badge in no time.  Same for Air defense ribbon, cept I reccomend Sharqi and MEC commander.  Grab the IGLA at the heli base and start shelling the enemy with art.  While art is recharging, drop supplies over your troops to get heal, resupply, and repair points on your global record toward medals.

Actually I don't see the issue with this, IMHO it's what you should be doing as commander.

NOW commanding while in a tank, APC, airplane, helicopter thats a different matter those people should be kicked. Don't use any of those while commanding, also if you keep getting killed while commander your not helping the team your hurting them. I might make the exception if you decide to be a medic/support/engineer in a APC, or transport helicopter but not if your in the drivers seat and certainly not if your dead 50% of the time.


Lets just take karland for example while your commanding.

Grab the mounted machine gun ALL THE WAY AT THE BACK and sit in the commander screen. Same goes for the TOW on SHARKI I guess.

Now hello, your commander with scan you know where the enemy is. If there is a red dot coming up on you get out of the commander screen and shoot. If there is nobody there are you really whoreing the MG?? Has anyone ever said "GET OUT OF MY MOUNTED MACHINE GUN YOU NOOB".

Another good thing to do, Karland for example. Jump in the HUMVEE as an ENGINEER, drive the HUMVEE into the corner of the map. When people are coming along, remember the red dots in scan mode??? Spot them, drive up to them, F2, and let them have it. Also repair your own assets, drive up to artty and save your supplies for the troops.

The only thing that should kill you is enemy artillery if your in a jeep in Karkland. Getting C4'ed out of your jeep... your probably not aware of whats going on. Besides jeeps in Karland and the back base??? They are pretty much always there unless someone is using them for Kamakaze C4 runs.

Being afk in a heli is a bad idea if there are jet pilots around. 

Transport - Get a vodnik and protect the east side alley above the railroad tracks on 64p Karkand (gunner position) and you'll get transport in no time.

I got my Basic Transport Badge by spawning at the southernmost MEC base on Sharqi. I hopped into an RIB (Rapid Inflatable Boat) and drove forward, pressing "J" while holding down my forward key so that the type prompt comes up but the boat keeps going. Every time I got close to the boundaries I press enter, change directions, then do it again

Come on guys thats the hole point....time,  There is never Helos,  jets, tanks, apc's, guys, around every sec.,  theres alot of down time,  sitting in a stingger/Mounted Gun waiting and watching the area is a dutie.....to be done by some one else,  not me.   I enjoy blowing the shit out of these people with an Attack chopper or jet.  So please next time your CDR and your sitting on a Gun/Singer and you die by Jet or Helo double check the person that killed you,  it mit be me,   Crypto_420


Crypto_420

Yes you have mounted machines guns tow's for reasons they are teamwork duties.

All I'm saying is don't just man the back TOW in karland at the begining of the round just to get your 5 minutes, if your commanding sure man a unmanned station no problem. However if the top base is captured mount the TOW as AT, that the best combo, fire TOW, dismount, shoot rocket, remount, rearm.

The last thing you want is enemy in the back bases, if one guy sitting at a TOW does it great. But please play AT when your going to man a TOW.

Humm, that's right the second missle defense is seldom used by anyone. I hardly ever try to bomb or shoot it either. Yup the crop circles are a nice touch on "Stalemate?" I probably played the game for about 50 hours before I even found them. There are a couple other weird things to do in a jet, try flying through the tunnel in kubra dam then going verticle, that will 99% get someone off your tail in the bomber. I have about a 75% sucess rate flying through there now... well not counting the times there are jeeps and tanks in there. :-( Its a desperate move but it works, alot of times the other guy will crash into the damn dam as well.