Also, even Alpha players didn't get to see the real effects of veterancy (unless someone reverse engineered it). Vet 3 snipers didn't turn into soulless death machines, like they do in CoH, if my info is right.
actually, if his mate gets sniped, he becomes super angry and super strong... he not only gets 1000% accuracy and 1000% damage, but also shoots 10 times as fast, gets elite heroic king tiger armor and also gets sight of the entire map
i love how dayz and other mods have really brought more attention to the flashpoint/arma series... got all of the games on release or shortly after... all of them are awesome and deserved all this attention earlier.