Special Forces Tier 2 Unlocks [Archive]

sphera

11-22-2005, 02:33 PM

Copied from EA.COM:

* Scar-L for Spec Ops
* G36E for Medic
* F2000 (w/ grenade launcher) for Assault
* MP7 for Engineer
* MG36 for Support

Anyone save some unlocks?

WarMachineAE

11-22-2005, 02:51 PM

Well dangit, I hate my life now. I should be getting one, once I get a few more badges... we'll see how things go!

sphera

11-22-2005, 06:19 PM

It would be cool if EA would award each of a single "respec" like in MMORPGs since the expansion changes the whole dynamics of the unlocks entirely since there are more guns than unlocks now.

Also, a friend got another unlock for some reason, it seems like they have changed the ranking system AGAIN ;)

Rajun Cajun

11-22-2005, 06:22 PM

Also, a friend got another unlock for some reason, it seems like they have changed the ranking system AGAIN ;)

Heard the same thing from another forum. One guy had 8500 global points and received an additional 3 unlocks.

Redy

11-22-2005, 06:36 PM

I got three, nothing for AT?

DigitalBacon

11-22-2005, 07:51 PM

You probably get more unlocks for having certain badges/ribbons/medals i bet.

Tykwer

11-23-2005, 12:05 AM

i got three, BUT i can't use them.

Father Goose

11-23-2005, 12:27 AM

I can only choose the unlocked weapons when I play BF2. That is f***ing sweet. I pay $30 for an expansion, and I don't even get new unlocks! Hurray! I have nothing to work for in the new game then. It's pretty much night vision, new maps, and the most irritating coughing sound EVER put in a video game.

Yeah, it's cool to be a medic and use the Spec Ops gun....wouldn't it be cooler if I could do that in my brand new game? Those sons of bizzatches.

sphera

11-23-2005, 01:04 AM

Finally got home and patched and installed everything. I have 1 unlock left but couldn't unlock my tier 2 weapons.

Maybe I have to start playing a SF map first?

Answering my own question, why yes, it takes a little while for SF to get fully activated. After my 2nd or 3rd round after installing SF, I got 2 extra unlocks @ 5k pts and tried out the G36E medic rifle.

Too bad they didn't copy the scope from the real life specs but I guess you cant have one of the best assault rifles -and- a scope ;)

redish16

11-23-2005, 02:28 AM

I am pretty sure the unlocks are to play with on vanilla BF2 servers, not Special Forces. Papasan got his and when he got out and joined a vanilla server, they could be chosen there. But not SF.

Father Goose

11-23-2005, 02:46 AM

Aaahh. A correction. You CAN play the 2nd tier weapons on SOME maps- I think it depends on which side you use. That makes me just as upset. What is the point of a weapons unlock if you can't use it when you want?

[mAd]Dr.Death

11-23-2005, 04:07 AM

From what I've read on various forums, and the official EA message from the 1.12 patch, the tier 2 unlocks are only there so you can use them in plain old regular battlefield 2 servers. I got the 1.12 patch, and I haven't run into but one person using a new weapon, it was that f2000, though I never ran into the person on the map.

Now I don't get special forces till tonight, USP usually seems to get my packages here anywhere from 7 to 9 pm, does anyone else get their ups packages that late?

Yep, the questions I have right now are these.

Are there unlocks you can use inside of the Special Forces game?
Is that free tshirt pretty cool?
If someone in vanilla bf2 drops a SF weapon, can you pick it up and use it? Because I would imagine so
And lastly, does playing SF count towards your global points for your ranking?

No, don't bother answering those, that's threadjacking. But I should have the answers after tomorrow night.

sphera

11-23-2005, 04:15 AM

We need RajunCajun to unlock the new support rifle and comment on the MG36 before I use up 2 unlocks to get there.

DigitalBacon

11-23-2005, 04:48 AM

[quote="[mAd]Dr.Death"],
If someone in vanilla bf2 drops a SF weapon, can you pick it up and use it? Because I would imagine so
quote]

Yeah I did this, and I don't even have SF installed...pretty cool!

DinkyPoopStick

11-23-2005, 08:43 AM

I already have all the old unlocks and all the new unlocks except for the new support.
:yaya:

aC.50|B>

11-23-2005, 08:56 AM

DinkyPoopStick

11-23-2005, 08:59 AM

2 unlocks left... stuck between the medic 2nd tier, the spec ops 2nd tier, and the support 2nd tier... (already got the FN2k, its too uber not to)

i'll probably get the spec/medic guns, but does anyone know if the MG32 owns for support?
I am not telling you what you should take, but loooking at the picture of the spec ops unlock, it has a Red Dot sight which i really like, which is why I took that. But I haven't used it yet.

kippendrecht

11-23-2005, 09:20 AM

how can u get unlocks now? bc it's gonna take ages for me to get an higher rank, or can u just earn them like an badge?

