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Rejected!

Rejected!

Killed an enemy with AMPed vortex shield deflection on Backwater

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How to unlock the Rejected! achievement in Titanfall - Definitive Guide

For this achievement, you'll need the Amped Vortex Shield burn card. The best way to get one of these would probably be through buying the Titan Packs (20,000 Credits) in the Black Market, so it might be helpful to leave this to last so you can accumulate points whilst going for the others. Alternatively, keep an eye out on the Daily Deals section, just in case they pop up on there!

Once you have one, don't just use it at the beginning and hope for the best. This can't be done against Titans, and Pilots aren't stupid enough to just shoot you with their primaries, so you'll want to be doing this against the AI. Grunts run away from your Titan, but Spectres just shoot at you with their SMGs.

Wait till about halfway into the game when they start spawning, then activate the Burn Card and be on the look out for large groups of Spectres. They'll start firing at you with, activate the Shield and just hold it pointing towards the Spectre. It takes a couple of seconds to kill with the deflection damage, so it might be useful to equip Minion Detector and try and get a group that are away from the rest of the battle so nothing else can get the kill.

Edit: As a caveat, this pops after the game has ended, and not when you've got the kill. Thanks to BrokenKnight for reminding me!

Edit 2: Some people in the comments have said purchasing the Tactical Ability Pack (20,000 credits) has resulted in more instances of getting the Burn Card needed.
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26 Sep 2014 11:21

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I had the achievement glitch on me two times before I got it. Here is what I did different

Glitched attempts:
2-3 spectre kills. I deflected their incoming archer rockets back at them
No pilot kills or titan dooms

Successful attempt:
Hard restarted xbox before attempting
1 spectre kill - deflected automatic weapon fire back at him to kill him

jumped by enemy titans. I doomed one titan right before I executed but not sure if it was from reflected damage on vortex shield or my rocket salvo.

Hope this helps some of you. My guess is the automatic fire needs to be deflected to kill the enemy and not the archer rocket. I'm not confident I got the titan doom with the AMPed vortex shield but I probably did.
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By Witch Aileen on 30 Sep 2014 13:18
Possible this is glitchy. I completed the objective and no unlock. I actually never died in the match so I had the burn card for like 4 rounds. Killed multiple packs of spectres and grunts each round with the amped shield while my teammates dominated the other team (wasn't boosting, just random match).
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By SimulatedBones on 26 Sep 2014 17:50
Graat solution. I'd only add that it pops on the results screen not mid match.
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By BrokenKnght on 26 Sep 2014 18:02
It can be done against pilots and titans (generally if someone launches an archer at you, you can send it right back at them and kill them if they aren't expecting a rebound).
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By xPut Name Herex on 26 Sep 2014 18:19
Meant to mention I did this in a Last Titan Standing match and that same match unlocked my Blackwater win cheevie.
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By SimulatedBones on 26 Sep 2014 18:27
Thanks for this! :D

Did this against an Auto-Titan and it didn't work, the Grunts would just run away and didn't even bother against Pilots!

Managed to do as you said and waited until Spectres showed up on the map, deployed my titan and then activated my shield. Bleep bloop! :D
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By Adny on 26 Sep 2014 18:36
No worries! Also good shout BrokenKnight, I'll add it in!
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By samsaBEAR on 26 Sep 2014 18:38
Glitched!

I tried it 4 times now against spectres and no cheevo.
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By Ehrenfried on 27 Sep 2014 13:39
Confirmed that it did not glitch, thanks for the guide!
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By Brock M Rambo on 27 Sep 2014 18:18
Glitched
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By SnD ACiD RAiN on 27 Sep 2014 20:07
I was in a boosting session for this and the achievement only unlocked for about half of the people. I've not tried it for myself yet, but it seems that it is glicky for some people.
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By on 28 Sep 2014 00:28
This achievement is glitched and getting on my damn nerves. Killed specters over and over and no achievement at the end. Nearly broke from buying the car packs to try and get more amped shields. the fuck gives, how do you un glitch this?
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By TNTWeKnowDrama on 28 Sep 2014 02:14
Glitched here, too. Aimed the amped vortex at some spectres, saw the text pop up saying I killed four of them before I let it go, and no achievement. Used both my cards on that match, and haven't been able to buy one since.
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By CyberKnight on 28 Sep 2014 05:44
It is starting to look probable that the same achievement tracking problems that plagued the previous dlc's release is plaguing the current, my best suggestion is be patient, it may take a couple weeks, but it will pop on its own, sucks bad but there you go, I said what y'all were thinking.
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By Brock M Rambo on 28 Sep 2014 06:51
I had a glitch yesterday on two or three attempts. I did the 10 second shutdown on my X box and tried again in the the first half of a CTF game today. The achievement popped. Not sure if game play type or the hard restart of the X box helped. Something worked, though.
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By Mister Pants on 28 Sep 2014 15:34
For those still having troubles, I did this against pilots and spectres and the entire team unlocked the achievement afterwards. I also had problems as well with only killing spectres, but I believe killing the pilots was the key.
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By thunderforce3 on 29 Sep 2014 12:26
I killed about 6 spectres, 2 grunts and a Titan with the sheild and it didn't unlock.
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By StoneAgeMachine on 29 Sep 2014 17:20
Looks like the bullet kills may be the key. I just got it, did *not* do a hard reset, did not kill any pilots, but did kill two machine gun Spectres (and no grunts). I'm reasonably sure my previous attempts were reflecting rockets back at Spectres and grunts.

