I agree that the commander mode was very beneficial when it comes to making the team communicate and work together. The fact you can't talk to other players if they are not on your squad is detrimental when trying to work together, especially in vehicles where the pilot or driver may not be on your squad. So, if they are not going to add proximity chat, then they need a way for squads to talk. Also, the commander added fun game play features like UAV, supply drops, calling in artillery, giving orders to different squads and communicate with squad leaders. I did not like the version where if you were a commander you had to be dedicated to the map view and couldn't actually run in gun in first person. Just like they kick you from squad leader if you don't give orders frequently enough, they could do that with a commander role. And the commander role doesn't have to populated, just an option. Maybe a voting system if someone else wants to command. EA says they want to make this game more like BF3 and BF4, but I think they should be taking more a BF2 approach.
