Battlefield 4 mission challenges players to collect 10 million dog tags in one week

Sharpen up those knives, Battlefield 4 players.

The first DICE Community Mission began today and it challenges players to collectively grab 10,000,000 dog tags using melee attacks by February 11 at 8 a.m. PDT, the developer announced on its website today.

The mission is available across all platforms, and if it is completed in time, all participating players will receive a gold battlepack on February 20. You can track mission progress on Battlelog through the "Missions" tab."

Electronic Arts announced last month that February would be "Battlefield 4 Player Appreciation Month," featuring Community Missions like the one now underway, as well as a double XP weekend and other freebies. The move is a make-good effort for the game's dramatic server woes that plagued the game at launch, but have dissipated considerably since.

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