Squad leader vs. non-squad leader identification differences

Ok first of all, bad title.

My issue is that friendly squad leaders that should show a blue star and a blue triangle over their heads, won't display until your cursor is on them, which usually means you've shot or killed them. I don't know if it is intentionally like this, but it is very frustrating to see 3 blue triangles(friendly players) and then a person without one. It makes the guy without one look like an enemy. What's more is that my friends argue over who HAS to be the squad leader, because we know that that person will get shot by friendlies...A LOT. 

I could take one second before engaging any 'enemy' target to make sure I don't ff, but that makes me a worse player at fighting actual enemies. It also does not get me shot at less if I am a squad leader.

I guess what I'm after would be the path of a file I can edit a value in to change this, or maybe pass this along to DICE so they can fix it.

Possibly its an issue where triangle + star seems like clutter so don't show it unless necessary or something like that, but I would say we don't need to see the star at all. I can't think of one scenario where I would play differently if the player was a squad leader, and while I'm not the best player and maybe I'm missing something, I think it would be best to make their identifier like every other teammate until they have some breathing room to properly sort it out.

I know this probably isn't the place for this kind of post but I can't post to battlelog forums because it just gets buried under threads about bacon and dogs, and other silly things.

Thanks for your time, and hopefully your help.

-saucenes