User blog comment:Awyman13/Battlefield 4 New Features/@comment-1476628-20130910013141/@comment-4563909-20130912185715

Battlefield ≠ Call of Duty. The only similarities they share are those shared in all FPS games set in a modern/near-future setting. It is not just BF that has changed, it is competitive video games as a whole that have evolved to cater to the modern day "casual" gamer. Servers that involve "tactical BF2-esque gameplay" do exist, and it is simply up to the players whether or not they want to adapt to those limitations set by said servers. Battlefield has evolved to allow for more expansive gameplay choices, which, I suppose, in some peoples' eyes, means that the game is broken/terrible/like another FPS/ etc.

Game developers are human, too. The main purpose of all game developers is to generate revenue. Catering to one demographic of players with erroneous community-set loaded labels like "hardcore veteran" or "casual noob/scrub/whatever" does not earn maximum revenue. As terrible as it sounds to as gamers, it is the reality of things. And to generate that revenue? Cater to as many demographics while adding new features to differ from previous games / other games in the market.