Was a big fan of the BF series up until BF3. They took too big a step in the direction of COD and lost a lot of what made BF BF. I remember playing BF2 all those years ago and dreaming of BF3 but when it finally did arrive it was a watered down game albeit a watered down game with some amazing visuals.
Prior to BF3, BF was the lowest complexity or arcadish shooter I could stomach so now I have emigrated to Arma, via BF2 Project Reality. Arma 2's controls were overly clunky and restrictive imo so I stayed with BF2PR for the most part, but now ArmA3 has most of that sorted I can't wait, because I loved the depth of ArmA2 - I jjust echo the thoughtts of others here in the hope that BIS don't fall foul of the recent casualization craze of former Greats.