Players who don't actually want to play.

I only play conquest, and I generally only snipe or use vehicles to blow stuff up. So, in essence, I am literally the type of player the OP hates.

So why don't I play as I "should"? Because DICE made this game absolutely painful for people to 'play' what they want to. By the time I'm in a map I want to be in, I'm already pretty annoyed having spent 20 minutes "cycling" through Conquest to find the map I want to play. When I do, no one revives, no one medics, nobody talks to each other, everyone is in a 'one man' mode. People vary from people an awesome team player to generally not GAF about whatever 'we' as a team are trying to do.

I'd advise blaming the cause and not the symptoms. The cause is the DICE never set this game up for success so whoever is left playing this game is often playing the game 'for the wrong' reasons.

I hate COD, as an example. The random things that just blow someone up out of nowhere and the total arcade-y nature of COD turns me off. BF2042 looks great on my 3x 4K 30"+ monitors and I love the graphics and 'freedom' to do what I want. I love Exposure, Stranded, and Kaleidoscope. Everything else I hate.

So yes, please do blame me for your frustrations as they are warranted, as I blame those stupid helo flyers who ruins various maps when snipers are just trying to long range snipe each other. But all of us should be blaming DICE for letting this game fall flat on its head.

I bet you if you actually took the time to ask people why they play BF2042, it isn't because of "the game modes" or the "maps". It's mainly to screw around or for other reasons.

Blame the root cause, and that's DICE. The fact is not a SINGLE player in BF2042 is setup for success as a 'team'. Everyone is basically encouraged to do as they want, and that is what kills this game.