Specialists Eliminated Factions
I think a lot of people are missing the point as to why specialists are going to ruin this game.
I personally do not care if the characters I play have back stories and a bunch of random skins I can pick from.
My problem is that no matter which faction you are on, whether US or Russia, you must pick from the same specialists. Meaning there is no differentiating between the enemy team and your own team during battle.
From what I have seen there is no set colors or uniforms for either faction.
I can already imagine having to kill an enemy soldier that looks exactly like my squad mate or myself for that matter.
The only way to tell an enemy is because there is no UI dot and name above the soldier. (Hardcore goes out the window)
I have also heard that the enemies will be slightly darker. If this is true, what happens when the battle is in a less dim environment? Everyone will still look the same.
Another side effect of these choices is that there will be no faction specific weapons. Nor future added factions. Just new "Heroes".
Solution:
Create 10 new models, give them the same gadgets, create the same 2 sentences back story for each of them and force them to be in a specific faction.
Determine multiple colors that will be faction specific and work with them to create the skins all the children will buy.
Of course make the characters backgrounds something that aligns with current regions and alliances.
Like, I don't know.... Boris should obviously be in the Russian faction.
From my perspective EA made this decision to simply halve their work by eliminating faction specific elements. Therefore in the future any new items that are released will only need to be done once instead of twice for two different factions. Hence double the profit on those skins.
Instead of truly sticking to Battlefields identity they sold out to follow COD and Apex.
Thank you for listening.
