Rank awards
Rank Points Required Award
Recruit 0 None
Airman 100 None
Airman 1st Class 500 Bandit Teamwork
Sergeant 1,250 Warhawk Recruiting
Chief Sergeant 2,500 Bandit Ground Combat
Wingman 5,000 Bandit Air to Air
Wing Leader 9,000 Bandit 4x4
Sergeant Major 15,000 Bandit Tank
Cmdr Sergeant 25,000 Warhawk Aerial Gunnery
2nd Lieutenant 35,000 Distinguished Air Superiority
1st Lieutenant 50,000 Team Cross
Commander 70,000 Combat
Captain 90,000 Air Combat
Major 150,000 Warhawk Exemplary Service
Air Marshal 170,000 Warhawk Executive Award
Cmdr Marshal 190,000 Warhawk Service
Lt. Colonel 210,000 Distinguished Combat
Colonel 230,000 100 Warhawk Wings
Brigadier General 250,000 Presidential Meritorious Conduct
General 275,000 Distinguished Air Combat
Trophies
Complete the following tasks to unlock PlayStation3 trophy rewards.
Warlord (Bronze): Create a clan and get nine other members to join. Awarded at ten members while you are the clan leader.
Enlistee (Bronze): Join a clan.
Rivalry (Bronze): Win a clan match (red server) as either clan leader or a regular member.
Lone Wolf (Bronze): Play a perfect Deathmatch (top player, no deaths).
Cowboy (Bronze): Play a perfect Team Deathmatch (top player, no deaths).
Hat Trick (Bronze): Get three flag captures in a single round of CTF.
World Victory (Bronze): Control all capturable bases in a Zones match, and reduce the enemy's home base to level 1.
Survivalist (Bronze): Survive for one minute as the hero in Hero mode.
Collector (Bronze): Capture four cores at once in Collection mode.
Anti-Air Ninja (Bronze): Shoot down a Warhawk with any infantry weapon other than a Rocket Launcher.
Dead-Eye (Bronze): Achieve a sniper kill from more than 2,500 feet away.
Saboteur (Bronze): Destroy an enemy vehicle with the Field Wrench.
Irony (Bronze): Kill an enemy with his own Proximity Mine.
Invincible (Bronze): While on foot, take at least 250 damage within 10 seconds without dying.
Taxi Driver (Bronze): Help a teammate capture the flag (in CTF) or cogs (in Collection) by transporting him back to the base, using any vehicle.
Resourceful Driver (Bronze): Achieve a road kill and a .50 cal kill using the same 4x4, without dismounting.
One In A Million (Bronze): Shoot down an enemy aircraft using the tank's main cannon.
Overkill (Bronze): Destroy an enemy aircraft with a volley of 8 Swarm Missiles.
Dumbfire (Bronze): Destroy an enemy aircraft with a dumbfired Swarm or Homing Missile.
Remote Pilot (Bronze): Destroy an enemy aircraft with a TOW Missile.
How Did You Do That? (Bronze): Destroy an enemy aircraft with a Cluster Bomb.
Tail Shaker (Bronze): Destroy an enemy aircraft with an Aerial Mine within 5 seconds of deploying it.
Emergency Evasion (Bronze): Break at least 6 simultaneous missile locks using Chaff.
Ground Pounder (Bronze): Complete Ground Combat Training.
Combat Driver (Bronze): Complete Vehicle Combat Training.
Pilot's License (Bronze): Complete Warhawk Combat Training.
Bandit Award (Bronze): Earn all in-game badges at Bandit level.
Recognition of Merit (Bronze): Earn any five in-game medals
Chief Sergeant (Bronze): Achieve a rank of Chief Sergeant.
Master Award (Silver): Earn all in-game badges at Master level.
Decorated Soldier (Silver): Earn any 15 in-game medals.
Commander (Silver): Achieve a rank of Commander.
Lt. Colonel (Silver): Achieve a rank of Lt. Colonel.
Giant Killer (Silver): Shoot down an enemy Dropship while using a Warhawk.
Flying Fortress (Silver): Awarded to the driver and all six passengers of a fully-loaded Dropship.
Behind Enemy Lines (Silver): Drive an APC into the enemy's home base, then have at least one teammate spawn into that APC.
Shield Breaker (Silver): Break an enemy E-POD shield using the Lightning Shell.
Aerial Ballet (Silver): While flying a jetpack, kill an enemy (who is also flying a jetpack) with any weapon other than the Rocket Launcher.
Are You Aim-Botting? (Silver): Snipe an enemy who is flying a jetpack.
Bandwidth Donor (Gold): Host a ranked dedicated server for four consecutive hours.
Warhawk Award (Gold): Earn all in-game badges at Warhawk level.
Executive Honor (Gold): Earn all in-game medals.
General (Gold): Achieve a rank of General.
Surgical Strike (Gold): Shoot down a Dropship with a Binoculars strike.
Porcupine (Gold): Destroy an enemy Warhawk with the APC's E-POD shield.
That Was Some Bug (Gold): Kill an enemy who is flying a jetpack by hitting him with any vehicle or aircraft.
Warhawk Supreme Achievement (Platinum): Unlock all other trophies.
Additionally there are ten secret trophies.
Hit List (Bronze): Kill every member of the opposing team at least once during a round.
Anti-Camper (Bronze): Kill an enemy in a Missile or Flak Turret after that enemy has achieved at least five kills in that type of turret.
Vengeance (Bronze): Kill an enemy within 60 seconds of that enemy killing you.
Daredevil (Bronze): Get 100 feet off the ground in a ground vehicle. Does not count if the vehicle is being carried by a Dropship.
