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#3430569 - 11/10/11 04:55 AM Bug?  
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When starting a new game I sometimes have my upgrades and sometimes not and usually the next round I don't have any upgrades.

I don't even have the M4AI which is a starting weapon.

Anyone seen this before?

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#3430780 - 11/10/11 02:32 PM Re: Bug? [Re: December]  
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Dec, I think part of what you are experiencing is the difference between how unlocks work in BF3 vs. BFBC2.

Unlike BFBC2, the starting guns in BF3 are side-specific. The M4A1 is the starting gun for the US engineer. Anytime you play as Russian, you will not have access to that gun. This is by design and working as intended. Any subsequently unlocked weapons will be available to both sides, and later on you can actually unlock the M4A1 on the Russian side, too.

Also unlike BFBC2, the weapon upgrades are gun-specific. So if you unlock a new holo sight for your M4A1, it will ONLY be available for that weapon, and no others. You acquire upgrades for a particular gun by getting kills with that gun. You never lose those upgrades, but when you unlock a new weapon, you essentially start from scratch with it.

To see how you are progressing in weapon and upgrade unlocks, log into Battlelog, click stats at the top, then click Weapons & Equipment. You can then click on specific weapons on the right side and see what you've got coming for upgrades.


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#3430782 - 11/10/11 02:34 PM Re: Bug? [Re: December]  
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Sometimes my weapon attachments will become un-attached but I still have them and just need re-attaching but not disappearing altogether.


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#3430805 - 11/10/11 03:02 PM Re: Bug? [Re: December]  
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Thanks for that explanation fatty, I was unaware that the game works this way.

I always thought that it was stupid being able to use US weapons on the other side, it made no difference if you were East or West, which is why it never occurred to me to think it mattered which side I was on.
tbh I never realize which side I am on LOL.

#3431299 - 11/11/11 12:05 AM Re: Bug? [Re: December]  
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I was just wondering, are mines also unlocked depending on sides? I also lose the use of them too.


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