Spectres are the best bet; I remember my first attempt reflecting bullets back at a grunt, and when he got hit, he stumbled and staggered before firing again, long after my shield depleted.
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By CyberKnight on 01 Oct 2014 04:50
If the achievement is glitch ing for you hard reset the Xbox by holding Dow the power button on the console. Just unlocked it after doing this and attempting the achievement again.
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By StoneAgeMachine on 02 Oct 2014 19:32
Rocket Launcher spectres DON'T COUNT! Only Rifle Spectres count!
Got it!smile
(By only killing spectres.)

I think i know why this doesn't work right:

There are 2 different spectres, Rocket Launcher & Assault Rifle Spectre,
i killed at least 10 RL Spectres with the shield -> No cheevo

Yesterday i killed 3 AR Spectres aiming with the shield's crosshair exaclty onto them so their shots got directly back to them, needs ~6 shots to kill a spectre, and after the match i got the cheevo.
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By Ehrenfried on 07 Oct 2014 07:33
Confirmed it today. After multiple attempts finally got it to pop by deflecting bullets back at the AR spectres. It did take 4 to 6 shots but it finally worked.
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By Kookster24 on 15 Oct 2014 01:08
Guess I should have read all of the comments before wasting the only card I've gotten on rocket launcher specters.
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By alladaskill17 on 25 Oct 2014 05:47
My burn card packs are showing 20000 and 30000. Anyone else
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By OwenPaige1 on 28 Oct 2014 01:26
Yeah, mine too. All this talk of 10K Tactical packs is confusing!
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By ManticoreRich on 28 Oct 2014 14:17
I got in on Frontier Defence. Much easier, as you gets waves of spectres, and you don't have to worry about other players trying to kill you. Titans normally just head for the harvester, so stay out of their way and they won't bother you.
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By TheMizzt on 07 Nov 2014 17:34
If the Tactical pack used to be 10,000, it's no longer the case. It's now 20,000.
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By BionicTriforce on 13 Nov 2014 14:27
Ah sorry, haven't played it in a while so I'll update the solution!
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By samsaBEAR on 13 Nov 2014 20:10
Does this work in frontier defense
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By Recreat3 on 07 Dec 2014 11:36
Yes, it does. That's how I got it.
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By TheMizzt on 07 Dec 2014 11:37
After reading all comments i´m going to try at Frontier Defense. Thank you all guys! :)
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By MetalMoRph0s1s on 16 Dec 2014 09:22
Twice now I should have got this on Spectres in frontier Defense. Honestly sick to fucking death now of these last 20 or so achievements I need. So grindy and the DLC maps hardly ever fucking come up. Complete fucking bullshit achievement list for an otherwise great game.
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By Roose91 on 07 Feb 2015 16:08
All players have Minion Detector in Frontier Defence by default. Also, is it possible to get friendly Titans/Pilots to feed your shield with their own projectiles to use for the kill(s)?
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By Waddaboo on 17 Feb 2015 23:05
Got two kills with it in an online game, didn't get an achievement :(

Stupid spectres.
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By Sakori on 09 May 2015 23:26
I just did this against a rpg grunt on attrition and it did not work, so annoying
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By ChrisW on 03 May 2023 20:30
Also it is cheaper to purchase the tactical ability pack at 10000 credits as this one also includes the shield.
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By StoneAgeMachine on 29 Sep 2014 17:25
over 3 matches,
1st match ctf - 1 amped shield, 1 grunt kills - no achievement.
hard reset of xb1.
2nd match attrition- 1 amped shield 2 grunt kills - no achievement.
next night...
3rd match hardpoint - 2 titans, 2 amped shields - 5 grunts and possibly a titan (or titan kill assist) - achievement finally popped.

Persistence, and definitely buy the 10k pack that people suggest, got amped shield ive 4 outta 5 packs.
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By Onsidic on 30 Sep 2014 13:14
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If anyone was wondering :

This can be also done on on Frontier Defense.
Much Easier on the first few waves with grunts and spectres and without any additional Titans to bother you.

Just remember to HOLD cn_LB while choosing the enemy who fired at you until their shots are reflected and kills them.

