From the EA UK forums, a DICE member relayed answers to some community questions: 
http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/battlefield-bad-company-2-pc/1213608-cm-questionnaire-3.html#post16481994

I just received the answers and here they are:

1- why was the AT4 nerfed?
Demize99 is on semester at the moment so we need to ask him when he gets back. (not for public) (The person who can answer this is currently on vacation).

2- is the chatbox bug going to be adressed soon?
We know this has been an issue and we are looking into bugs within the last patch including the chatbox issue.

3- what are the ETA´s on the mode packs release?
The map pack release dates will be announced prior to their release for each pack usually at 16:00'clock upon the days of release.

4- does DICE plans to release any new maps at all? and when?
DICE is releasing map packs with new game modes on already existing maps. Vietnam will bring new maps to Bad Company 2.

5- is the all bronze star insignias requirements an error that needs to be adressed or will we have to buy the SPECACT to get them?
It is a bug within the game and SPECACT isn’t required to obtain the insignias. We had to remove SPECACT from the patch due to it was causing problems but we are looking to add it as soon as we locate the problem.

6-is the removal of the revive inv. beeing considered still or is forgotten?
This is something we are investigating on how to best implement a new system for reviving with invulnerability removed.

7- scopes on G3 and M14? yes or no once and for all?
We are receiving many questions about this and Demize99 has already explained they won’t be in there anytime soon and is constantly under review.

8 - How is DICE going to deal with the leaked server files.Will they officially release them,bring down the modified servers or just do nothing?
We are aware of this and are urging everyone not to play on those servers. We are working on bringing down the leaked servers already. Server files will not be officially released.

9 - wasn´t the friends list suposed to be increased to 100 in this last patch?if yes an ETA on the fix?
This is a backend stability limit. When the game released we needed to keep the load down by limiting friends to 20. We may increase the limit in the future but this hasn’t been confirmed yet.

10 - wasn´t the G3 suposed to return to its former glory in the 1.03 patch?is it going to be corrected? when?
There were no plans to return the G3 to what it was but to balance it more with other guns.

11 - any chance of getting friendly mine indicators on the gadget or the mini map like the c4 has?
It is something we haven’t considered adding but is a possible addition in the future. We however don't know when this will happen. 

They'll have to be 4-6 new maps to get me interested in buying vietnam by the time it rolls around

Shame, hopefully Vietnam is only like $15 and comes with enough new maps.

I don't think that really counts as "paying for maps", considering Vietnam is a full expansion pack with new vehicles, weapons, skins etc. I probably won't still be playing by the time Vietnam is released, but it will definitly get me back onto it.
 
Also I seem to remember hearing 4 new maps, but that might be wrong.

" @Pie: Alternatively, would you accept 3 new maps plus the various game modes on those maps? "

Haha its kind of funny, that guy didnt really answer any questions, he just said its a possability, or we are looking into it. 

Well, thanks for the info, as someone who plays tens of hours of BC2 per week I thought it was pretty interesting. A lot of these are questions I had myself.
 
I think DICE did a good job designing their maps (except Nelson Fucking Bay), so I'm not as bored as everybody else seems to be. I can certainly wait until Vietnam for new maps.

I wont be playing BC2 until the Vietnam maps come out anyway.
 
Hopefully they'll go as far Battlefield Vietnam style as possible, I want to be able to put down spike pits and use tunnels as spawn points. Better have as awesome a soundtrack as BV as well

Do we even know if Vietnam will be compatible with the regular BC2 multiplayer? I hope the maps at least work with regular BC2 so we don't have to switch servers/modes to play with any from of variety. Very disappointed DICE.

" @Pie: Alternatively, would you accept 3 new maps plus the various game modes on those maps? "

All I read was a bunch of "We're working on it, and we don't know at this point" bullshit. They answered nothing. I love DICE, but they are coming off as incredibly lazy and incompetent with BC2.

" @FrankCanada97 said:

" @Pie: Alternatively, would you accept 3 new maps plus the various game modes on those maps? "

Im only interested in Rush, conquest on consoles feels a bit too unpopulated for me "

" fuck. that. "

That's a bummer

It's weird that you say that. DICE hasn't released a single new map since the game came out. All they've done is make a majority of the maps available in one of the other game modes and called it a map pack.

It wouldn't be such a problem if the maps that came with the game weren't so shoddy.  People that play Battlefield want Battlefield-style maps.  These ones are all way too narrow.

Ugh. The maps in BC2 are pretty good so I'm not really annoyed but basically we're going to be paying for maps. New vehicles/modes will come along it with like the 2142/BF2 expansions. 
 
I just would LOVE to know if the LAG on the east coast servers is fixed.

" Ugh. The maps in BC2 are pretty good so I'm not really annoyed but basically we're going to be paying for maps. New vehicles/modes will come along it with like the 2142/BF2 expansions.  I just would LOVE to know if the LAG on the east coast servers is fixed. "

Ah well, I always found it interesting to try different game modes on maps previously locked to another mode. Arica Harbour on Conquest is one of my favourites because I've given up on Rush due to the sheer uselesness of nearly every player I have on my team in Rush. More maps anyway is always good (then again Im likely to buy a map pack for Bad Company 2 regardless)