Codex Commando

[Kazzz]

Has anyone recently got the Codex Commando achievement ?

I'm not saying it's broken, but at least it's acting a bit smelly.
I haven't tried for it specifically but I never got it during 50 won Codex warfronts so I decided to do some testing and this is what I came up with (I'm a guardian):

[ Help capture 2 control points ]

1. I went straight for The Vault and used the control point
2. I captured The Vault as I wasn't interupted
3. A bit later the Defiants assaulted The Vault
4. 30 seconds passed and the Defiants controlled The Vault
5. A bit later, I assaulted The Vault
6. 30 seconds passed and we controlled The Vault

This part of the achievement did not update in the achievement and remained ticked off.
(i.e. if you kill 50 defiants in Meridian, the part of the achievement [Kill 50 players in Meridian] gets a mark next to it in the achievement [Might Makes Right])
During the first assault I was the only player around, no other Guardians or Defiants.
During the second assault I was once again the only player around.

So much for this part.

[ Kill two players nearby ally control points ]

1. I once again go to the Vault and capture it
2. A Defiant mage comes in with 100% health and out of combat
3. I proceed to kill the mage (no other Guardian around, I'm now 1 kill and 0 deaths on the leaderboard)
4. A second Defiant mage comes in with 100% health and out of combat
5. I proceed to kill this mage (no other Guardian around, I'm now 2 kills and 0 deaths on the leaderboard)(pyros go down so easily)

The 1st mage went down just on the edge of the water and the land that surrounds the flag of the control point, I estimate about 15-20m from the control point.
The 2nd mage went down on the land surrounding the flag, I estimate about 10m from the control point.
After this it's obvious I got 2 killing blows on 2 players 'near' (what is near? 1m, 2m, 5m, 30m ?) the captured control point, but this part of the achievement did not update.

[ Kill two players nearby enemy control points ]
Not tested since it's usually a bit hard to determine wether I got the killing blow or not.


Any constructive comment/confirmation/contradictions/feedback/advice is welcome.

[Hotter]

Maybe make a video?

[Kazzz]

Maybe make a video?

Not a bad idea, i'll look into that

[Leif]

You have to be standing near the flags when the capture timer expires. Your kills also have to be on an actively controlled flag, not one that is transitioning I believe.

[Kazzz]

Well, what can i say.
About 2 warfronts and i got the achievement ...

I did make a video that same warfront of 2 kills, and the achievement did not get updated.
It looks, as Leif says, that you have to be (ridiculously) close to the flag.

First kill @ 1:50
Second kill @ 2:35
I'm sorry in advance for my neurotic map behaviour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTlN-...ature=youtu.be

[Himo]

Got the achievement unintentionally the other day, much to the dismay of a friend of mine who is having similar trouble to yourself. Seems to be quite a tricky one!

[Kazzz]

Got the achievement unintentionally the other day, much to the dismay of a friend of mine who is having similar trouble to yourself. Seems to be quite a tricky one!

Tell him to make a forum post about it, i guarantee he'll get it 1 or 2 warfronts later

[Akyaevin]

The "kill players near your own/enemy flags" thing is very restrictive. You have to be right there (I think it's based on the target's location, not your own, which is even worse) - within only a few metres of the control point.

[Raynald]

It's a known issue, if you read through th codex commando thread. You and the other person have to be practically hugging the flag for it to count as a kill. You also need to be actively hugging the flag when it flips over, despite having capped it yourself.

It hasn't been tinkered with for months, which is annoying for those who haven't got it, and required some of us to plead with our own team to help make it happen....

[usman]

Each flag has a little light around it on the ground, to get updates you need to be standing in this little circle of light around the flag when you kill players/cap flags.

[assassinace]

Yeah I got mine about a 2 weeks ago by killing the players while I was standing on the flag.