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Best Squad

Best Squad

Be in the best squad on all three maps

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How to unlock the Best Squad achievement in Battlefield 1943 - Definitive Guide

For this achievement you need to be in the best squad on each of the three maps. You can check at the end of a game if you are in the best squad by pressing X to show the squad scores screen.

You get to be in the best squad by getting a high score so my tip would be to try and capture as many flags as possible as you get 30 points each time or 10 for assisting. Also killing an enemy while defending a flag will earn you a bonus.

[UPDATE] There are some problems with getting this achievement, some have done the requirements several times over and it has still not unlocked. Try the following by 'Seraphim Needed' which he posted in the comments below:

Every person I have heard report that they have gotten this achievement have done it while not in a squad. NightStalkar and I played together and got top squad countless times. Both of us were getting frustrated. We were getting annoyed because one of our friends got it on the first match he played with us while he wasn't in a squad. In frustration, both of us left the squad we were in and played the rest of the match as lone wolfs. As soon as the round ended, bam, both of us got it.
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08 Jul 2009 22:56

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I'm not sure if it's enough to be in the top squad at the end, I was in the top squad dozens of times and I still don't have this achievement. Maybe it's glitchy.
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By MustangNox on 08 Jul 2009 23:01
A couple of people have mentioned elsewhere that they have got best squad a couple of times on each map and it has not unlocked. I think that you do need to win the game for it to count. Here is how I unlocked it:

I mentioned above that I played the same map I needed to complete The Pacific Campaign achievement 3 times in a row (Wake Island) and the first two I lost. I didn't check if I was in best squad these two times but I did have a fairly good score so chances are I was in it for at least one of the games. The third time I played we won the game and the achievement unlocked.
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By Emuholic on 08 Jul 2009 23:11
I unlocked this achievement before unlocking the Pacific Campaign one, so you do not need to win the match to be in the best squad.
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By SMG247 on 09 Jul 2009 08:10
I unlocked it finally, by playing alone, without any squad and without even being first all the time. So if it looks glitched for you, try to play without a squad (press A at the beginning).
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By MustangNox on 09 Jul 2009 17:46
Yupp, glad to have got it done, as little sense as this makes, it's true.
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By BLYAST on 10 Jul 2009 04:02
That's true Seraphim. I have never been in a squad an I had this achievement pop up just by being in the top 5 in scoring each time.
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By soulaccord on 10 Jul 2009 23:34
This achievement just poped for me randomly. I've been going for the achievement and i had the Best Sqaud stamp 3 times and i knew i'd been in the Top Squad at the end of the game multiple times...

But just now, the achievement poped for me half way through a game, it seems DICE have just sorted it out so if you havent got it, go turn your console on, load the game, find a game, join a squad and leave it for a few seconds or play it as normal and it should pop.
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By on 21 Jul 2009 00:30
Yes, finally unlocked it! I was in the best squads a lot of times on everymap before, but It unlocked only after some no-squad rounds on Iwo Jima map
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By Vomit Wizard on 14 Aug 2009 06:09
Yeah, there is something weird with this achievement. I was struggling to make best squad. I only made it three times; twice in air combat and once on wake island and that is when it popped. I just ran around in a jeep capturing points. It is easy. Now i only have to get "play" (not win) 30 and 100 matches.
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By SavvyAzumaNinja on 03 Jan 2010 08:28
This one is just messed up. I was sure I had best squad on all 3 maps, but no ach. So following this tip I tried a match playing in a squad by myself. No ach. Then next map I went to an open squad, and halfway through the map (Iwo-Jima) it popped. WTF.
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By Pedle Zelnip on 09 Jan 2010 20:52
I can also confirm that I got it while not in a squad, I think you need to be in the top 5 players of the match for the 3 maps, because that`s what I do, I was in the best squad like 10 times in all 3 maps and nothing....
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By VidalukoVet on 03 Feb 2010 21:33
This is annoying. I have gotten best squad on each map countless times and have been playing lone wolf recently. Also I am almost always in the top 5 but the achievement just wont unlock.
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By AspiringDoctor on 15 Feb 2010 03:36
in my run the achievement comes after i win all 3 maps an all sites ones
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By Sambaweb on 19 May 2010 16:06
The description on the battlefield website states that you must be in the top squad three times on all three maps... This still didn't work for me...

