-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Battlestations: Midway Achievement Guide Written by jmdavis333 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Naval Academy Graduation (Complete all Naval Academy missions) worth: 40pts Probably the easiest achievement of them all, just do the training missions, should take 20 minutes but worth the 40 points. 2. Veteran of Midway (Complete all Single Player missions) worth 100 pts Go through the entire single player games from Pearl to Endgame at Midway. You can get this on any difficulty level but let's look at the next one....... 3. Hardened Veteran of Midway (Complete all Single Player missions on Veteran difficulty level) worth 150 pts Go through the entire single player games from Pearl to Endgame at Midway finishing every mission on the Veteran difficulty. May take quite awhile but well worth the 150 points. Use a walkthrough for the game if you're having issues. 4. Veteran Pilot (Complete all Plane Challenge missions) worth 50 pts Finish each Pilot Challenge mission: 1st mission: pretty easy just aim for the decks on all of the transport ships, shouldn't pose too much of a challenge if you've gone through the regular missions. 2nd mission: this one is a complete fur ball. Try your best not to lose the Airfield otherwise you're pretty much done for. Attack the bomber planes in the first group and try to ignore the zeros. Once it goes to protecting the DD concentrate on the dive bombers, the DD's can evade the torpedo planes pretty well for the most part, just remember that you only need one to survive. Then go after the troop transports just like in the first mission, strafe the deck and they should go down fast. Allot of people put bombs on there fighters from the onset of the mission but I find it makes your planes handle like a pig so I don't and the only real reason for the bombs is for the troop transports which go down easy with just machine gun fire. 3rd mission: this one sucks, the AA is intense, lucky for you, there are allot more planes in reserve than in mission 2. First off send out 4 squadrons of fighters armed with bombs(the only time in the entire game I arm fighters with bombs) and then 4 squadrons of bombers with torpedoes. Group the fighters and have them go in first dive bombing the carrier then have them start distracting the patrolling fighter aircraft. Send in the bombers after the aircraft carrier on a torpedo run, if you're lucky and all the torpedoes and bombs hit, the carrier should sink, then just concentrate on taking out the remainder fighters. Once the skies are yours just send wave after wave of bombers with torpedoes after the battleships (I found if you send in all 8 waves at once towards one BB they'll get though easier and probably sink it in one run, then just rinse and repeat for the other BB) 5. Veteran Captain (Complete all Ship Challenge missions) worth 50 pts First off I'm horrible at artillery and that's what you need for these missions, so if you can't hit with artillery you might have to do these a million times to finish them like me! I've heard that if you let the A.I. do the targeting for the artillery (i.e. control AA guns or torpedoes) it's more accurate so you can try this as well. Also get a good grasp of the repair screen (which if you're trying the challenges you should already) it's the only thing that will get you through a couple of these fights. Finish each Ship Challenge mission: 1st mission: Just keep killing all the ships and make sure you BB doesn't sink. You're biggest threat is the torpedoes from the DD's and the allied BB's at the end. Just keep shooting some people have strategies for the ship missions but it takes pure skill with artillery to pass them. 2nd mission: Same as above the target ship should come in the 4th or 5th wave typically once it does just go "balls out" for it only and hopefully you'll pull it off. 3rd mission: Haul butt towards the spy plane ASAP. Once the plane is active you'll find your target then go after her with torpedoes and let the AI control the weaker artillery on your DD's. 4th mission: I found this one easiest of all the ship challenges (weird it being the last one? eh?)..... anyways I digress. Just steam towards the Aircraft carrier, using your DD's for the subs and help on AA fire. Once the AC is in range target it only, the other ships don't matter. 6. Veteran Submarine Commander (Complete all Submarine Challenge missions) worth 50 pts As a former submariner I found these missions the most fulfilling and most fun! 1st mission: Easy compared to the others, stay away from the DD's, stay at level 2 just to get the positions of all the target ships, then go to level 4 till your right on top of them. Once you're within .5 miles from the target go to level 2 and shoot all 4 forward torpedoes, find your next target and go back to level 4, rinse and repeat. If you take too long and need air only surface for 1-3 seconds, should be long enough to get you through the mission. 2nd mission: This one kinda sucked, go to level 2 and straight at the closest DD, they should only attack one at a time which makes this easier. The key to them is to be in a firing position with both your sub and the AI's ship facing each other head on. Once you get within .5 to .75 miles fire a spread of 4 torpedoes, 1 to the left 1 to the right and 2 straight at the DD (the AI get's stupid and can't figure which way to go and if 2 of your 'fish' hit she'll go down). Take out the 3 DD's and the rest should be cake. YOU WILL HAVE TO SURFACE though this mission for air, this mission takes too long to finish. Just make sure your not on the broad side of BB or CA or you'll be toast, and only surface for a second or two. 3rd mission: Some people say it is possible to get to the carrier with both subs at crush depth before you die but I've found this is too hard. I just sent the bottom sub at level 2 with the periscope up at the AC and used her as a sacrificial anode for the AI's fleet, then sent the left sub in at level 3. Once you get the sub up against the broad side of the AC go to level 2 fire 4 torpedoes, pass under the AC(don't forget to lower your periscope like I didn't the first time) then give her your 2 rear torpedoes and she should go down (or at least it did for me) 7. Submarine Service Medal (At least 15 minutes unit usage plus used this unit type the most in the mission) worth 20 pts If you did the Veteran Submarine Commander achievement at some point you should have gotten this. 8. Air Unit Service Medal (At least 20 minutes unit usage plus used this unit type the most in the mission) worth 20 pts If you did the Veteran Pilot achievement you should probably have gotten this one as well. There are many places in the single player campaign where you can get this one as well. 9. Sea Unit Service Medal (At least 25 minutes unit usage plus used this unit type the most in the mission) worth 20 pts If you did the Veteran Captain achievement you probably should have gotten this as well. Once again there are multiple places in the single player campaign to get this achievement. 