The conversation during development?

“Hey guys, so we’re almost done with the design. We’re about to bring back battlefield!”

”Yay!”

”But first, we need to make sure we design the worst squad making system ever made. So let’s copy BF2042’s design. People loved that!”

”Yay!”

”We’ll switch squads every game. We don’t actually want players to meet new friends. That will be sure to make them come back and play more!”

”Yay! I have an idea, too! Let’s make sure to move servers every game. It worked great in 2042! One of our most popular Battlefield games!”

”Great idea! Also, let’s go ahead and make cross play by default so people don’t change it. I know that even PC players don’t want it but who cares!”

”Great ideas everyone! This game will last years!”