User blog comment:Bovell/New Battlefield 3 Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer/@comment-4092510-20110721235629/@comment-1439572-20110722132632

There was spotting in BF2, but there was no retarded 3D spotting.

There was 3D spotting in 2142, but justified by high-tech NetBat systems that require you to be in a squad for max. effectiveness and vary by class.