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I don't mind the level destruction, but yeah they really did gut the mechanics and start minimizing the classes. The days of playing Commander were over by the time BF3 came out and the tactical "meta" so to speak entirely changed. The newer games run "smoother" and they look pretty, I guess, but they really don't have the teeth to be considered a pure Battlefield experience.
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One of my favorite parts of playing a Bafflefield game was that feeling of combined arms combat. Infantry running alongside armor, getting air support from jets and helicopters? Super dope. The squad gameplay was great, too, because it felt like I was actually [i]contributing[/i] something. Like we actually needed four people of each class for the whole to be effective.

And now it's a giant deathmatch game where the classes don't matter and it's all about running and gunning.

Don't get me wrong: Call of Duty's a great series too, and one of the most successful for a reason. But Battlefield never was- and never should be- Call of Duty.