Finally got the achievement today by playing lone.... just popped randomly. I wasn't even in the top 5 players.
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By BanterClaus on 24 Aug 2010 10:37
Same here, got it last night after being a tad down I didn't join a squad that time. Imagine my surprise when it popped at the end of the match! I wasn't in the solo top 5 either, let alone the top squad. Go fig.
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By Wayens on 24 Aug 2010 18:15
Can confirmed that you don't have to be in a squad. You can go lone-wolf to get the achievement.
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By GR1N REAP3R on 03 Dec 2010 23:57
i crashed in to the light tower on Imo -Jima ( i think) and it popped up
and i only have one best suqad stamp
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By finallife6 on 11 Mar 2011 08:17
Anyone noticing the almost constant appearance as Iwo Jima being the factor here? I have 31 of the stupid best squad things and I have veteran II done. Guess I'll play lone wolf until Iwo Jima lol.
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By Zleek on 12 Apr 2012 17:58
Ok well I was playing alone on Guadalcanal and all I did was get in a Tank as a gunner, got a capture assist and then I got a kill and boom achievement unlocked right after that.... so confused but happy :)
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By Zleek on 13 Apr 2012 21:40
I finally got it at the end of a game. I wasnt in a squad. I wasnt in the top 5 either.

Dont understand its logic but hey! Keep trying, it will come.

Bonxy
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By Bonxy on 24 Apr 2012 22:18
Very buggy cheevo! I had only got top squad once. Then I got number 1 player (only on MY team) while not in a squad on Guadalcanal and it popped!
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By snakeguy884 on 23 Jun 2012 20:37
I can confirm. I got the achievement while getting a kill assist on Guadalcanal. I was NOT in a squad.
Good luck to everyone !
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By Energizing Soul on 25 Nov 2012 21:39
Ungh got best squad on all three maps, played a solo match and nothing. I guess I'll just switch off playing solo/squad and hope it pops by the time I hit 100 games, if it takes that many :(
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By Crimson Drifter on 02 Dec 2012 21:25
50+ matches, best squad won on each, played lone wolf last night for 4 hours, still no cheevo. I'm cursed!!!
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By Crimson Drifter on 03 Dec 2012 17:33
Finally popped for me about 65-70 matches in. I indeed was not in a squad, BUT I got the top score of the game and our team won on the Iwo Jima map, it popped as soon as the match ended.
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By Crimson Drifter on 04 Dec 2012 17:39
just to add somthing the achievment discription on http://www.bf43.com/en/360/Stats/ say Be in the best squad three times on each map! dont know if that correct but it might be
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By SnikeneUllteppe on 12 Dec 2012 08:35
it popped for me right after the start of a match - i was playing in a 4 player squad - 3rd match together - gualdalcanal, wake island and wake island again.
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By Foerl on 04 May 2013 11:57
popped for when I crashed into the ocean in a plan on the iwo something map. weird as fuck.
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By Barad 007 on 06 Jul 2013 22:34
best squad won
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By XpecTed on 01 Aug 2013 07:10
popped for me after 5 Minutes form a new Map. I was in a Squad.
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By Dnyboii on 16 Mar 2014 13:54
I earned the first squad medal achieve months ago and after joining game that was nearly over and being on the losing side too, this just unlocked. I guess it happens eventually for everyone.
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By boldfoxrd on 21 Jun 2014 21:41
Mines just popped during a match when I died LOL
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By King Drago on 12 Oct 2014 06:30
My achievement popped after I entered an airplane... clap
before that I was several times in the best squad team on all maps but no achievement...
When it popped I wasn't in a squad ....
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By III Torpedo III on 12 Nov 2014 17:27
I did the requirements, but now achievement. After 10-20 matches (my 33th match) I got an Assist Bonus when tried to kill an enemy with a USMC Infantry. No squad, played solo. Just random popped up. laugh

