


This veteran program was supposedly disabled soon after the release of Battlefield 2142, but the online registration form still worked several months after, although some buttons had been removed. This feature was eventually made available for every player but was very buggy and rarely worked. Veterans also received a "laughing" feature in Battlefield 2 which gave players the option to allow their characters to audibly laugh when spotting a dead enemy that they just killed. Battlefield 2142 was the first example of the veteran program where a user could save their Battlefield 2 name in Battlefield 2142 and receive a red number "2" by their name in the game, as well as gain an immediate rank-up, subsequently awarding a free unlock point as well (which could be stacked with free unlock points from other pre-order bonuses).
