1. Legendary Achievements
2. Combat Veteran achievement

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Combat Veteran achievement in Legendary

Combat Veteran

Play 200 ranked Multiplayer matches

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How to unlock the Combat Veteran achievement

• Kovy881,732,741

  21 Jul 2012 21 Jul 2012 13 Jan 2017
  28 0 10

  The reason why I created this solution, is because I did something that a lot of people obviously don't do and I got the achievement around when it should unlock. I got this achievement in my 4th boosting session after boosting around 8 hours 55 minutes. The achievement unlocked after playing something like 200-300 matches. I didn't keep count. Also, I was on winning or losing side around 50/50, so that doesn't matter. My leaderboard score was 74026 after unlocking the achievement.
  
  These 2 things I did every time before and after I booted the game and started boosting:
  
  When I saw this message appear:
  
  

  

  
  
  I always went to Options -> Storage Location, and I always selected my hard drive, because I think this message means, that everything that you boost during that session, is not saved if you don't go to options and select your hard drive. Leaderboard score is saved, because it saves it to the game servers, not your hard drive.
  
  Second thing I always did was after the boosting session, I went to play the single player campaign and played until it saved a checkpoint. So I suggest you do this too.
  
  So we just boosted it with 6-8 people on the Den-map with the lowest score limit, it saved some time if 2 people go to the animus device from the blue team and starts uploading the animus, the bar fills much faster. Usually one alpha-werewolf drops from the left side of the corridor after dropping down, but not always.
  
  So this is how I got the achievement, it is possible it's still luck based, but please try this method and let me know, did it work. Good luck!

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  Worked perfectly for me. Got it at just over 200.

  Posted by paul1986 on 08 Oct 13 at 19:19

  Worked perfectly for me. Got it at just over 200.

  Posted by paul1986 on 08 Oct 13 at 19:30

  3 of us just got it pretty much dead on 200 (3 or 4 under but my counter was probably off) using this method. Great solution, thank you.

  Posted by Bill 13 on 13 Jun 15 at 06:21

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• jj carnage240,086

  10 Feb 2011 10 Feb 2011 10 Feb 2011
  20 0 5

  For me personally, i started counting hopefull of getting it dead on 200, but i can safely say its very unlikely this will happen. I also recommend not keeping count either, even if you think its a good idea, it will grow to taunt you. it took me over 600 games, and putting a line after every game just drives you insane.
  
  Now if theres anyone that is actually still in for the long grind, there is a very easy method to boost it which takes about 3 minutes per game including loading times.
  
  You will need a party of 6 minimum to start up games. One person must host, set it up on the map 'Den' with creature density on high, animus limit of 100 and alpha werewolves on.
  
  Blue team will win every game just because it is easier that way. One person, from spawn, run down the corridor and jump down the trap hole. When you hit the floor turn left and walk forward about 3 metres and look up, you should see an alpha werewolf drop from the ceiling, Kill him and suck up the animus using 'Y'. Now do a full 180 and sprint using the 'LB' towards the animus machine, the first corridor on your right should take you there, drop down and hold 'Y' to fill the machine and there you go, one game done, 599 to go...at least...
  
  Best of luck guys :)
  
  Oh and it makes no difference if you win or loose or anything like that, though i would suggest watching the cut scene and press 'A' and 'A' to leave, not 'B' and 'A'

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  kept track of every game played unlocked at 250. Not sure where I lost games but when I tried for the Follow the leader I played at least 25 games before it unlocked. also for the first 17 games I was hitting B then A so that might be where the extra 50 games went.

  Posted by Homunculus Fury on 10 Nov 12 at 06:27

  Carnage do you ever go back and check the leader board on this game to see if we are still on top from playing this abomination of a game for so long to get this achivo??

  Posted by ComanderDrizzle on 07 Mar 13 at 03:15

  Nope, I may have to do that next time I have access to my xbox, I'll let you know

  Posted by jj carnage on 18 Mar 13 at 15:11
• NEO CRIMS0N997,319

  25 Nov 2009 29 Nov 2009
  14 7 5

  After getting this achievement for over 7 different people (including myself) I can definitely say that this achievement is glitched up. I wouldn't recommend trying for 200 ranked matches, your best bet is 200 ranked wins, and most importantly: KEEP TRACK OF YOUR WINS!
  
  To get a ranked match started, you need 6 different gamertags in the lobby (3 vs 3, you cannot start with severely uneven teams). Make sure to set the creature density to HIGH and the animus max to 100. Keep Alpha werewolfs "ON".The map I found easiest to boost on was New York, simply because right at the beginning of the match, an Alpha werewolf spawns at the firetruck right outside of spawn. Alpha's drop exactly 100 animus energy, so if you absorb all that (holding down the "Y" button next to the energy) you should be ready to fill up your machine. Once your team wins, in most cases, watching the cut-scene didn't matter, you can skip it with the "A" button. DO NOT LEAVE BY PRESSING "B and A"! Leave the match only by Pressing "A" then "A" again. This is the only reasoning we can think of why some people got the achievement at 200 wins and not 310-400 wins, so better to be safe than sorry.
  
  So just rinse and repeat. I suggest you keep one side the winning side but switch the people out every 5 matches to be fair.
  **EXAMPLE: Red Team wins 5 matches, then everyone on red team moves over to blue team and blue team moves to red team. Red wins 5 and then switches with blue team again.**
  
  Well good luck to anyone who tries to get this achievement in this game, and remember to be fair and stick around until everyone in your boosting session gets the achievement, you couldn't have gotten it without them.

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  Agreed with COURAGE.. comepletly random.. in everyway.. took me over 500 matches and I tried ever imaginable way of doing this. I started with the push A button twice to leave the matches..and nothing.. It poped for me after I continued to watch the end cut scene, all the way thru but I think even that had little to nothing to do with it.

  Posted by B8TINGU on 03 Jan 11 at 03:08

  Regardless of how glitchy this achievement is, I posted what my group did and we unlocked it at roughly the 200 game mark for the most part. Negative votes are completely unnecessary

  Posted by NEO CRIMS0N on 03 Mar 11 at 03:42

  Up to 600 matches, no achievement.
  Best advice ever?
  
  Don't start this game.

  Posted by xxx AL on 14 Aug 14 at 17:56