So this is a random cheevo. Complete the requirements, then play without squad, then you will get this. wink
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By zsoltee53 on 20 Jun 2015 11:40
Definitely buggy as all hell/completely random. Unlocked for me almost directly in the middle of a match as a third person joined my squad of two. I may or may not have met the requirements before, both as a squad or solo.
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By iMaginaryy on 14 May 2018 04:39
I agree that this is random. I got this achievement being in a squad of 3 on a map on which I had received "best squad" multiple times before. I had 4 "best squads" on Wake Island, 2x on Iwo Jima and 1x on Canal.
That also means that you don't have to get best squad with both factions; or with a full squad of 4; or get the ribbon for winning 3 best squad on each map.
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By Dr Marty on 16 Oct 2018 00:30
I'm about 55 games in, and I still don't have the achievement although I have gotten best squad on all three maps. I won't give up, but I hope I get it up to the 100 games achievement.
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By MaurickShepherd on 15 Nov 2018 15:56
Super glitchy. I won and was the best squad on all 3 maps (all but Iwo Jima both sides) didn't get that achievement. Played a bit on solo and after Iwo Jima match I got the achievement instantly. Think it's that map that messes the achievement up.
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By iiAssassinXxii on 06 Jan 2019 20:34
yep very glitchy lol but it did pop after 50 games but before 100 so keep that in mind
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By on 26 Jan 2021 22:56
Didn’t believe in any guides that you could get it while not being in a squad. After 40+ frustrating matches and earning the Best Squad stamp 8 times. Went in solo. Voila. Achievement popped. Thumbs up dance
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By OOG on 11 Feb 2021 00:10
Can confirm same as above ^, have only played solo except for a few games right at the beginning, have currently played less than 30 matches and achievement popped. I was in the top 5 scorers for the greater majority of the matches so this may have some contribution to this achievement but cannot confirm this for certain.
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By InsipidEye on 13 Feb 2021 04:53
Popped this cheev around 30 matches just playing in open squads. Won top in 2 and 3 person squads. I agree it probably is buggy but wanted to share my 2 cents on it unlocking for me.
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By HoMeGrWn88 on 11 Mar 2021 19:22
I got this achievement the match after I got my 30 wins. I was in a squad at the time it popped. I had definitely been in the top squad many many times before. I think it's very glitchy but should come fine on your way to 100 games.
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By Danger Days 11 on 05 May 2021 09:35
Same as others, I got an assist kill bonus after whiffing with a bombing raid, and it popped. Wait no, it was just called an assist bonus, not a kill assist. Not sure how those are diffrent.

This was in my 31st game, after I had already met the requirements for best squad on the 3 maps 2-3 times.
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By EarthboundX on 13 May 2021 03:34
Just got it, somewhere between 20 and 30 games. I wasn't in a squad either, I was reading it wrong because thought I had to complete a match as the top scoring squad, not just be top at one time in the game. I was never keeping track of which maps that happened, but for me it seemed to be on track. Not really as hard as I thought it would be.
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By ShadowRanger#502 on 11 Jul 2021 01:39
Got top 3 not in a squad and it popped just as the match ended
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By DubstepEdgelord on 26 Oct 2021 19:53
Here's a new one. Popped right as I killed an enemy, in the middle of the match.
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By SincereSeeker6 on 06 Jun 2022 17:36
Mine popped after my first kill of a match in progress. I was ranked 7 out of 10 for my team. Played solo, not in a squad. Hope it helps.
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By Brenin Watson on 09 Nov 2022 19:17
Got this today completely randomly during a match, I was playing Solo and it popped while I was midway capturing a flag during a match.
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By The Cherished on 22 Mar 2023 18:27
Got this in my first match on Wake Island, wasnt even in a squad
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By Renegade531 on 23 Mar 2023 01:11
I've idled the past day and I have 14 best squad stamps. But it took until the best squad stamp for being best squad 3x on each map popped up, then the achievement popped right after
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By xCENAxMOD on 23 Mar 2023 16:31
I dont remember which maps counted but i got 15 best squad stamps and no achievement, I have played solo on and off yet still nothing and I'm gonna have 100 matches before it at this rate
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By DarkestSerenade on 16 Apr 2023 01:53
a fecha de 20/04/23 confirmo que el logro salta cuando quiere, me acaba de saltar en mitad de una partida, haciendo una baja con el tanque y estando en un pelotón de 2 personas.... increíble en mi partida 30. Que la fuerza les acompañe a los demás compañeros que estéis en ello
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By Santos17 YT on 20 Apr 2023 11:13
I wanted to add for anyone trying to get this done before servers close at the end of 2023... I got the best squad achievement in the middle of a game, where I was doing poorly, playing solo.
I was sure that I had gotten top squad on each map a couple days ago, and just seemed to randomly pop while playing. If you are struggling to get it to unlock recognize that this achievement has been kinda weird since the games release 14 years ago, and judging by the comments people 1 way or another get it to unlock
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By Geezr Pleazr on 22 May 2023 16:16
Chiming in just like the rest. I got it in the middle of a game, while in a squad. I was in the middle of AFK-ing for 100 matches. Realized I didn't get this achievement yet, and so I decided to play a little.
I was in a Squad of 3, killed someone, and somehow the achievement popped. I was in the middle of the scoreboard, and the game wasn't even close to being done. I recommend hopping into a squad while you AFK the 100 matches achievement, and then do a few matches solo just for fun to try and pop this achievement. It seems weird, glitchy, but eventually it will unlock.
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By Silverizer on 18 Jul 2023 22:51
100% this is glitchy. I just got it defending a flag on Iwo Jima. Didn’t have to get best squad, in fact I’ve only gotten best squad on one map
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By kd rio 007 on 07 Aug 2023 20:03
Sigh, just like everyone above said...