DinkyPoopStick

11-23-2005, 09:38 AM

how can u get unlocks now? bc it's gonna take ages for me to get an higher rank, or can u just earn them like an badge?
your rank carries over and you get unlocks for both game with your rank.
to say that in a different wat to cut down on confusion...
If youget to the 2nd lvl in BF2, you get an unlock for BF2 AND for SF. so you get 2 unlocks per lvl now. BUT you do have to log into SF and kill a couple people for your rank to catch up to where it should be.... it is alot like when they redid ranks and everyone was getting a bunch of ranks and unlocks right away.

papasan9

11-23-2005, 09:44 AM

i got on sf server and got right back out because i wanted to tweak my resolution and it automatically gave me 4 unlocks, which go toward bf2 only. so i guess no new unlocks for sf. that is dissappointing.

the play was fun however. am still waiting for mods.

aC.50|B>

11-23-2005, 01:20 PM

yeah i had to play, then i got 4 unlocks, the good thing is is that youre allowed to still get remaining 1st tier if you want, the only first tier i didnt have was assault, but i actually wanted the F2000 after using it in SF, so i used my first 2 on the G3 and F2000... still havent decided on the other 2, no rush though :)

sphera

11-23-2005, 02:51 PM

I already have all the old unlocks and all the new unlocks except for the new support.
:yaya:

What rank are you ? I need a goal ;)

DinkyPoopStick

11-23-2005, 03:02 PM

GorroXXII

11-23-2005, 03:15 PM

I already have all the old unlocks and all the new unlocks except for the new support.
:yaya:

What rank are you ? I need a goal ;)
I'm a 1st Sgt.
kinda that needs all the badges before you make rank..... BTW I had all my badges pre 103 when it took work and meant something.

*golf clap*... what kind of cookie would you like :P

DinkyPoopStick

11-23-2005, 03:40 PM

*golf clap*... what kind of cookie would you like :P
the kind that reminds you all that I am indeed better then all of you :yaya:

[W33T] JimmytehHand8

11-23-2005, 03:43 PM

so now I want to get Special Forces if not only for the new unlocks :yaya:

Redy

11-23-2005, 04:07 PM

I unlocked the Scar-L for spec ops

But it won't give it to me in game. It shows unlocked in BFHQ.

Anyone else have this problem, or did I miss something.

monos

11-23-2005, 04:09 PM

I unlocked the Scar-L for spec ops

But it won't give it to me in game. It shows unlocked in BFHQ.

Anyone else have this problem, or did I miss something.

it is sounding like they only work in bf2 not SF but i have seen people say that it only comes up if you play for the army that uses that weapon you unlock

ICameISaw

11-23-2005, 04:11 PM

So I'm a First Sergant...will I get more 6 unlocks?

Redy

11-23-2005, 04:21 PM

Yeah it works in Bf2, I guess you gotta get a certain amount of points on SF before it becomes available.

Rufus_J_Squirrel

11-23-2005, 09:54 PM

So - what we're saying here is that you CAN use your newly unlocked weapons in San Francisco but only after you've played for a while? I unlocked the G36 whatever medic gun and then, strangely, it offered to let me unlocked the MP7 and said it was a medic gun. I didn't unlock it b/c I had just unlocked the G36 whatever (which I played w/ earlier on the regular BF2 server and it was pretty coo) and wanted some time to mess around w/ it. Might the MP7 have been the gun I would get to use in San Francisco? Why do they make this so ridiculously confusing?

aC.50|B>

11-23-2005, 10:14 PM

So I'm a First Sergant...will I get more 6 unlocks?
4... i'm also a FS

after playing a few rounds of SF and then going back to the menu i got prompted for my choices... still have a few to make though.

and for the last time, as people seem to not get it... the 2nd tier unlocks are STANDARD GUNS in SF, when you unlock them you are making them available in vanilla BF2, if you are playing SF you only get those guns when playing the corresponding factions.

also... does anyone know if the RPG7 does more damage than all the other AT weapons? because it rightly should... its freakin unguided, and yes i know theyre unguided in real life, but how do you have EVERY other AT missile have guidance, and take one away... it better be more powerful. i cant snipe moving infantry or adjust for moving vehicles as Rebels... which sucks :P

DigitalBacon

11-23-2005, 10:17 PM

Installing now :thumbsup:

sphera

11-24-2005, 12:18 AM

I already have all the old unlocks and all the new unlocks except for the new support.
:yaya:

What rank are you ? I need a goal ;)
I'm a 1st Sgt.
kinda that needs all the badges before you make rank..... BTW I had all my badges pre 103 when it took work and meant something.

