I'll need to agree...
To me, something feels missing.. maybe it's the fact that you need to pay for this, monthly. And add to the fact that after that month, you have NOTHING to show for it.
Listening to the testers is definitely something they didn't do.. and adding insult to injury, they upped the difficulty of getting to higher battle ranks, a completely pointless move imho. (It felt just right at the time.)
Don't get me wrong.. with a nice squad going, it CAN be fun, but it's more trouble than it's worth. (Going through three or four straight squads that are absolute assholes and know nothing of organization can really ruin your day.) I got more satisfaction from Tribes. (Not T2, Tribes, but that's just me.)
I'll just sit in my HL2 fanboi corner and wait for this gem to be released.