After panicking that I wouldn't be able to get this achievement and just unlocked Tour of Duty #1, this popped as I died in a dog fight on the following map in a squad... No rhyme or reason!
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By qManballin on 05 Oct 2023 04:05
This achievement unlocked for me when I got top squad on the third map I needed in my case it was Iwo Jima. I was in a squad with 2 friends for 2 out of the three maps. The third needed, I had the same 2 friends + a random. Worked as expected!
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By Strive on 25 Nov 2023 06:26
I'll try playing without a squad, but that just doesn't make any sense.

I played for 6 hours last night, won on every map at least twice and played with 3 buddies and we were positive we got top squad each of those times. Completely domination and no achievement.

I'll let you know if doing A works, but I can confirmed it glitched for me. Whether it's the achievement itself or has to do with the leaderboards and server issue, I'm not sure.
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By BLYAST on 09 Jul 2009 18:26
I can also confirm this is completely random. I had best squad (with 4) on all maps twice, winning. But ended up with the achievement with no squad and place 8 on the leaderboard, dying right as the game ended.
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By Jakeythedude on 24 Dec 2012 02:28
No rhyme or reason for me. I did a mix of trying open squads and lone wolf. I was on best squads numerous times on each map, and it randomly popped for me whilst I was about halfway through a match on a squad with 2 other random players.
My recommendation is to just keep playing and joining with an open squad as it seemed to unlock for me after I began doing that and winding up on the best squad boards.
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By Broon43 on 19 Jun 2014 23:50
I'm not good at all, and I got this achievement mid game after just trying to get as many caps as I could. I was also on the losing team during the match and maybe top 5.
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By Adammm LOLOL on 10 Dec 2022 18:57
after fulfilling the requirements of the achievement and not unlocking it, I played solo lone wolf for a few games eventually I won solo on the Iwo Jima map and then the achievement unlocked while not in a squad. Good luck to everyone else trying to get this.
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By Serious X Devil on 27 Mar 2023 22:42
Every person I have heard report that they have gotten this achievement have done it while not in a squad. NightStalkar and I played together and got top squad countless times. Both of us were getting frustrated. We were getting annoyed because one of our friends got it on the first match he played with us while he wasn't in a squad. In frustration, both of us left the squad we were in and played the rest of the match as lone wolfs. As soon as the round ended, bam, both of us got it.
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By Ashen Seraph on 10 Jul 2009 04:01
I have just earned this today. I was actually never in the best squad on any of the maps. I did rank in the top 5 players on all 3 maps and that’s when it popped for me.

I’m not too certain on this, but I know I received the best squad award when the achievement popped and I went to the main menu(not best squad but top 5 players again). Might not hurt to check your awards after a couple of games placing in the top 5 to see if the award is being unlocked as someone has stated that the award is a good way to track how many times you’ve been in the “best squad”.
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By x ShadoVV x on 15 May 2023 12:52
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It seemed to me, after just earning this achievement, that it is necessary to earn top squad on each faction on all three maps. I was keeping track of myself, and I did not get it until I had won it both as Japanese and as U.S. player on all three maps, finishing with Iwo Jima.

So for those having difficulty, keep track of which faction on what map you have earned it. Also, I was in the same squad, some friends of mine, the entire time.
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Can confirmed that you don't have to be in a squad. You can go lone-wolf to get the achievement.
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By GR1N REAP3R on 04 Dec 2010 00:07
Ok Ive tested this and Emuholic is correct. You must not be in a squad to get this OR be in a full 4 player squad. Anything less than four and more than 1 in a squad seem to not count. I noticed that the best squad stamp wasnt going up past x4 for me and realized i was playing with my friend since I had gotten those 4 so today I joined some games and played lone wolf and first map I beat (Iwo-Jima) I got the achievement so I played one more round and afterwards I have x6 for best squad stamp even though I was no where near close to being the best squad for that round But I was in the top 5. I think the stamp/achievement are misworded or are awarded for the wrong thing.
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Thanks :D I'm gonna put this to work. I trust you man :D
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By NQWinter on 01 Nov 2009 19:33
Can confirmed that you don't have to be in a squad. You can go lone-wolf to get the achievement.
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By GR1N REAP3R on 04 Dec 2010 00:07
I unlocked it
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By XpecTed on 02 Aug 2013 01:46
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No one knows exactly why this achievement is glitched, but we all know that it is, somehow. I got it after playing on Iwo Jima, when I definitely recall playing a couple days ago and receiving best squad and top player both times. In the game before I got it, I had gotten top squad, second best player (my other squad member got first), I won the match, and I was promoted to Warrant Officer Gold. I am not sure which of these affected me receiving this achievement, but please comment on my solution about the game you played right before you got the achievement, so that we can find similarities, and perhaps, one day, find the ACTUAL way to achieve it.

