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The specialist system could work well, but it needs to be tuned, in my opinion.
At the moment, I'm missing a focus on squad- and teamplay. Someone mentioned that the specialist system gives everyone more options and the freedom if they want to help their team or not. So technically, teamplay like providing ammo, reviving, spotting and so on is possible. The problem, however, is that it's not really encouraged and sometimes feels like less fun. I remember that I would get score and awards for giving my teammates a ride or repairing their vehicles in older Battlefield games. It felt really good to help. In BF2042 it's so optional that it's not really done that much. I also felt much more important in my role as i.e. the engineer, because I was one of the few people who could repair our tank.
I see that all of these mechanisms still exist in BF2042's class system... I kinda just wish they were more focused on, more important to win a game.