Did it this way, yesterday.
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08 Nov 2014 14:35

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thanks, this is exactly what i was looking for! smile
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By vikingbloodlust on 10 Nov 2014 08:28
I did this solo, and I lost one AMPed vortex card, and barely got the achievement with the second one--my word of warning! If you're going to do this solo, Make sure you get the Titan ready to call in then fail the first wave. Spectre's WILL rodeo you! Equip Cluster missile as you won't have Titan smoke... I ended up losing my AMPed Titan after a wave, and it was hectic trying to get the kills... plan ahead and maybe even play the waves a few times before you activate the burn card! You won't get much of a challenge for two waves, but if you complete wave two don't activate the burn card past that point.
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By Shadow 00 Fox on 13 Apr 2015 06:33
Both statements are accurate.
It is better to have a team to do the distractions while you try for this away from the action. Doing it solo just brings them all to you wherever you go.
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By AN JUSTICE4 ALL on 13 Apr 2015 12:58
Worked perfectly, killed a Grunt and then failed on purpose until the match ended. Popped right after.
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By Anima Pura on 18 Nov 2018 18:43
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There has been a lot of people who aren't getting this achievement to pop and this solution will help clear up a common miss understanding. A friend and I were attempting this achievement and he discovered this.

After obtaining the amped vortex shield from either the daily deals or from a set of burn card packs (I recommend the tactical ability pack since you get 6 cards instead of the 3 from the titan burn card pack and it's cheaper) you should drop your titan while your burn card is active and stand over a group of spectres and use the vortex shield to deflect their rockets/bullets back. Normally, this should be enough to give you the achievement, but this is false. When you get your kill with the amped vortex shield, make sure the kill shows up in a orange color which represents the burn card. If the kill shows up white which represents the normal vortex shield, the achievement will not pop at the end of the match. This is where the confusion happens. The best way to truly do this so you don't waste your amped vortex shield, just go to japan west servers and boost it with a friend. This way you don't need to worry about dieing and you can keep an eye on the kill so you can confirm that the amped vortex shield counted. The guy you're boosting with will see where it says he was killed by the amped vortex shield in the box that appears on the side too.
This has been tested and proven to solve the whole "glitch" achievement problem.

Note: You can now boost 1v1

Credit goes to Creptor5291 for noticing and discovering this method before I did.
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08 Nov 2014 10:09

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Started boosting last night for other cheevos and was gonna post for this one but you beat me to it...
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By McQueen101 on 08 Nov 2014 22:47
How do you boost 1v1?
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By RaTheArchitect on 09 Feb 2015 00:52
You switch the current server you are in to another one where most people don't play.
Go to the main menu and hit x which will allow you to change your region. Both players will srlect Japan west and a game type that no one e 'll se is in.
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By iG N1ghtm4r3 on 09 Feb 2015 00:56
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In addition to the other good solutions above (use those to get the burn card) once you have the amped vortex I found it easier to the Cheevo in a last Titan standing game.

At the very beginning instead go going for titans, find a bunch of grunts/ spectres, they instantly start shooting you. Activate the shield and make sure you get a kill with it. Cheevo will pop at the end of the match.

Hope this helps.
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21 Oct 2014 21:00

Here's a quick video guide for this achievement in Frontier Defense. I had kept hold of my AMPED Vortex shield burn card solely for this moment! This is in a custom match with three other players. I didn't manage to call in my Titan during the first wave so I had to wait until the third wave for normal Spectres to spawn. The second wave was full of Suicide Spectres that obviously wouldn't have helped unlock this achievement.

The achievement unlocked after we had successfully defended the harvester and the scores and credits and what not had finished tallying up.

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10 Feb 2015 21:13

If you're having problems popping this achievement, play Frontier Defence , set up your own custom match on the Backwater map and wait for players to join, once the match starts build up your Titanfall countdown then once it is full commit suicide and active the AMPED Vortex Shield Burn Card. Respawn as a Titan with the Burn Card active and reflect projectiles back at grunts, spectres and titans, just to be safe try and kill/doom at least one of each type of enemy with the AMPED Vortex Shield as I did.
If done correctly the Rejected! achievement should unlock after the match has finished! cn_guide
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12 Nov 2014 21:47

After getting the burn card take Conner 193's advice and load a Frontier Defense game on Backwater and wait for players. Use the burn card and get a titan and try hard not to die. I wasn't able to get the pop up on the right of the screen saying AMPED VORTEX SHIELD in orange until i used one nuke titan's bullets to doom another. I think you need to kill one enemy with a different enemies bullets because i had killed a grunt with his own rocket in a previous match and a spectre with his own bullets on a different previous match and neither time the achievement unlocked.
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28 Feb 2015 16:57

you need to activate the consumption card, "strengthening the vortex shield"
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27 Jun 2015 19:12