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I strongly second this immediate request as this FRANCHISE is 100% about teamwork and working as a unit in order to prevail (and most randoms don't use a mic anyhow). This is where BF 3, 4, 5, 1 shined. I have seen no communication on this front, and at least acknowledging its development (or lack thereof) would be a welcome update.
At a minimum the EA play interface should permanently default the party leader to squad leader. Also when not in a party, the standard of requesting an order should be re-instituted AND in the next match it would be nice to keep squad leader but I don't know how that happens when an entire new lobby is formed every single game...
I was going to write exactly what DoubleJSTL said, this is ridiculous that it isn't part of the game