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I think you misunderstood one of the key things that people hated about the squad composition with only 4 specialists. The REAL problem is they will always look the same, both friend and enemy. DICE has not said a word about how we can change the look of our player characters and that worries me. In Battlefield: V, every single player looked different. Everyone had their own unique look. Yeah, sometime there were two players who were the same hot Japanese ladies with katanas, sure, but it was all in good fun. The way the open beta played, it was like there were 20 hot Japanese ladies all with katanas swarming a single point. ALL of the messaging from DICE/EA thus far has not even given a SINGLE clue what/if there will be any visual character customization for the player. I don't know how EA and DICE feel, but to me, the messaging around player visual customization has been non-existent. I don't want to play with a specialist and I never will. I want to be able to unlock the things that I want to use and then use then on my own custom character. The specialist system is just trying to mimic all the other games like Apex and COD. Battlefield could rise above that noise and be truly unique and give players COMPLETE control over how they look in/play the game. There should be NO benefit to choosing a specialist other than it being an exclusive skin. If I want to use a sniper rifle and have a grappling hook and look like a cross between Vin Diesel and a stork, then so be it! Stop trying to force specialists on us and just let us be our own character with as many customization options as humanly possible. If some of those options are paid options, so be it!