I've played in matches where squads would repair me in favor of their squad , squads wouldn't watch my back and would just sit there and watch me die because I wasn't in their squad ( I'm looking at them looking in that direction and not firing a single shot until I died ) , squads that didn't hold the point because they wanted to keep moving with each other leaving me holding the point by myself .

You can't fix poor conduct or lack of team work by forcing players to squad .

Most matches that I play , squads just look out for that squad ... that's not to say it always happens but it happens enough for me to take notice .

That's not promoting team work .

I'm not trying to derail or $h!tpost you but all I'm saying is , squad play doesn't promote team work in the frame of the match .

You could have a well coordinated squad of PRO / OFC players that can take over the game and dominate the opposition and their team , their enemy are random players for the most part with no coordination much less the resources .

These squads promote themselves more then the team when they can shut down the opposition and overshadow the rest of their team in the process , leaving not much for the TEAM in the outcome .

That's why I proposed a total team of random players with the warbarge in the backdrop to make squads in , in the allotted time allowed .. this promotes the game and team because both teams are random , you allow squad creation in the warbarge , mic's and coms , talking among players that wouldn't normally speak , random mixture promotes TEAMWORK and not a squad dominating a team for the win and leaving nothing for them to do as the squad redlines the opposing team of random players .

Your playing random already for the most part so why not help newer players become better and allow team effort dictate matches , rather then squads .

Squads that overshadow the TEAM .

I see it most games I play , if I'm in a squad or not .

I don't hate squads , I just believe in the team

Let people socialize with themselves like normal people with no friends.

Buncha mamby pamby socialites. Go to a party!

(Or just remove squad benefits from pubs. They still exist? I haven't been in a squad for awhile, but we got extra WP and stuff... Make it so squadding is only a social endeavor with the ability to maybe talk tactics?}

Or maybe I'm just like that young whippersnapper, Johnathon Snow, from that Game of Pokey Chairs, and know not everything.

Gotta love general discussion

I've been making this argument for a long, long time and the rebuttal has always been that the game has to support solo play. The game took a real turn for the worst when scouts had their super OP time in the sun. Solo play became prevalent over squad play and it's gotten to a point where you can play several matches in a row without seeing a squad on either side. Poor rewards and incentives are the biggest problem and years of this being unaddressed has ingrained passive play into the playerbase.

I believe making wins more important and providing some kind of squad incentive should happen in Domination. Acquisition and in Public Skirmish. Ambush should become a solo only game mode. I understand that people like to play the game casually, but there's no way people can be satisfied with the current state of public matches.

Nobody can argue that the vast majority of players in public matches are solo. The randomness of the solo players is what creates so many frustrating matches. You may have several people racing around the map in tanks trying to complete their Destroy Installations mission. You may have too many players that play the same role, for example having 8 logis with their rep tools out is not going to work.

I think autosquading should return for the 3 gamemodes in pubs that I mentioned above. If there is some sort of squad incentive that is visible on the end of match screen I believe it will cause more players to improve the squads they are playing in. They are likely to carry equipment to help each other and coordinate efforts in matches.

Possibly add a win streak bonus for squads as well.

Something must be done to improve the player behavior in matches.

I don't squad up because I really suck at the game, Teamwork is not fun if you are a liability

Remove squads from pub games full stop, that would encourage team play.. Being in a squad doesnt improve team play..

Seriously there are 16 on a team being in a 4 man squad with comms in squad actually hinders team play

This is why this game has issues... Ppl think squad and team are the same thing.. They aren't.. Put more thought into your posts as you contradicted your entire argument..