1) There’s still only squad-level communication in BF:BC2, but no teamkills mean warning team members is no longer necessary, and now you can just work with a squad to get things done like you’re supposed to. The option to communicate with specific out-of-squad people more quickly would be nice, but it works.

2) Boot to kick isn’t really needed as much without the teamkilling, either.

3) Parachutes are back. Not only can you parachute from helicopters, but you can open your shute when leaping from a tall building or cliff. In some levels, you spawn above a drop point. Plus, transport helis like in BF2: Modern Combat are back as well. I love it.

1. CoD4 is, and will probably always be one of my favorite games of all time. That being said, I sorely miss the ability to start a map on your lonesome. I regularly did this on CoD4 just to try out a new spot, a new approach to the target, where the grenade lands if I throw it from a selected spot at a selected angle, or just to get acquainted with the map if I felt I needed it.

On BF:BC though, you have the choice to invite friends to a private game, or join one. That’s it. It might sound weird, but the best players in CoD4, i found, were those that leapt into “training” once they saw someone in a spot they didn’t know about simply because you don’t have time to explore things like this when there’s 10 suicidal maniacs with tanks and explosives hunting you.

2. Remove knife-attack delay!!! My god how I despise that delay! In the game, I find I have to stop running way, way, way before I get to a door / enemy, and push the knife button long before I’m actually close to the target. This is the single biggest flaw in the game, without a doubt. It makes the game feel slow and dull at times. Some might say that it’s more realistic with a delay, but if I wanted to play a simulator, I would buy one.

3. There is a flaw with the mortar-strike that I learned the hard way. When you’re sitting in a bush for cover/stealth, and want to call a mortar-strike, you have to move out of the bush and then call in the mortar-strike. If you don’t, it will land on your head, and seeing as you’re playing Support, most likely on your team as well.

4. I would like to see the bullet from a sniper rifle fall after a set amount of traveling distance, like has been the case in other BF games. I don’t know why, but pulling off a long-distance shot just doesn’t feel as good when the bullet goes straight ahead for miles. This one will probably be unpopular though…

That’s my take