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    Tactical Merit Questions

    Last night I completed this in the Federal Emergency Bunker and it didn't unlock. Oh well I thought. Today I did this on Jefferson Plaza and it didn't unlock. Does the whole team have to achieve this? Are some of them bugged? I have completed 15 of these without even trying for them but now that I'm working them off the last 2 out of 3 have failed to unlock. Yes I'm sure it was on hard and that I didn't lose all my armor.
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    I've been trying for these too, and I think the unlock conditions for only some of them are bugged.

    I know for a fact I've done the Jefferson Trade Center Teamwork Merit and have successfully been through it (twice) without anyone, including myself, having been downed.

    Now here's the weird thing: When I decided to go for the service merit, that unlocked no issues, but the very moment it unlocked, the teamwork one also unlocked, and I know we went down and even unconscious quite a number of times.

    ... What? Yeah, I thought the same thing too.

    So yes, I think they're bugged, or at least we know they can become bugged about unlocking. Take a look at the Peacock Award if you want an example.
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    Yeah.. I just tried Peacock and it's still locked. Guess I'll wait until I see something in future patch notes before waste anymore time on them.
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    I just did Washington hotel on challenging solo and unlocked this. Maybe try solo if you are not getting it in a group
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    I personally had no issues regarding tactical merits. Hard difficulty or more, never reach 0 armor...
    Some missions are technically tough, but 1 recovery skill and Efficient talent is enough to maintain my armor gauge. Soloing is better.
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    got the plaza merit doing the daily ; seems to work fine
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    Is the Tactical one where you don't have your armor broken? If so you need to do the instance on hard without losing all your armor. I have all the non break armor ones on Pc already. Grinding the 10 hard modes of each one now to finish off that (service) section when I play.
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    Update: I ran these two again today solo and got them both so I don't know what the problem was. Probably user error. *shrugs*
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    Originally Posted by Scryton Go to original post
    Is the Tactical one where you don't have your armor broken? If so you need to do the instance on hard without losing all your armor. I have all the non break armor ones on Pc already. Grinding the 10 hard modes of each one now to finish off that (service) section when I play.
    The merits all need to be on hard or higher, but they are all as follows:

    Combat - 20 headshots during the mission.
    Tactical - From start to finish, no complete loss of armor. What this means is you can fall close, but it can never break and expose health bar.
    Discovery - Find 10 loot boxes during the mission. They don't really clarify what counts here, but it's almost anything that's not a restock box.
    Teamwork - From start to finish, a four man squad completes the mission without ever being downed.
    Service - Complete the same mission 10 times.

    Teamwork and tactical also seem to be wildcards too, when thrown in with the matchmaking system, there is absolutely no clarification if joining late actually voids your ability to earn it or if joining late actually cheeses it. One tactical merit I actually earned by joining a mission late and just ensuring I didn't lose armor.

    Originally Posted by Kamikraze Go to original post
    Update: I ran these two again today solo and got them both so I don't know what the problem was. Probably user error. *shrugs*
    Same exact situation I encountered, except I was sure. Definitely not an error on your part, I'm sure there's a bug with these commendations somewhere in there.
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