Everybody talks about the weapons and the walkers... What about teamplay?
I find it quite interesting that no one ever talks about the parts that i think is the best improvements.
Me and my friends have been playing Battlefield 2 together as a squad since the game came out and we have become quite a tight team.
Since they removed all the weak classes, its easier to assemble a complete squad. The new unlock system makes everything so much more fun. We can now make a much more specialized and efficient squad.
During the Beta, it looked like this:
Buddy 1 played as an engineer with AA-capabilities and specialized on minedropping (he had loads of really nasty mines in his arsenal) in case we needed to defend a flag/silo.
Buddy 2 played as a Recon with stealth capabilities so he could sneak up to a tank and deliver some C4 without taking bigger risks. He also worked as an excelent scout.
Buddy 3 often played the class that was needed at the moment. Hopefully we can make him be a support with all the defensive unlocks.
I almost always plays as squadleader, so i had all the squad leader unlocks. I played as assault and made sure that no one in my squad was injured, and could revive anyone who died. I was also equipped with a very, very heavy assault rifle with a small rocket launcher attached, just to make sure that no infantry got in our way. During real intense attacks, i could plant a beacon so my squad could spawn on it, even if i died.
If we needed more gunpower than we had, i could respawn with a combat drone, which can fire at enemies, even if im ducking under cover.
Im very excited with all the new possibilities that comes with just this part of the game, but there is more!
Since DICE wanted people to play in squads more than they did in BF2, You actually get rewarded with lots of bonus points when playing in a squad and killing people near your squadleaders order.
If you play good, this can be very rewarding. I remember one instance during a match in the DEMO where our squad got 92 squd bonus points for good teamplay.
Im not sure if theese points counts as careerpoints aswell, but i do know that you get temporary unlocks in the battlefield for collecting theese squad bonus points. The weapons stay as long as you play on the same server. This is great since you can actually try out an unlock before unlocking it for real.
Do i need to express further how exciting i think this system is for me and my squadbuddies? Dont think so 
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