Medal Requirements

[stormarmy]

Searched online everywhere and posted all over and not had an answer
Was wondering what the medal requirements are because I get awarded them sometimes and not others, and have no idea what you're supposed to do to earn them

[magazine permafrost]

Publicado originalmente por LethalJeezy:

anyone know where the second CDS is sold at digital?

i just bought it for $3 on amazon. here you go! and the shipping is cheap. (but not digital, sorry) https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000HD6TLY/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

[LethalJeezy]

lol i voted the OG CDS for a steam nominee f it lol damn games and devs all went down the toilet since that whole era imo i jus think games wont hit that peak anymore.

[LethalJeezy]

Publicado originalmente por Mongoloid:

Publicado originalmente por LethalJeezy:

anyone know where the second CDS is sold at digital?

i just bought it for $3 on amazon. here you go! and the shipping is cheap. (but not digital, sorry) https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000HD6TLY/ref=dp_olp_all_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=all

and thank you for this link sorry i kinda ranted there lol

[magazine permafrost]

Publicado originalmente por LethalJeezy:

lol i voted the OG CDS for a steam nominee f it lol damn games and devs all went down the toilet since that whole era imo i jus think games wont hit that peak anymore.

haha i also nominated it for a category. not like it will make a difference but i think it deserves it

[Twamptastic1626]

Where do I nominate the game? Also I just got a copy of CDS II, excited to play it

[magazine permafrost]

Publicado originalmente por Twamptastic1626:

Where do I nominate the game? Also I just got a copy of CDS II, excited to play it

go to the store page for C:DS and it should be right there.

[Cesartriple7]

I'm going to look more into the medal requirements hopefully this winter break. With 15 missions it seems it'll be easy getting MOH for everyone but there's are probably more than 1 requirement each soldier must meet to get a medal and kills plays a huge role in getting the next medal.

[Twamptastic1626]

@Cesartriple7, yeah, I am playing all the missions through and it seems pretty random to be honest. Even when I use a single person the entire mission and nobody dies, other members can get medals

[cjolds]

Speaking in regard to Delta Force in CDS I, the best I've been able to do so far on Hard difficulty is 3 MoH (Bradley, Foley, and Connors) with 1 Bronze Star (Jones). Here are some general tips I've picked up about earning medals:

Fundamentals

1) A team member can only earn 1 medal per mission (e.g - you can't earn a Legion of Merit AND a MOH in a mission)
2) You need to earn them sequentially
3) You can only get the MoH on Hard difficulty
4) It's possible for multiple team members to earn a medal on a mission. I know in some missions it's possible to earn medals for 3 of 4 team members (particularly mission 7). I don't remember getting medals for all team members in one mission before but it could be possible.

Kills (infantry and/or vehicle) are the #1 factor

1) Infantry kills - I made it a point to try to exhaust all enemy spawns possible and as far as I can tell they are all exhaustible. The only spawn I haven't attempted to exhaust is the one on mission 3 from the exit corridor that spawns 2 troops every ~50s. On most missions it appears you need AT LEAST >30-35 infantry kills PLUS vehicle kills and good stats (read below) to earn a medal .

Some exceptions to overall kill count are:
a) Stealth kills (SKs) - I don't know what they count for but I can tell you what I've read/heard. I've heard that knife SKs count for 5 normal infantry kills. I've heard that knife SKs are more valuable than gun SKs (possible with MP5SD or M16 Colt Silenced Sub-machine Gun). I have no data to back up any of this. I CAN tell you that I have had instances where getting ≥6-7 stealth kills (potentially 30-35 kills by that logic) has gotten me nothing.

b) On mission 1, I have been able to get Foley the first medal (AFSM) just by giving him all the kills from the bridge onward which I presume is <30.

c) Some missions appear to be harder to earn medals on (particularly missions 2, 4, and 5). I spent roughly an hour to exhaust all the kills from the spawn point at the starting gate of mission 2 (it spawns 1 enemy every ~30s) and I ended up with ~70 kills each for Bradley and Foley plus a few vehicle kills each and I didn't get any medals.


2) Vehicle kills - Getting ≥4 appears to give a good shot at earning a medal. I know you need genuine mobile combatant kills (BMPs, SCUD-Bs, MI-24 Hinds, T62s, T72s, ZSU-23-4s). Next, although they add to the total vehicle kills, I'm pretty sure civilian vehicles and Ural troop transports do nothing for earning medals. I'm not sure if SAM sites and the MiGs on mission 3 count but I think so and I doubt it hurts your chances.

Other Considerations

1) Overall mission time does not appear to affect medal earning potential.

2) Accuracy seems to matter but I can't give you accurate cutoffs. I don't know if headshots matter.

3) Going MIA ≤2 times (getting killed/downed) does not appear to affect medal earning potential. Times hit does not appear to affect it either. Beyond that idk.

4) Using weapons to earn skill stars seems to help. For instance, Bradley's Combat Engineer skill will not increase without using C4. So once Jones has 4/4 stars for Combat Engineer I give the C4 to Bradley on each mission. Earning Combat Engineer stars seems to help Bradley get medals. Some skills come naturally, some skills need work (Foley and Jones rifleman) and others (pistol) don't. I've noticed that you do not need to use the pistol to skill stars. I've seen Foley's pistol skill increase to the max by mission 13 without even using it.

