@Kona_uk Dice haven't done this since BF4 and even BF4 had significant changes compared to BF3 (weapons were very different, levolution etc.)
Actually a big problem has been that Dice changes too many things from game to game and they often implement stupid changes (specialists, tornadoes, behemoths, special classes, V1-rockets, the list is long).
This time we need a lot of changes, making a 2042 version 2 would be a disaster for the franchise and could end up killing the game.
That said, nerfing McKay is a good thing and it should have been done a long time ago. This could lead to a long road of nerfs of other specialist (some other specialist will be abused instead). Perhaps the game ends up being 'playable' when Dice stops supporting the game...