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[SaladFork]

Before you make a post, read the following:

We have a small heads up announcement regarding the next couple of weeks in BF2. Things are rolling along for the patch and the booster pack, and as expected you'll likely see them later this month. The patch will come first, and be well in place in time for the first Booster. That said, we want to inform you of a small oddity you may see in-game while we get the various aspects coordinated.

Short explanation: At some point in the next couple of weeks, you will see an empty in-game window pop-up, just like you received an award. This is just GameSpy detecting now that when the patch comes out you will get another weapon unlock. You should only ever see it once or twice, depending on how high your rank and how many unlocks you’ll have coming. Once the patch is out, your weapon unlock will be available in the BFHQ tab and you can make your choice.

Long Explanation: The next patch is going to give many players another weapon unlock at their current rank. In order to get the best testing results we are having GameSpy configure up the weapon unlocks now on their end. This allows us to test them in a true environment, which is rather effective. The side effect of this is that when this is first in place you are likely to see an empty placeholder message. It will look just like you received an award and will appear once for each unlock you’ve earned. This message would be telling you that you have received another weapon unlock, but we haven't patched the weapons in yet. So you will see this placeholder message which is harmless. When the patch is in place though, the stats system will think you already got your notification in-game. So you will want to hit the BFHQ tab and unlock your free weapon.

Thank you everyone for your attention, and we hope you all enjoy the upcoming new content! Game on.

Source: http://www.bf2rankedservers.com/foru...ead.php?t=3340

~Salad

[JonnyMacFred102]

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Sticky (on second thought, maybe not, because there are already a billion stickies).

[IVfluids]

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Sticky (on second thought, maybe not, because there are already a billion stickies).

At this point, you could add about five more stickies and you wouldn't be able to tell.

Maybe I should bump my thread about stickies up, or make a thread aimed at the mods and give them a link to that one lol.

[Chalk.One]

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weird i just got 2 unlocks... no empty placeholders tho... the real thing.

[Sloi sauce]

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What if you've chosen to unlock the placeholders ? I knew what the next unlocks would be so I simply selected both of them (Awp and P90) even though there was no data: what happens now ?

[AGPVincent]

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yeah, I also had this. I had two blank weapon slots which i presume are the L95 and the anti tank gun, but I also had all the other unlocks available to me. Perhaps in the new patch they've made it so that you get an unlock on your first promotion?

[spitsfreeman]

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i just got the 2 unlocks woot woot and an empty placeholder, which like a noob i clicked by mistake, darn i could have have a free unlock lol

[xpnl]

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Hmm now we have to choose what weapon to unlock???
Help :)

[Mystic-Ghost]

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Is it true that only players with SF get the 2 unlocks?

[rombaft]

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already been posted here

[r0uJe]

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i chose the blackhawk's chaingun as my unlock. you?

[Auto-ER-]

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What if you've chosen to unlock the placeholders ? I knew what the next unlocks would be so I simply selected both of them (Awp and P90) even though there was no data: what happens now ?

Nothing, it is just them test the new unlocks in their enviroment so when the patch comes out, eveything will be working.

Don't people read anymore?

[The_Misfit]

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At this point, you could add about five more stickies and you wouldn't be able to tell.

Maybe I should bump my thread about stickies up, or make a thread aimed at the mods and give them a link to that one lol.

I'll join u in the cause IV.... How about a "stickies" sub-forum ffs :)


And nice, got 2 unlocks last night after the server we were in reset, nice to know what was up.....

[Lazy8s]

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http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54757

[SaladFork]

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I appreciate you guys informing me of the other thread, but at least check the timestamps before you make yourselves look stupid.

My thread was created over an hour before the other person made theirs. THEY should have seen mine and not posted, not the other way around.

~Salad