5) On mission 15 (assuming you have a Legion of Merit) killing Aziz is an automatic MoH. For my 3 MoH the breakdown was as follows:
Bradley - 31 inf, 7 vehicles, 11 times hit, 1 MIA
Foley - 44 inf, 6 vehicles, 15 times hit, 1 MIA
Connors - 4 inf (Aziz, his two guards, and 1 random inf), 0 vehicles, 0 times hit, 0 MIA

6) I have no idea how rank (e.g. - Major, Colonel, etc.) or experience (e.g. - Guard, Hero, etc.) is earned or how it plays into anything.

7) Finally, as you may have picked up, I generally went with a "Go loud!" approach. From what i've seen a stealth approach will not earn you more medals.

[stormarmy]

Publicado originalmente por cjolds:

Speaking in regard to Delta Force in CDS I, the best I've been able to do so far on Hard difficulty is 3 MoH (Bradley, Foley, and Connors) with 1 Bronze Star (Jones). Here are some general tips I've picked up about earning medals:

Fundamentals

1) A team member can only earn 1 medal per mission (e.g - you can't earn a Legion of Merit AND a MOH in a mission)
2) You need to earn them sequentially
3) You can only get the MoH on Hard difficulty
4) It's possible for multiple team members to earn a medal on a mission. I know in some missions it's possible to earn medals for 3 of 4 team members (particularly mission 7). I don't remember getting medals for all team members in one mission before but it could be possible.

Kills (infantry and/or vehicle) are the #1 factor

1) Infantry kills - I made it a point to try to exhaust all enemy spawns possible and as far as I can tell they are all exhaustible. The only spawn I haven't attempted to exhaust is the one on mission 3 from the exit corridor that spawns 2 troops every ~50s. On most missions it appears you need AT LEAST >30-35 infantry kills PLUS vehicle kills and good stats (read below) to earn a medal .

Some exceptions to overall kill count are:
a) Stealth kills (SKs) - I don't know what they count for but I can tell you what I've read/heard. I've heard that knife SKs count for 5 normal infantry kills. I've heard that knife SKs are more valuable than gun SKs (possible with MP5SD or M16 Colt Silenced Sub-machine Gun). I have no data to back up any of this. I CAN tell you that I have had instances where getting ≥6-7 stealth kills (potentially 30-35 kills by that logic) has gotten me nothing.

b) On mission 1, I have been able to get Foley the first medal (AFSM) just by giving him all the kills from the bridge onward which I presume is <30.

c) Some missions appear to be harder to earn medals on (particularly missions 2, 4, and 5). I spent roughly an hour to exhaust all the kills from the spawn point at the starting gate of mission 2 (it spawns 1 enemy every ~30s) and I ended up with ~70 kills each for Bradley and Foley plus a few vehicle kills each and I didn't get any medals.


2) Vehicle kills - Getting ≥4 appears to give a good shot at earning a medal. I know you need genuine mobile combatant kills (BMPs, SCUD-Bs, MI-24 Hinds, T62s, T72s, ZSU-23-4s). Next, although they add to the total vehicle kills, I'm pretty sure civilian vehicles and Ural troop transports do nothing for earning medals. I'm not sure if SAM sites and the MiGs on mission 3 count but I think so and I doubt it hurts your chances.

Other Considerations

1) Overall mission time does not appear to affect medal earning potential.

2) Accuracy seems to matter but I can't give you accurate cutoffs. I don't know if headshots matter.

3) Going MIA ≤2 times (getting killed/downed) does not appear to affect medal earning potential. Times hit does not appear to affect it either. Beyond that idk.

4) Using weapons to earn skill stars seems to help. For instance, Bradley's Combat Engineer skill will not increase without using C4. So once Jones has 4/4 stars for Combat Engineer I give the C4 to Bradley on each mission. Earning Combat Engineer stars seems to help Bradley get medals. Some skills come naturally, some skills need work (Foley and Jones rifleman) and others (pistol) don't. I've noticed that you do not need to use the pistol to skill stars. I've seen Foley's pistol skill increase to the max by mission 13 without even using it.

5) On mission 15 (assuming you have a Legion of Merit) killing Aziz is an automatic MoH. For my 3 MoH the breakdown was as follows:
Bradley - 31 inf, 7 vehicles, 11 times hit, 1 MIA
Foley - 44 inf, 6 vehicles, 15 times hit, 1 MIA
Connors - 4 inf (Aziz, his two guards, and 1 random inf), 0 vehicles, 0 times hit, 0 MIA

6) I have no idea how rank (e.g. - Major, Colonel, etc.) or experience (e.g. - Guard, Hero, etc.) is earned or how it plays into anything.

7) Finally, as you may have picked up, I generally went with a "Go loud!" approach. From what i've seen a stealth approach will not earn you more medals.

That's a very comprehensive answer, thank you very much for sharing and taking the time to break down the question and test various parts of the answer :)