maybe they could rename it “REDEPLOYED”. That probably sounds nicer and won’t hurt feelings. You’ve been redeployed to a new team 👍 (one that doesn’t wanna PTO) Also, why does my tank pull extremely hard (left or right) when I switch aim between inside/3rd person view. That’s just whacked up

@NazT55 Was just going to post about this, but ya beat me to it 🙂I gotta say that I emphatically disagree with not having a kick/ban option.It isn't "Squad Management" if you don't include the tools necessary to "manage" your squad.

@Ironhead841 wrote:@NazT55 Was just going to post about this, but ya beat me to it 🙂I gotta say that I emphatically disagree with not having a kick/ban option.It isn't "Squad Management" if you don't include the tools necessary to "manage" your squad.You do wonder why they can't just bring back the Squad Management we had in previous BF's rather than a limtied cut down version.

What I read is, we don't want to hurt someone's feelings because they get booted from a squad so we are not going to allow that option. Instead, we will make it more different for those that want to play together by having you create a new squad with a new reservation system. What a joke. In all my years/hours playing this series of games I've never felt like the kick system was abused. Add this to the list of things that make us want to quit playing.

@Calhoun0 wrote: I remember exactly how awful Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 were when you could be kicked from a squad. There were always players who refused to PTFO who weren't in squads. Surely, this is because they were kicked from squads, not because they just don't care about PTFO. I should have tried to invite them into my squad more often to help them out, that would have gotten them to PTFO for sure! You know what would be better than having squadless people not PTFO? Having all those squadless non-contributing players in squads not PTFO, occupying a slot or slots which could go to people who want to PTFO. That way, you've got a half dozen non-cohesive squads instead of a bunch of cohesive, focused squads. This makes sure non-contributing players don't feel left out. They deserve the right to be able to use the other contributing PTFO players in their squad as a spawn point to get them into better or more convenient positions to snipe from, because walking or driving from the uncap or nearest point to find a nice place to camp is just too hard. You know, the way it is right now. @Calhoun0 You could be kicked from squad in BF1 and I think in BFV as well so this isn't a request for a return from the old days that we haven't seen since the '00s, it's a current piece of squad management being intentionally left out of a modern game. There are valid reasons to kick people from squad such as he doesn't stick with the squad giving you a 25% penalty to your combat effectiveness, you're friend was coming but the rando beat him to the squad, or he's being toxic and you want him out. There are far more benefits to having a kick feature than drawbacks.

The inability to kick people from your squad or to make it private is not helping PTFOingIf anything it keeps us open to intentional or unintentional game-play molestation/harassment by strangers towards players with a more specialized playstyle such as chopper duos.Dearest Straatford, please be a dear pass to the relevant people that they should focus on "think" (insert "think mark" meme) instead of "feel" 😉 This is not the girls math class from the Simpsons. This is Battlefield.

If EA doesn’t want to “KICK” people

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Ai-Fluffy
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Yes I would like the ability to redeploy useless* squad mates.
What is a good PC word for useless?
ForumUser
3 years ago
@CLEMSONU

Squad management tools are coming with season 5 -- then you can kick players from your squad. I think I even saw some mock up that showed this feature (if you would call this as I would consider this very basic functionality) and you can even 'ban' players (not sure what this means -- maybe to ensure they will never be placed in your squad ever again?).
ForumUser
3 years ago
@CLEMSONU

Found it: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/Squad-Management-is-coming-in-Season-5/m-p/12555160/highlight/true#M170741

It was even posted here on the forums.
NazT55
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
DICE: Battlefield 2042 Squad Kick & Ban Options Not Going to Be Implemented Since It Doesn’t Promote “Healthy PTFO Behavior”
Ironhead841
Hero
3 years ago
@NazT55
Was just going to post about this, but ya beat me to it 🙂
I gotta say that I emphatically disagree with not having a kick/ban option.
It isn't "Squad Management" if you don't include the tools necessary to "manage" your squad.
ForumUser
3 years ago
@NazT55

Thank you for posting this. It is really hard to believe how little Dice themselves now understand what are the basic elements of such a core feature like squad management are.

It's not that you can't kick someone now, you just create a new squad and have all your friend join that one again. Accomplishes EXACTLY the same thing, but with more clicks and with 3 players having to do the clicking instead of just the squad leader.

And if you use a kick feature to remove a player from your squad that is NOT PTFOing to make room for someone who is (or might be), then why is this not promoting PTFO they are talking about?
RayD_O1
Hero
3 years ago
@Ironhead841 wrote:
@NazT55
Was just going to post about this, but ya beat me to it 🙂
I gotta say that I emphatically disagree with not having a kick/ban option.
It isn't "Squad Management" if you don't include the tools necessary to "manage" your squad.
You do wonder why they can't just bring back the Squad Management we had in previous BF's rather than a limtied cut down version.
AlkaniusRUS
3 years ago
The bad news is, this random squad selection is DICE's worst decision ever. Most of all, it infuriates when you transfer to the passenger seat on the vehicle to repair the helicopter, LOL respawns on you which merge the helicopter.
UP_Hawxxeye
Legend
3 years ago
The inability to kick people from your squad or to make it private is not helping PTFOing
If anything it keeps us open to intentional or unintentional game-play molestation/harassment by strangers towards players with a more specialized playstyle such as chopper duos.
Dearest Straatford, please be a dear pass to the relevant people that they should focus on "think" (insert "think mark" meme) instead of "feel" 😉 This is not the girls math class from the Simpsons. This is Battlefield.
Calhoun0
3 years ago
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