when will recon role slots be limited?

dark_black696​ Nah, not the same. And I don’t like my own “answer” more, I just actually understand it. You’re mixing up two completely different ideas and calling them the same thing. One side wants to limit a class to control how people play because they can’t adapt, the other’s saying to stop blaming a class for the team doing bad and to take responsibility instead. Limiting a class doesn’t fix bad teamwork or poor decisions, it just forces people to play your way “play how I want "fix...🤨 Saying “snipers aren’t the problem” isn’t defending the class, it’s pointing out that blaming them is just bad reasoning. Snipers don’t make you lose, bad positioning, lack of coordination, and players who refuse to adapt do. Class limits won’t fix that, they’ll just hide it and have even more people sitting on the respawn screen trying to be recon because that’s what they want to use, just like they already do with vehicles.

You lose more games to supports who don’t drop ammo, or revive when on top of you, tank drivers camping spawn, or engineers who can’t destroy enemy vehicles or are unable to repair your own because the driver’s driven off mid-repair and explodes a few seconds later, than you ever will from a sniper on a hill. Every class has players who mess up or play different from how you want them to and you can’t force them to play your way. It’s always easier to blame a recon than admit the team can’t coordinate. Real balance comes from teamwork and understanding the game, not restrictions. Battlefield isn’t a competitive game. People play to have fun, relax and do their thing, not to stress over stats or be told how to play. Not everything’s about winning, and the ones who can’t handle that are usually the same ones blaming everyone else who are just trying to enjoy the game. But hey, that’s just my take on it.

Exactly this egoistic nonsense mindset is the reason we need limitations. Your text mentions a lot of "I", "my" and this is a problem.
Battlefield is supposed to be a teamplay game. At least it used to be.
No one wants to take away your toy, its about limitations, not complete removal.
Tanks and vehicles in general are limited in numbers, why not sniper rifles too?
If you think you have to play sniper war along 20 others on the server at the same time, I am sure there are games out there serving your needs. BF isn't it.

"Protecting your team" is a lousy excuse for this, as you could do this with regular rifles too. The issue is precisely that there are so many people "protecting their team" from behind, that there are too few players actually pushing for targets.
Few people becoming the targets for lots of camping people playing shooting range. This just doesn't work

I said “I” because I was explaining how I play, not because the game revolves around me. That’s not ego, that’s context. I’m almost rank 140 currently and I’ve used almost all classes equally apart from assault cause i just dont like it, so I actually know how each role works. You call it an “egoistic mindset,” but wanting to control how everyone else plays sounds a lot more ego-driven to me. Battlefield is a team game, sure, but that doesn’t mean everyone has to play the same way to be useful. Recon supports the team by spotting, flanking, and clearing threats before they reach you, and yes, I can stop them from reaching you. I’m not speaking for everyone, I’m explaining how I use the class properly. That’s still teamwork, whether you want to admit it or not.

“Protecting your team” isn’t an excuse, it’s literally part of the job. You could do it with a regular rifle, but that’s not the point because recon gear exists for a reason. The issue isn’t people “protecting from behind,” it’s players who don’t understand how that helps. You’ve probably been saved by it plenty of times and didn’t even realize. And no, limiting sniper rifles won’t fix that. Vehicles are limited to attempt map balance, not because people don’t like how they’re used. A sniper rifle isn’t a tank, it’s a gun.

I’ve played Blackwell and Mirak Valley plenty of times with every class, not just recon. In Breakthrough on Blackwell, the map’s so boxed in at the first objective that having more snipers actually helps. They’re the ones clearing out defenders from the sides while the team pushes in for the objective. It’s how the teams I get usually take it, and once you break that first objective, the match almost always ends in a win.