Currently you can only see your CO medals in a little window just for you. You cant wear them on your uniform in a following round like playtime medals. I honestly just want to know why this isnt a thing, because this smells like something that is delibreatly not one.
The medals are an ingame item that holds the description already, so why cant we wear our actually fancy medals on our uniform to boast with them. They are often a well earned bragging rigth after all. And it would make them all the more special.
I know it may seem redundant, but i just feel like this is so obvious to implement there must be a reason why its not. And im dying to know it.
Maybe if you only get the medal without the description what you got it for, since having people run around with āheld off the queen on hijackā-medals would be pretty out of universe, given that hijack hasnāt happened in lore.
Issued to Steve Bobert (Squad Marine) by Joe Dafoe for:
Was a part of the Echo expeditionary squad that saved the operation from an early defeat with a magnificent flank from the west. Issued by Cpt. Dafoe 28/12/2182. USS Almayer; 2nd Battalion āFalling Falconsā, 4th Brigade, 4th United States Colonial Marine Division.
Echo expeditionary squad? that isnāt a thing, and the Almayer didnāt take part in any such operation around that time, they were busy with Tychon Tackle (which has a full AAR, it canāt have happened there).
Round 9259 - distinguished conduct medal
Issued to Steve Bobert (Staff Officer) by James āYellinā Blackbriar for:
For his fine service commanding the OP. -Maj James Blackbriar aCO USS ALMAYER
Have fun explaining that one while youāre playing as a PFC whoās never even seen the inside of a CIC, while being commanded by a different Major entirely, with the one who gave you it likely never even having BEEN on the Almayer.
Round 9284 - medal of exceptional heroism
Issued to Steve Bobert (Maintenance Technician) by Bill Sutton for:
Fought bravely and personally saved my life in the fall of the USS Almayer, helping us to the escape shuttle, leaving us as the sole survivors of the disaster.
And now quite possibly the worst one of the bunch, something that describes the near complete annihilation of the crew of THIS SHIP.
I donāt think I need to explain this one.
So there are only lore reasons then? I am honestly let down, hoped there would be more to it then that.
Like people beeing even bigger douches with there medals then they already are with playtime ones.
As @ediblebomb described, this would essentially nullify every lore we have, it could work by only giving the players the medal in question without it having a description or which role it was given to.
No one ever looks at medals anyways unless theyāre specifically gauging how much playtime someone has. Actual benefit is basically 1-2 marines on the 15% of rounds that actually have COs that give medals.
Imo the āwhy spend time on this we could spend on something elseā issue is a factor to consider for very, very small changes like this
Wearing CO medals is up there with actually wearing a play-time medal with no shame. You want to walk around as a PFC wearing 5+ medals like some sort of General? How many DSM, BS, etc., medals could one plaster on a sprite? We arenāt officers (for the most part) so medals are war trophies forgotten in the war chests, only worn on dress uniform.
Like James Parker said each round is itās own thing, if you are issued a medal you can wear it that round. Thereās a pinning mechanic and everything for it.
your medals dont have to display their reasoning you know.
would an irl medal of something display the reason it was pinned on your chest?
Of course not. Then there are also medal ribbons in place of actual metal medals that functionally work the same as showing you were granted one at some point.
