Hmmm... now I'm confused, I did talk to the german battlefield community manager on teamspeak and according to him the squad system is still in development. Could be possible that he wasn't up to date, however I will wait for the release. The squad system hasnt been locked yet because of the huge amount of feedpack. I sure hope that they change it. I'm positive about it, I do like the game and yes, you can hate me now battlelog as well. At the very beginning I was rather confused and didn't understand why this system should be any good. After several matches with tons of people on teamspeak I changed my mind about it, you have all your stats and mates on one website and the best is you can access it from anywhere at anytime. Of course everything needs to be tweaked here and there, but it's a pretty nice feature that will improve the community side of gaming. Even though I have to agree that origin is an unnecessary part in the chain, battlelog will be an advantage in many points. Map wise they probaly choosed not the best map to show off the classic battlefield fealing, but it's definitely a good one to let players test out a lot of features, from sniping on the outside part to close corner flashlight action. Resumé: Battlefield 3 recieves a hoah! from me.