From what I understand, with this new patch, all those who played the Northern strike beta and received unlocks, now has them with this new patch. the only unlock i've heard about is the sqawn beacon. if you have the northern strike beacon, you will now spawn 6 seconds faster than those who did not play the beta :s

is this true?

no. all the NS unlocks from beta players were taken away 2 days ago. also, the spawn beacon time-thing still seems buggy...when i had my unlocks from NS, it only changed my man-down time, not my spawn time, so i was was just not-reviveable for 5 extra seconds.

According to EA's NS site the spawn beacon timelimit only applies to players in your squad, not you as the squad leader.

At least that is how I read it...

Time limit only applies to the squad, not the squad leader.