Operation Hastings confirmed
Written by Paul
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04 December 2010
DICE have released some tantalising information about a fifth map for their upcoming Bad Company 2: Vietnam expansion. The map is a remake from Battlefield: Vietnam, and is entitled 'Operation Hastings'. However, the new map is not available initially. Rather, DICE have decided to have the community work together to achieve a goal. The scape of this goal is enormous, however, and will likely take quite some time to fulfil. So, ready to find out how to earn this new map? Read on.
You need to perform 69,000,000 Team Actions, alongside the rest of the community. That is not a typo. 69,000,000. Sixty-nine million. These actions consist of:
- Revive: When using the 'Medic' class, revive downed team mates.
- Resupply: When playing as an 'Assault' class, give team mates ammo by dropping an ammo crate.
- Heal: When playing as a 'Medic', toss a health box on the ground and heal up a wounded comrade.
- Spot: When playing as any class, 'spot' a team mate. The button used to do so varies between console, though on console, the 'Back' or 'Select button is used'.
- Repair: When a friendly vehicle is damaged, the Engineer should repair it, in order to receive this Team Action.
Team Actions are counted from December 21st 2010 onwards. To make this enormous task easier, Team Actions are counted across all three platforms and both Bad Company 2, as well as Vietnam. However, the task itself is still incredibly large, and the community must complete it to experience the fifth map online. You may remember that Battlefield 1943 used the same 'community challenge' system. However, the challenge was not as large - to earn the fifth map in 1943, the community was tasked with achieving 43,000,000 kills.
Now, who's up for getting to 69,000,000 Team Actions? It's definitely not going to be easy to do, but the speed at which the community may achieve this goal could be surprising. Even DICE were apparently surprised at the speed the community earned 'Coral Sea' in Battlefield 1943. In fact, this might be the reason the challenge is so difficult - how long will it take? Do your bit in the fight for 'Operation Hastings', and start playing Bad Company 2: Vietnam when it releases on December 21st, on Xbox LIVE and the PSN Store. PC players get to enjoy the Vietnam DLC prematurely, on the 18th, though they should note that their Team Actions will not be counted until the 21st.
'Harvest Day 2.0', as it has been nicknamed by DICE, is soon to be releasing in their critically acclaimed first person shooter, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. As expected, the map has been graphically enhanced to take full advantage of the upgraded Frostbite 2.0 engine. The newer engine will allow players to take buildings down completely, unlike in the original title, where buildings remained standing regardless of the damage they had sustained. The redesigned map is heavily vehicle oriented, with heavy tanks, quads, and other vehicles present.
Heavy Metal is one of, if not, the largest maps available in Battlefield: Bad Company 2. The map is taken directly from the mission of the same name, and is restricted to the area where players combat Russian T90 tanks aboard American M1 Abrams. Regretfully however, the map is Conquest exclusive, so Rush players may need to try out the mode to experience the new surroundings.
