User blog comment:Bovell/Lots of new Battlefield 3 details via Twitter, DreamHack festival, PSM3, and interview/@comment-216.81.81.81-20110623194251/@comment-670668-20110623203450

1. Commanders can see the whole map from the command screen, which can be zoomed in to the level where real-time enemy movements can be observed. A commander has access to certain Battlefield resources, such as artillery or UAV, that can be deployed anywhere on the map. These assets can be utilized strategically, such as dropping artillery on an un-capped flag to allow a friendly squad to capture it while enemies are taken care of by death from above. Commanders can also issue orders to squads, such as telling Squad A to attack this point while telling Squad B to defend this point.

2. Console maps are scaled down, which is also why the player limit is lower on consoles - 12v12. In some respects, that's a blessing, as being someone who has played on 32v32 servers on Battlefield 2, more players (even on big maps) can be a overly chaotic. So I wouldn't worry about an El Alamein-sized map with only 12 to a team; it won't be like that on the consoles.

3. Those were the weapons available in the pre-Alpha multiplayer demo, but are certainly not the only ones. You will options with which weapon of that class you use as with Bad Company 2.

4. People who played the pre-Alpha demo said that they were given the option to opt out of not being revived. It won't be like in Bad Company 2 where you are revived against your will.

5. It should. You get a little bit of points (+10 we've been told) for keeping an enemy suppressed. It also makes usage light machine guns more strategic.

6. Battlefield 3 is in many ways a sequel to Battlefield 2, but it is still DICE's next installment in the Battlefield series. You can expect to see some things that weren't present in Battlefield 2 but were in Bad Company 2 in Battlefield 3, or vice versa:
 * Destructible environments (Bad Company games)
 * Rush mode (Bad Company games)
 * Jets (Battlefield 2)
 * Numbered health/non-regenerative health (Battlefield 2)

7. I would not be either. Considering the fact that consoles will be at 720p (which is completely normal even for the most stunning console games in graphics), Battlefield 3 will be, as DICE says, "a next-gen game running on current-gen systems."