Battlefield Veteran

'Battlefield Veteran is a rewards scheme for owners of previous Battlefield games. It is currently calculated by adding all the owners register Battlefield games together minus one. this does not include demos, betas, expansions and boosters.

Battlefield 2142
Battlefield 2142 was the first example of the veteran programme where a user could save their Battlefield 2 name in Battlefield 2142 and receive a red number "2" by their name in 2142. Although this reward is now retired.

Battlefield: Bad Company
Battlefield: Bad Company was the first game to feature the new veteran reward system, it started with the Find All Five inititive where players who registered their previous Battlefield games on the veteran.battlefield.comwebsite would unlock the F2000 Belgian Assault Rifle available for multiplayer in game use. The players "Veteran Rank", which was the amount of previous Battlefield games they had registered, was displayed on the scoreboard and leaderboards.

Battlefield 1943
Battlefield was the second game to use the veteran reward system although there was no actual in-game reward other than the players "Veteran Rank" being display on the scoreboard and leaderboards. Since the games release there has been numerous problems with the players "Veteran Rank" where on the scoreboard and leaderboard the players veteran rank is not displayed properly this issue still exists as well as Battlefield players being unable to register Battlefield 1943 on the veteran.battlefield.com website both of these issues are reported to be fixed in the near future for Battlefield: Bad Company 2's release.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was the third game feature the new veteran reward system. Players who had played two previous Battlefield games are rewarded with the M1 Garand which they can be used for multiplayer in game. Along with a new game EA and DICE launched an updated veteran website battlefieldbadcompany2.com/veteran. This made it easier to register previous games although Battlefield 1943 is still unable to be registered via the veteran website although there are reports that you can get EA Support to add it manually. The "Veteran Rank" like Battlefield 1943 still does not display properly in the game's scoreboard although it now display properly on the leaderboards.