Did 1.03 drop down the requirements for the badges?

1.03 sure makes getting the repair badges harder... seems like forever while repairing before you get a point these days.

deathcar

11-24-2005, 01:08 AM

I admit this is kinda lame. Why would anyone want to buy a expansion pack whose main features apply to the original game? Thats just plain wierd. I really go by what I said earlier, this patch would have been WAY cooler if they just made it a true expansion to BF2 where the game is added onto instead of seperated... I really like BF2 and I'm afraid this seperation of senario is only going to weaken the game as a whole instead of making it better. I would really love to see EA/Dice patch this game and make everything one. Thats my biggest complaint.

Paul30

11-24-2005, 01:28 AM

the kind that reminds you all that I am indeed better then all of you :yaya:

Where is your "Distinguished Service Medal"??? yea thats what I thought...you slacker...get back in there and put some time into the game...then come back when you can really impress me... :flipoff:

Bonez

11-24-2005, 01:32 AM

*golf clap*... what kind of cookie would you like :P
the kind that reminds you all that I am indeed better then all of you :yaya:don't stroke your *explicit* too hard, it might fall off or make a mess.

:hehehe:

kippendrecht

11-24-2005, 02:47 AM

I would really love to see EA/Dice patch this game and make everything one. Thats my biggest complaint.

I'm sure they do, but before they have it completed we have to wait a few months :hehehe: :upyours:

[W33T]STL-JY1

11-24-2005, 04:30 PM

I gotta admit that EA did a nice job of marketing sf by allowing those people who purchased SF to use the New Unlocks on normal BF2 servers. After it was first released, some peps who had bought sf were on the WiH server, and I was more interested in picking up their kits then actually playing the game. Ultimately, that is the sole reason I decided to pony up the 30 bones and get SF.

StevenNevets

11-24-2005, 10:59 PM

Special Forces Unlocks
Take note, in order to unlock these, you must first have unlocked the base Battlefield 2 weapons for that kit (for example: to be get the F2000 the user must first unlock the G3).
Scar-L for Spec Ops
G36E for Medic
F2000 (w/ grenade launcher) for Assault
MP7 for Engineer
MG36 for Support

All Special Forces unlocks may be played on the original game and players without Special Forces may pick up the new kit and receive the gun but other than the guns and the flashbang no new items or vehicles are avalible on Vannila servers. However certain unlocks may only be used on certain forces of Special Forces.

*Ranks/Score decide how many unlocks a player will receive just for purchase of Special Forces, the formula is not certain yet, however most players will receive 2-4 unlocks*

Topic headshotted :sniper:

ICameISaw

11-25-2005, 11:59 AM

Tykwer

11-25-2005, 12:47 PM

... does anyone know if the RPG7 does more damage than all the other AT weapons? because it rightly should... its freakin unguided, and yes i know theyre unguided in real life, but how do you have EVERY other AT missile have guidance, and take one away... it better be more powerful. i cant snipe moving infantry or adjust for moving vehicles as Rebels... which sucks :P

Have you ever been duck hunting? You need to lead them a little. In the Desert Combat mod of 1942, there were no guided AT rockets. Learn to lead.

also i know in the first 10 yards or so of its trajectory it drops a little. i learned this cause i was trying to hit an apc while hiding behind a low wall and it would just crash into the wall if i was aiming at the apc.

tippmann101

11-25-2005, 10:16 PM

ya because when u shoot the rockets jet doesnt engauge inside of the sraw shell. it is pushed out and the the jet is ingauged. there hence the drom in altitude

Supafly2005

11-26-2005, 07:57 AM

sphera

11-28-2005, 05:06 AM

Okay, I already unlocked the PKM for Support, but I dont see the MG36 in my unlocks list. I became Staff Sergant, and I saved the unlock for the MG36.

Do I have to buy SF just to get the new unlocks? I'm only playing BF2 1.12 right now

Yes, you have to buy SF just to get the new unlocks for use with BF2 maps. You can, however, pick up the MG36 kit if you're lucky enough w/o the SF expansion.

aC.50|B>

11-28-2005, 08:41 AM

i know how to lead, i loved 1942 and DC, the issue is balance and capabilities, i dont just try to hit armor... theres no challenge there, if its a tank, i always go for the treads, if its an apc, i'm always maneuvering to the rear, with the RPG there really isnt time to take aiming for the treads, its just a matter of making contact, which can take up to 4 shots on a tank, with the SRAW/ERYX i have them burning in 2, at worst 3.

again it probably will just take time, it does seem like the RPG is a little faster than the other rockets, but even against infantry at a distance, the guided rocket was my savior against snipers and such, its almost impossible to accurately hit infantry at a distance with the RPG7.