Favourite BF game and why?

That's my views of each game during its respective heyday. I think Bf1 was fun if it was those tight infantry focused maps (Urban environments, heavy foliage, etc). But in the big maps with tanks, aircraft, etc...the game kind of feel flat to me. Snipers and tanks felt way too strong (and still do to this day). Part of it is because of design around historical accuracy, I understand that. But to this day, it feels like 75% of all my deaths in that game on those maps was due to snipers or tanks. I went back and played it again recently and even though each game ended up with one side getting spawn camped, it felt like there was a good 50% of each team that were playing snipers. The other issue I had was all the indirect fire. Things like mortars and arty guns on some of the maps. Those were just not fun. Again, this was way more noticeable on those big maps. It was a stark difference from 2042 (snipers get hit with the nerf stick hard)

To me, the true test of a good battlefield is on the maps where every role is involved. Aircraft, armor, infantry. All together. If the experience doesn't feel fun, the game has design issues in my eyes. And to me, BF1 was the worse offender of this bad experience. Its interesting to me because 2042 kind of went the other dial. Sniper and tanking got hit hard with indirect nerfs because of the specialist design. Along with increased scope glint, laser tracers, etc. And with tanks with all the mobility+c5 and lis rockets. If 2042 can figure out specialist balance better and each role balance (each class for infantry, tanks, and aircraft); it would probably be a great and maybe even an amazing tier. Probably amazing because it lacks some QoL features (better squad management) and a commander system.

I think Bf2 and 1942 are some of the best because they had the best balance between each role to make you feel impactful and important, no matter the playstyle. Commander in Bf2 was also something I really liked. Not just playing it, but the whole concept of protecting or destroying commander assets. When Bf2 was in its heyday, it had a really good spread of different roles/playstyles. Jets were overtuned, I agree. But wasn't so bad it ruined the experience in my opinion.