There is hardcore servers and and a hardcore preset however they broke a few things and messed with settings that they shouldnt have. There is no reticle on the vehicle optics, I imagine this is a bug with disabling the crosshair. If you are gunning in a heli or tank you have no idea where you are shooting. Driving the tank you only get the optic reticle if you zoom in.
Also they ruined squad leader spawning. The default hardcore preset forces you to use squadmates spawn on squad leader only, sl spawn on none. This means you cant spawn on your squadmates at all in hardcore if you are SL, even if they are in a vehicle. In all the previous titles it was squadmates spawn on SL only, and SL could spawn on any of the squadmates. The settting they chose for this year breaks teamplay if you ask me. Much harder to work as a squad when the leader cant even spawn on squadmates. Dumb it lets you spawn on the apc with nonsquad members driving as a spawn point but not a vehicle that your squadmate is driving.
If my friend/squadmates spawns in the heli, even if they are on the ground in spawn I cant spawn on the vehicle. I have to walk to the heli as the squad leader and get in or get picked up.
I imagine they made this dumb change to force the SL to play as assualt with the spawn beacon if they want to spawn in the action. Which would be ok in theory except I dont have the spawn beacon unlocked, dont like playing as assualt, and only get 1 spawn on the beacon. Games like hell let loose your spawn beacon stays until its discovered, only having 1 spawn is silly.
Then it sounds like i'll pass this one, unfortunately. Unless they decide to make it like bf3 and 4.
