Ranking system

Waaah_Wah · Post by **Waaah_Wah** » 2007-09-02 22:12

NICK.ALTMAN wrote:So you have to earn badges with vanilla ABR assets?! Damn! Perkele muna vittu! Can somebody help Ante (countryman) and me? I need AA, Aviator, Helicopter, Ground defense.

Makkara

FoW_Strummer · Post by **FoW_Strummer** » 2007-09-02 22:49

Hey Everyone. Lots of things goin on here. A ranking system is important for alot of reasons. The psychological reason of being rewarded for skill is a minor one. Once the rush of getting a badge fades the reality sets in that it all is meaningless. In a real world situation the ranking system SHOULD allow others to see who has a higher rank and thus more skills in battle and leadership. I like to know who I am in a squad with, and the ranking system IDEALLY is a way to let you know a little bit about the chap. ABR is as good as it can be, EA sports is really stingy regarding its proprietary ranking system and therefore there are gaping holes in ABR. Its buggy, unreliable, and feeds off of your experience in VBF2. What would be awesome is a totally seperate ranking system that does not use EA code...but that is pie in the sky..so they say.

Until then, be happy as a Master Sarg...coz without the wings baby, you will never be captain..lol

Cheers
STRUM

-=TB=-ante9383 · Post by **-=TB=-ante9383** » 2007-09-03 02:10

FoW_Strummer wrote: Until then, be happy as a Master Sarg...coz without the wings baby, you will never be captain..lol

Didn't you read my last post? That's just it! I got my damn wings, and 125k points to boot. But stupid ABR won't reward me accordingly! Goddamn you EA

Post by **TheRealFritz** » 2007-09-03 02:33

What's your ingame name? Can't find anything under ante.

Tumppu4321 · Post by **Tumppu4321** » 2007-09-03 04:14

Meh, stats = bad IMO.

NICK.ALTMAN · Post by **NICK.ALTMAN** » 2007-09-03 07:15

NICK.ALTMAN wrote:So you have to earn badges with vanilla ABR assets?! Damn! Perkele muna vittu! Can somebody help Ante (countryman) and me? I need AA, Aviator, Helicopter, Ground defense.

Daj Ante lipo mi napiši kako da dobijen ove značke. Da mi se ne bi dogodilo šta i tebi. Ja san tek na 30000 punata. Još nisan skužija odakle si. Reka si mater iz Splita ( ka i ja) a stari iz Zadra?

This is my message to Ante to explain me how to get those badges.

CmdUnknown · Post by **CmdUnknown** » 2007-09-03 08:38

NICK.ALTMAN wrote:Daj Ante lipo mi napiši kako da dobijen ove značke. Da mi se ne bi dogodilo šta i tebi. Ja san tek na 30000 punata. Još nisan skužija odakle si. Reka si mater iz Splita ( ka i ja) a stari iz Zadra?

This is my message to Ante to explain me how to get those badges.

I bet that's some kind of cursing and flaming -> Bann 'em all

But honestly, ABR is very weird... I've seen this 'fatal@ jefe[rus]' he'd got something like 160.000 or 180.000 points but his rank indicates that he's 4 Star Gen. Other mate had less points then I had and not enough to have the same rank but still did... Somehow I think ABR is slightly bugged and could use some fixing.
I myself had the same problem as Ante9383 till my rank got reset - then BAAM! it was raining promotions.

-=TB=-ante9383 · Post by **-=TB=-ante9383** » 2007-09-03 10:20

[R-DEV]TheRealFritz wrote:What's your ingame name? Can't find anything under ante.

The in-game nick is -=TB=-ante9383 (I joined the mighty Brigade recently).

Linky: http://gloryhoundz.com/stats/player.php?pid=-%3DTB%3D-+ante9383

Edit:

My basic aviator is not shown on gloryhoundz.com, although it does show up on BFHQ when ABR is activated...strange. Also, for some reason my gloryhoundz stats have not been updated in two days.

-=TB=-ante9383 · Post by **-=TB=-ante9383** » 2007-09-03 10:46

NICK.ALTMAN wrote:Daj Ante lipo mi napiši kako da dobijen ove značke. Da mi se ne bi dogodilo šta i tebi. Ja san tek na 30000 punata. Još nisan skužija odakle si. Reka si mater iz Splita ( ka i ja) a stari iz Zadra?

This is my message to Ante to explain me how to get those badges.

Nema problema, inace stari su obadvoje iz Dalmacije ali sam cijeli zivot zivio u inozemstvu.

Alright, on topic:

Check the rank requirements at:
http://ubar.bf2s.com/ranks.php

Check the badge requirements at:
http://ubar.bf2s.com/badges.php

Check your stats at:
http://www.gloryhoundz.com/stats

Nick, in your case it means:

5 minutes in a TOW rocket emplacement (ground defence).

10 minutes in a vanilla jet, i.e. MiG-29. You will earn this the following way. 1. Go on Thors Brigade and wait for Kashan 64 [The admin, Schrotti, was kind enough to put it back in rotation, and so far we've had nothing but success despite the massive problems we had experienced with it in the past]. 2. Open a "MiG Pilot" squad. Jump in the MiG (it will spawn pretty quickly, i.e. after 5 minutes or so.) 3. Survive in the jet for 10 minutes (circling around the airfield is best). 4. Voila, you've earned your badge, now put that jet to use and hunt down those pesky F-16s!!! 6. If you don't survive for that long, no biggie. The jet will respawn after a while. 7. Repeat step 3. 8. Don't disconnect and pray that neither the server nor ABR crashes - the server needs to submit your badge to ABR.

15 minutes in a Blackhawk and you're set. If you don't know how to fly them, open a local server and practice first!

Nota bene:

All of the above did not help me since ABR simply decided to f*ck up.

