[quote name='Smart Aleck']Also, Epic is NOT going to scan profiles to see who boosted to 100 and who did not.[/QUOTE]Which, frankly, they shouldn't since the rank system was add so late into the shuffle and, well, I known a number of people who lost their rank just because of save glitches and had to start all over again.
But like I said previously... I think the veteran rewards could/should be better and without a doubt think them devaluing the gold weapons is a huge disservice to those who had already earned them.