Laser Designator NERFED to Uselessness :(

Trust me, from a tank mains point of view, spending your entire playtime hearing the non stop beeping was a terrible way to implement the lazer designator.

It's a dumb change that does not reflect the reality of what most games look like. I don't know what they're smoking in BF Labs, but their games have nothing to do with the ones I experience. As many have said, my experience is lazing and nothing happens because no one packs the right equipment. 

This is the kind of change that tells me the devs are completely disconnected from the actual player base. It's not the first, time, I still remember the dumb nerf to claymores as a very similar example. And it's exhausting. Between new bugs and inane balance changes, patches are something to dread rather than look forward to. 

the biggest issue with soflam has always been there:

Too few MANPADS that take advantage of it.

In BF4 several launchers would operate like javelins the moment you pointed them into  a designated target: Including the aim guided launchers like the SRAW and the stationary equivalent.

I can spend several minutes designating a transport helicopter and nobody locks on it

EXACTLY!!!! This this this!!!! It's impossible to use it effectively now even with excellent teamwork

Why nerf SOFLAM when the score you can earn with it is already so low that barely anyone uses it in the first place?
It needs a buff, not a nerf.

I've noticed too, 2 seconds it's nothing, what's even the point of this gadget now? To be useful it needs an impossible coordination with an engineer!

it's not great if they nerfed it to the point where it's not even useful

Does this mean that we can drive tanks in Firestorm & Mirak now without constantly hearing that awful high pitched tone. 

If so, great change!