NICK.ALTMAN · Post by **NICK.ALTMAN** » 2007-09-03 11:33

-=TB=- CmdUnknown wrote:I bet that's some kind of cursing and flaming -> Bann 'em all

But honestly, ABR is very weird... I've seen this 'fatal@ jefe[rus]' he'd got something like 160.000 or 180.000 points but his rank indicates that he's 4 Star Gen. Other mate had less points then I had and not enough to have the same rank but still did... Somehow I think ABR is slightly bugged and could use some fixing.
I myself had the same problem as Ante9383 till my rank got reset - then BAAM! it was raining promotions.

Why to hell would I swear Ante?! He is a great man and my countryman.

So,
1.TOW on any map 5 min?
2.MIG 29 on Kashan 10 min
3.Blackhawk 15 min on any map?
4.AA implacement on any map 10 min?

In my Vanilla life I am a 2 star general so I know how the system goes. My only problem is where does it work in PR since its a mod and uses new mod maps.
MY BF2 Vanilla account;
http://bf2s.com/player/58201025/

My PR account;
http://www.gloryhoundz.com/stats/104094581

-=TB=-ante9383 · Post by **-=TB=-ante9383** » 2007-09-03 11:46

NICK.ALTMAN wrote: So,
1.TOW on any map 5 min?
2.MIG 29 on Kashan 10 min
3.Blackhawk 15 min on any map?
4.AA implacement on any map 5 min?

1. Yes, just find any ground-defense rocket emplacement (TOW).
2. Exactly, but only Kashan 64, which to my knowledge is only in rotation
on Thors Brigade at the moment.
3. Yep, for instance Jabal Al Burj.
4. Yes, but again be careful to use a vanilla AA rocket emplacement.
Example: Kashan airbases, either 32 or 64.

NICK.ALTMAN · Post by **NICK.ALTMAN** » 2007-09-03 11:58

ante9383 wrote:1. Yes, just find any ground-defense rocket emplacement (TOW).
2. Exactly, but only Kashan 64, which to my knowledge is only in rotation
on Thors Brigade at the moment.
3. Yep, for instance Jabal Al Burj.
4. Yes, but again be careful to use a vanilla AA rocket emplacement.
Example: Kashan airbases, either 32 or 64.

Damn, this was fast. OK, printing this and it goes into my vaulet.

Thanks a lot mate. Sincerily. I noticed I miss commander and repair badges but I will get them later.

FALA STARI!

NICK.ALTMAN · Post by **NICK.ALTMAN** » 2007-09-04 05:32

Well. I played yesterday for an hour. Got AA and helicopter on Kashan. Some server I never played before. 10th mountain brigade. Excellent server. Then I got to Zatar aon that russian server. Got ground defense and commander! Piece of cake!

So I still miss Aviator.

But I miss knife, pistol, resuply, anti-tank, explosive and repair engenier.

Yeah, and Ante your wings are not on gloryhoundz. Maybe you should try to get them again?

CmdUnknown · Post by **CmdUnknown** » 2007-09-04 10:00

all you need is aviator

knife, pistol, resupply, at, explosive aren't needed - maybe way later ... but not for your next rank

(ante'S got the basic aviator badge)

Reddish Red · Post by **Reddish Red** » 2007-09-04 10:04

I don't really care, becuase my ranks seem to reset back to private everytime I connect.

Every point I get I get promoted though, to my current rank of staff Sargeant/Sergeant (I forgot how to spell it <.<)

I would like to Figue how to fix this.

Post by **Outlawz7** » 2007-09-04 10:08

You need ABR client to keep track, else the ABR ranked server, who does keep track of you, will promote you all the time again and again

NICK.ALTMAN · Post by **NICK.ALTMAN** » 2007-09-04 11:31

-=TB=- CmdUnknown wrote:all you need is aviator

knife, pistol, resupply, at, explosive aren't needed - maybe way later ... but not for your next rank
(ante'S got the basic aviator badge)

Cheers mate. I try to get the wings and at badge just to make sure!

-=TB=-ante9383 · Post by **-=TB=-ante9383** » 2007-09-04 12:11

Okay so my gloryhoundz stats were updated last night after a 2-day break, and my basic aviator is now reflected on it.

However, one of the powers that be at ABR now needs to do something about the fact I'm not being promoted. My God, will my stats misery ever end?

NICK.ALTMAN · Post by **NICK.ALTMAN** » 2007-09-04 12:26

-=TB=-ante9383 wrote:Okay so my gloryhoundz stats were updated last night after a 2-day break, and my basic aviator is now reflected on it.

However, one of the powers that be at ABR now needs to do something about the fact I'm not being promoted. My God, will my stats misery ever end?

Chains of Misery Lyrics
Artist:Iron Maiden

(Dickinson/Murray) 3:37

There's a madman in the corner of
your eye
He likes to pry - into your sunlight
He wants to burst into the street
with you and I
A world of shadows and of rain
He's seen what love is...
He wants to pay you back with guilt...

He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned your key
He holds your chains of misery

There's a prophet in the gutter
in the street
He say "you're damned!" -
and you believe him...
He's got a vision but it shines out
through your eyes
A world of hatred and fear...
He's felt what love means...
He wants to pay you back with pain

He lies to you - he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned the key
He holds your chains of misery

It's only love that holds the key to
our hearts...
It's only love...

He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned the key
He holds your chains of misery

He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned the key
He holds your chains of misery

NICK.ALTMAN · Post by **NICK.ALTMAN** » 2007-09-04 12:32

After the misery I think all you need is to play now some games and after all the stats load with a kill

you'll get promoted. I hope. So when you are leading a squad you can do it a true officer

and I'll can be your platoon sergeant. :d rillserg