Uzique wrote:
i think the main deficiency in all battlefield games since bf2 is that each one has had a greater focus on the individual player (basically turning the game into a personal unlock/achievement quest, very xbl) and has seen the disappearance of teamwork. thinking about it, save for the times when i play with some other guys on teamspeak, there is literally no teamwork in this game. the squad system is completely pointless, other than as a convenient roaming spawn-point (which really only benefits the individual again, allowing you to spawn closer to the action). i rarely ever see cohesive 4-man squads consistently spawning together and working together towards a point. that sort of thing seemed to happen almost without any need for communication in bf2. in every battlefield game since that it just seems to have lost focus.
I think squad-leader spawn only, was one of the main contributing factors to keep squads working as a team in BF2 / BF2142
If BF3's squads work anything like BC2's I can understand your frustration, the only time you saw a pub-server squad together was when they spawned, shortly after that they scatter to go do their personal things....