I know this is probably a closed issue, but still…I have to try :-).

I started with the series in 2005 (I tried to play BF1942 and BF:Vietnam later on, I liked them, but never really gave them some serious time), when my friend downloaded BF2 MP demo (with only one map - Gulf Of Oman, and we could play it over and over again and it was never boring).

Apart from other things, commander mode in BF2 was one of the best things that ever happened to Battlefield series and I’ve never seen anything similary awesome later on in any game from BF franchize. I was kinda sad when I read on BF3blog (http://bf3blog.com/2011/09/battlefield-3-commander-was-a-hot-topic-at-dice/), that the commander mode won’t be in BF3. But what really struck me were the reasons behind it - only one player can fill that role and it was always the highest ranking one (I know it’s probably not the only reason, but I feel it’s the major one).

As BF2 players know unfortunatelly, the commander mode was sometimes abused (not sure if abuse is the right word here, creative gameplay might be better) and commanders were running around the map helping their teammates. Now, that’s not really meant when I said abuse. The abuse was from players who only got to the commander seat, started killing people in first person and never dropped an UAV or supplies.

Now, let me get to my proposal. We’ve seen in Bad Company, that you could easily get into the squad before any map started by simply clicking a button. What about implementing an option for a player to fill commander role even before the map starts. That player will not spawn on the map, but simply switch directly to the commander mode. The disadvantages are these: the opposing team cannot kill enemy commander and you would have to add some prestart system (similar to crysis 2 multiplayer) for players to choose the commander. Now what about the issue with choosing the right person. If the commander from the previous map did really well (based on score points from commanding), they will fill that role automatically unless someone tries to get the commander seat too). What about some quick voting system, the third of your team would have to agree with switching the commander?

Please DICE, don’t leave out the commander mode. As I said, it’s one of the best things that happened to BF franchize

Well, this is my proposal, I know it’s not the best one and I know that it probably won’t change much, but still….I had to try