Thanks in advance for your support
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31 Jul 2009 16:00

I would just like to add that I got this achievement after getting the best squad playing with a full 4 player squad on one map and winning as allied and japanese with a full 4 player squad.

Just something you guys can try.

Try to get a full squad and win, and get best squad, it might work.
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For this achievement you must be in the best squad on each of the three maps, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, and Wake Island. Please note that you must earn the Best Squad stamp in order for it to count that you were on the best squad for that map, you only receive the stamp when you are on the squad that finishes as the best FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, if you join the best squad in the middle of the game, you do not receive credit for being on the best squad, regardless of what the post-match information says, the only way to know if you got the stamp is by viewing your awards from the main menu.

The best way I found to get points is to use the tank, driving around killing people and capturing points. It is best to have squad-mates as driver and gunner since you both receive 10 points when either of you gets a kill.

This unlocked after I completed my final map, unlike has been reported for others, but if you know you got a Best Squad stamp on all three maps and still do not have the achievement, try playing a match without joining a squad as that is supposed to unlock it if it has glitched for you.
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15 Feb 2011 22:32

Well this is not a solution so much as a helpful tip...I got this achievement in the middle of a match and I was in the middle of the leaderboards for the game and nothing else special was happening. Very buggy achievement with somewhat vague requirements anyways. Also, I never joined a squad once while playing this game so maybe that will help you get the achievement.
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12 Apr 2011 10:47

This is is an achievement that many different people have had different experiences with. As such Im gonna provide some details to when i got my achievement.

  • Played with different squads of people for this achievement
  • Joined back into 2 matches i quit and rejoined the other team, both of these counted (one of these was when i got the achievement so i do think at least leaving and coming back to the same match will count)
  • Last map I needed i joined a squad of 3 people after rejoining the lobby on a different team and that was when i got the achievement after the match ended
Leaving and rejoining matches seems to work for this achievement and 3 people also seems to work (at least when rejoining). This achievement is still very buggy however and your results may vary when rejoining matches. (i was getting best squad matches by myself after getting one kill from rejoining a match)
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01 Jun 2023 07:54

Firstly join a squad, preferably with people willing to work together. And again pretty much the same

The maps are on rotation so you simply have to wait for each map to come up in turn. The only thing you can do make it unlock faster is earning points!

Capturing flags earns big points, 30 for cap, 10 for assist. And you get points for defensive kills. If you want to get this quick avoid the battle and cap and defend flags best you can. Which will also get these out of the way in no time-

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Also go as the riffle man as you get a grenade attachment for your rifle. 1 hit will blow up a jeep and 3 hits will do a tank, earning you 10 points in the process. If a squad of 3 worked together on a flag cap and defend tactic it shouldn't take you too long to get this.

Good luck
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05 Aug 2013 16:19

You must create a squad (squad) and become the best squad on all maps. Namely, you must beat the rest of the squads, if there are any, in total points (the points of all players in the squad are summed up).
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08 Jul 2011 13:59

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The achievement is clearly glitchy. In the match in which it dropped, my team won, but during the entire match no one joined my squad and the best squad in general were some guys on the left, but the achievement still dropped.
Moreover, it fell simultaneously with another achievement, for which you need to win once on each of the three maps.
So the conditions for obtaining clearly do not correspond to the description, the achievement drops earlier than it should, so it’s not worth thinking about it at all. Play in squads and it will appear by itself, regardless of your playing skill in general.
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By UnknownError on 18 May 2021 08:46
After loading a match (before selecting a fighter), you will see two buttons:
- start (simple start without command)
- start in open squad (start start with an open team).

If you press the button then you automatically create a squad that any player can join.

Press the button and play.
During the game, someone will join your squad. The more players you have on your team, the faster you will get the achievement.

You need to be on all three maps, be on the best team and win.
You need to win three times, on each map.
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By DEN_MEGALODON on 18 Feb 2016 12:15