Dice/EA.. Let’s produce a Game that

Most of the fans anticipated another militaristic shooter, not a simulator as ARMA or Squad. Highly tactical game, at least in Conquest. The next-generation game should include finally a modern militaristic feel to it.

The lobby is great for HZ and BR but not really for a custom experience. No rental servers, no server browser automatically translates to no communities and smaller long-term player base also. No VoIP, no global chat. No scoreboard that would help me to establish a decent player, join his squad and learn. No ability to verify if I`m making any progress with the Statistics Page. No platoons with clan tags... I mean really, how am I supposed to be engaged after getting all the weapon unlocks on the XP farms? Lobby with AI is another downside. No incentive with 4+ people to play BF2042 with the current lobby as the ultimate solution. 16 player lobby won`t replace dedicated servers as in previous BFs.

Classes - another aspect greatly anticipated by the majority of the fanbase that is gone, well-structured classes. Squad Management has been limited - no control over my Squad or with mates. No admin tools to shape the teams in small clan vs clan friendly matches, not to mention the competitive aspect. These are the things that enormously made Conquest less enjoyable (at least for me), right now the mode feels like "Free for All" mode with some flags located here and there. With commander mode and the view from above like the RTS game, the battlefield felt 10x better with the highly tactical approach in 2005. Communication was the key back in the day. Commander mode was a letdown in 2013.

Vehicular gameplay is a misstep. Back in the day, almost every flag used to have vehicles, something worth fighting for. The control over the flags was not only beneficial spawn-wise and ticket-wise. Little birds and Hovercrafts on every map... I`m speechless.

Right now players are dealing with the army of clones not on one side but both. Sometimes it`s hard to process whos friendly and who`s the foe. This aspect of the game ruins immersion immediately. I can`t say I prefer some of the abilities of the Specialists and I don`t enjoy them for the most part. I anticipated a strong emphasis on gunplay. Not the ability to travel across the map on the wingsuit, get behind enemy lines and drop c5 in the mid-air. McKay may get quickly on the other side of the obstacle with his hook. Armor shards change TTK but the movement and weight of the players remain the same! This for me ruins the game flow a bit also. Specialists are so warm-hearted I am almost willing to hug them each time rather than fight against them. One-liners are only cringe-worthy, don`t add anything to the game. Specialists only emanate as a source of income that in fact have a rather negative impact on the game flow - this is my biased opinion. How many times nade-spam has been discussed - Sundance. Paik has got ESP/wallhack ability. Boris turret has got similar ability. Constantin is almost a universal soldier. Hero shooter instead of battlefield-wise experience.

The only, only reason why I have been playing BF so far was the platoon/clan/community aspect. Highly customizable permanent servers. Tactical aspects of the game. Those 3 pillars are gone so the verdict is obvious 2/10.