The BFV flag cap doesn't promote team play at all, it just makes capping needlessly complicated. One man on his own can still cap an empty flag in BFV same as BF42. The only thing that changes in BFV is that the cap time varies with the ratios of blue/red team members. So you get this clock running fast, slow, backwards or stopped, that gives extremely useful information to the enemy about whether they outnumber you or not. The BF42 system alerts the enemy to your presence, but doesn't tell-tale on the size of the forces.

Like the diamond mini-map, the crappy BFV class system, the disappearing foliage, and the helis lifting tanks, the BFV flag cap is a worse-than pointless gimmick added in an attempt to differentiate BFV from its predecessors. Nothing to do with gameplay at all. Anyway the BF42 flag cap system already encourages "teamwork" because more attackers in a group are more likely overcome any defenders, then cap the flag when they are dead.
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Its also lame how the higher your ping is, the more you'll need to lead your shots

Eh...how do you expect them to fix that? Unless you make it so the hits are registered on the client side you can't get rid of lag between machines...

The team has also spent time on researching the way terrorists undertake tasks and missions...

A) How did they perform this research?

B) Tasks? Like, how to terrorists take out the trash? Strip and paint the hall?

I thought that the flag cap system for BFV was a lot better than the one for bf42, it promoted teamwork and made it a little more realistic. Kind of silly how in bf42 one man can take over a whole airfield or some sort of base just as easily as a regular forward base. Either way what needs a lot of work is the damn netcode. Its just getting old when you shoot someone only so blood could come out and he doesnt get hurt, especially when the player being fired at is sitting still. Its also lame how the higher your ping is, the more you'll need to lead your shots.

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Wonder how many still play this game? I dropped it after 1 month. Anyone still play it? Are the servers a little low on players? I wish there was some way to look at how many players are online every night.

^^ what have they taken from Soldner, the commander mode? Other games have done that.

It's clear from the comments of the producer (who's likely with EA, not DICE) that Battlefield 2 will have the shitty BFV helicopters and the shitty BFV flag-cap gimmick. Since it sounds like EA are in the driving seat, stand by for more BFV shittiness to come.

Cool. They are taking something that is very cool from Soldner and incorporating it into a more successful series. I would still like to see Soldner do well. Maybe the next version of the game will be more complete.

I am very excited for the new BF. Such a great series of titles they have (not including Vietnam...that pile of crap).