Minesweeper (Bronze): Get killed by Proximity Mines five times in a single round.
Reckless Pilot (Bronze): Commit suicide in a Warhawk by running into your own Aerial Mine.
What's That Green Line? (Bronze): Get killed by a Binoculars strike while piloting an aircraft.
King of the Jungle Gym (Silver): Retrieve the Proximity Mines from the top of the dome on the Omega Factory Rumble Dome layout.
Canyon Run (Silver): Using a Warhawk, shoot down an enemy Warhawk in the central gorge in Vaporfield Glacier.
Safety Violation (Silver): Kill a distant enemy from on top of the salvage crane in Tau Crater.
Hints
Dodging missiles
To dodge missiles faster, roll and flip in the air. This will work about 70% of the time.
When avoiding missiles and rockets while in a plane, dive down, bank right, go up, then bank left. This will shake off almost all your missiles if there are more than two of them, and all of them if there are less than two.
Use the following trick to dodge a homing missile (fired by missile turrets and Warhawks). Activate the afterburner then bring down the Right Analog-stick to send your plane into a loop and then press Right Analog-stick Right or Left to get it spinning. Tilt your controller or Left Analog-stick sideways and hold R2 + L2 to power slide. This will work about 85% of the time if you are skilled.
Easy ranks
Create a player-ranked game and set the flag return time to "0". Have a friend on the other team. Play until there are at least eight people. Ban everyone except for your friend on the other team. Go to the place where the other team's flag spawns Steal it, but stay exactly where it spawns. Have your friend stand close to you. Aim at him and rapidly tap Triangle. If done correctly, the flag will flash back and forth between you and your friend and you will each get two points each time Triangle is pressed.
To get a higher rank easily, go to "Local Games", then to your call sign. Enter any desired rank. Note: This only works once -- entering the highest possible rank is recommended.
Capture The Flag: Defending your base
Use the following trick to easily defend your base on Island Outpost. Make a barricade with one tank and a jeep on the left-hand exit of your base with the flag (the one with the machine gun turret on both sides and a flak gun on the right). Put the tank on one side parked perpendicular to the roadway. Then, put the jeep behind it also perpendicular to the road. Throw a grenade at the jeep and two at the tank. They will both be almost destroyed so if an opponent jumps in you can easily destroy him. As enemies try to drive through the barricade they will get stuck and must either reverse to try another way in or jump out of their vehicle once it hits the barricade. This just adds to its effect. Use the Bluetooth headset to tell your team what you are doing so that no one takes a vehicle. Make sure to stay and help kill anyone who tries to get your flag.
Capture The Flag: Easy points
In any Capture The Flag match, get four land mines from one of your bases. Fly quickly as possible to your enemy's base with their flag. Tap R2(2) to use turbo. Land just about where their flag is located. Do not try to capture it. Throw all your mines anywhere you can, preferably near where health icons are found, vehicle repair, driver's seat of jeep, any weapons, and on the ceiling of any covering commonly walked under. Then, get out quickly. Try to get in and out in about thirty seconds or less. This is possible with practice. Then, get back in your plane and fly back to where you got your landmines. Repeat this as many times as desired.
TDM: Easy points
To get easy points, go to a base that your team does not control. Stand next to the flag. You will see a bar appear at the bottom of the screen. If the other team owns this base, the bar will slip to the center (neutralize) and you will get 2 points. It will then slip to the other side filling with your teams color (gaining), thus giving you 2 more points. This process is easy and can get you 4 points in under twenty seconds.
Zones: Easy points
Do basically the same thing as in the "Capture The Flag: Easy points" hint, and put a land mine on the base of the flag/marker thing that shows whose base it is. Then, move on and do this to every base you find. You will not only get points every time you capture a base, but also for every time someone tries to take one from your team. They will get blown up, giving you more points. Then go back after awhile and repeat.
Troop riders on plane
Have one of your teammates get in the driver's seat. Have them hold L2 so that plane gets very low to the ground. Have yourself and whoever else around pile onto the plane. You can stand just about anywhere on either plane, but try to stay away from the sides. Crouch to keep from falling off. Make sure to have at least one rider with a rocket launcher. The pilot should never leave Hover mode and not make any sudden movements . Planes may be able to exit troop boundaries, but the riders cannot -- stay in the boundaries. The plane will sink a little with people on it. Just go up if you get too low. You can then carry your troops to the enemy base. This is also useful in Capture The Flag because you are not allowed to fly with the flag.
Jeeps on plane
This trick only works with the Nemesis and is very difficult too execute. Have your pilot hover slightly below the edge of a cliff. Then, have the jeep(s) drive onto each wing. You can get two jeeps on at a time. Like the troop riders, jeeps will make your plane sink. quickly. Press R2 to go up and keep from sinking. Jeeps can also be dropped from a very high altitude with little or no damage. It is very effective to have two jeeps with people in the turrets. Also, a person with a rocket launcher can crouch on top of the jeep.
Tanks on plane
This is nearly impossible to do. Try mastering jeeps before attempting this trick. This works with either Warkhark or Nemesis. Just like the jeep, only your pilot must keep R2 held as soon as it is on. Otherwise the tank will fall off and its massive weight will pull down the plane with it. You must constantly press and release R2 to keep a steady altitude. Like jeeps, tanks can also be dropped from a very high altitude. This is useful for stealth bombardment or to drop an empty tank from very high altitude. When it lands it will explode. crushing anyone it lands on and blowing up anyone in the immediate area.
Servers
Your rank determines what level Sony server you can get on.
Level 1: Sergeant and lower
Level 2: 1st Lieutenant and lower
Level 3: Cmd Marshal and lower
Level 4: General and lower