10. Torpedo Marksmanship (Achieve 15 torpedo hits as well as most torpedo hits in mission) worth 20 pts. Once again if you did the Veteran Submarine Commander achievement at some point you should have gotten this. Just try to be as accurate as possible with your torpedoes. Plus any mission you command a DD or CL you can get this achievement as well if you are really good with your torpedo aiming. 11. AA Marksmanship (Achieve 100 AA hits as well as most AA hits in mission) worth 20 pts. I got this one in the very first mission on single player at pearl. If you really need this one you could also park your DD's half way in between the island and your carrier in the single player mission #8 Strike on Tulagi. Take out the Shipyard first though and just have your DD's pick off bombers and zeros attempting to sink the Yorktown. 12. Artillery Marksmanship (Achieve 200 Artillery hits as well as most Artillery hits in mission) worth 20pts Once again I suck at artillery so this one took me awhile. I got lucky in the first Ship challenge, but it is essentially make able on pretty much any single player mission. I don't think it counts if you let the AI do it but I could be wrong, please email me if it does and I will amend this and bow to your superior knowledge. (email at bottom of page) 13. Legion of Merit (Team Kill/Death ratio must be at least 5:1) worth 20pts This puppy is an Xbox live achievement. Either get really good, play a really bad person, or get a boosting buddy! 14. Bronze Star (Team Kill/Death ratio must be at least 3:1) worth 30 pts Same as Legion of Merit. 15. Purple Heart (Worst Kill/Death ratio amongst the Players) worth 10 pts Never seen an achievement that rewards you for sucking! Just die a lot in one online match! 16. Distinguished Service Cross (Kill 50 enemy planes and 10 enemy ships) worth 30 points No idea how to do this one other than on Xbox live, find a boosting buddy and have at it! (if anyone knows how to on single player email me and I'll add it) 17. Silver Star (Kill 10 enemy planes and 5 enemy ships) worth 30 pts. Another Xbox live one, but is completely possible in multiple single player like at Midway. 18. Navy Cross (Kill 10 enemy ships and reach at least 5 min ship usage) worth 40 pts. If you did the Veteran Captain achievement you probably should have gotten this as well. Once again there are also multiple places in the single player campaign to get this achievement. 19. Navy Distinguished Service Medal (Kill 5 enemy ships and reach at least 5 min ship usage) worth 40 pts Once again if you did the Veteran Captain achievement you probably should have gotten this as well. Once again there are also multiple places in the single player campaign to get this achievement. 20. Distinguished Flying Cross (Kill 40 enemy planes and reach at least 5 min plane usage) worth 50 pts. This one can be a pain for anything other than boosting on Xbox live, I did it though on the Invasion of Tulagi mission where I destroyed the Shipyard, all of the AA and Coastal defenses but left the Airfield intact. Placed 3 wings of fighters around the Yorktown for mop up duty and I flew over the Airfield just pecking off planes as they auto regenerated. The major pain of this one is how long it takes that's it. 21. Air Medal (Kill 20 enemy planes and reach at least 5 min plane usage) worth 50 pts Same as above just less kills. 22. Medal of Honor (Must reach the time and hit limits of the Service and the Marksmanship medals) worth 150 pts and boy do you earn it!! This one, like the description says, you have to get all the service and marksmanship medals, easiest way is to boost online. Now for the official stuff: About me- My name is Jeremy, I am a former submariner I was a grease monkey aboard the USS Alabama, a ballistic missile sub. My typical call sign is jmdavis333, although I don't have an Xbox live account yet. That being said, you can tell I tried to insert a single player mission where you could get some of these for us players that don't have the ability of boosting online (which by the way I hate doing, but grin and bear it so I can get some of the achieves) I also don't support cheat codes, there is not one game that I've ever entered a cheat code into and enjoyed afterwards. Legal- This guide was produced solely for the purpose of helping others, if you would like to use it for other purposes i.e. creating your own guide/walkthrough, hen email me at the following link and ask really nicely and odds are I'll let ya use it. Contact Information- Any questions, comments, or complaints can be filled at jmdavis333@hotmail.com, please put Battlestations Midway achievement guide in subject header otherwise I'll just delete it thinking it's spam. I don't have Xbox live yet so I don't have a gamer tag however before the end of the year I should be rocking it on the boards. I'll post my tag on here when I get it, I'll always be up for a good game then. Thanks- Thanks go out to the following: God, my father for putting up with me all these years, my wife for voluntarily putting up with me for all these years, and to Eidos Interactive for making a great game. I've looked at the boards here on www.achieve360points.com from time to time in the past to help get through some levels and would like to thank everyone on there for the help and support they've given. And thanks go out to the www.achieve360points.com staff for putting up such a Kick ass site! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Achievement Guide is property of www.achieve360points.com. No reproduction of any kind unless granted by Monsters or Author. 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------