UPDATE: 12 Man Squads Returning & 48 Man Platoons

[Hamma]

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/233756332841390080

10 man squads. Done deal. We're on it.

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/233759368309522432

We went with 6 because of squad spawning: hard to neutralize a 10 man squad and vehicle capacity: transport vehicles held 2 full squads.

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/233759506654441473

But, it's just as easy for us to go with 10, we have a new squad spawn method coming soon, so it's not as big of a problem anymore.

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/233760075825692672

Correct. RT @CDLHamma: @mhigby squad beacons of some sort?

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/233760679717384192

Of course. RT @Vladario: @mhigby @CDLHamma Will there be platoon capability just like in PS1?

And now 12 man:

We are upping squad size to 12 man.

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/234083134684164096

@CDLHamma @j_smedley we're going to do 4 squads for a platoon, so total of 48 platoon members.

https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/234084483849125888

[badboyss]

Please let me join your team, although I do not have the privilege

E-mail: [email protected] please give me the privilege

[Hamma]

[Khagan Impi]

I think he's under the impression that you have a 10 man squad which he would very much like to join.

EDIT: He appears to be a foreign planetside 2 enthusiast who wants a beta key?

[JPalmer]

And now Platoons will be able to support 5 squads. Sweeet.

[Graywolves]

This is good. Step in the right direction. I'm interested in seeing how personnel management and command tools will evolve over time.

[Jeepo]

This is a good thing and makes me happy to see the devs answer. Jesus I remember BF3........no dev answers and a fail game (IMHO).

[Duskguy]

so we are back to 10 man squads?

im a bit confused on the whole thing. i heard 10 man squads a while ago, 4 to a platoon, and then lately, 6 man squads, 4-5 to a platoon.
are we now at 10 man squads and 5 to a platoon, 4 to a platoon or what?

[Stardouser]

Understanding that squad spawn should always be on the leader only(or, indeed, now, on the beacon only) , going with 6 man squads would have made squad spawning even more powerful, not less. Because the more you split up a force, the more squad leaders(or indeed, now, beacons) there will be. The more people per squad, the more it hurts when the leader(or indeed, beacon) is killed.

[Rivenshield]

>new squad spawn method coming soon

Hmmmm....

AMS?

[capiqu]

Wow I wish . I could picture a bunch of AM's deployed On the TR highlands with TR after TR constantly re-spawning running down the ridges 100's, 1000's of TR's and the VS on their low lands meeting the TR on the foothills. Kinda like The Trailer except it would be the VS off the hills and the TR on the high ground. AMS's constantly keeping the flow of fresh Soldiers in that battle. That would bring the epicness of that trailer into playing experience. Of course on the other side it could be the NC on their high lands and the VS on the low lands.

[james]

Very nice, for squad spawning i would love some type of equipment, you should be able to spawn right behind a squad mate as he is being shoot

[PhoenixDog]

Originally Posted by Rivenshield

>new squad spawn method coming soon

Hmmmm....

AMS?

Nope, deploy-able squad beacon laid by a squad leader. Rumor has it, while default for testing purposes, will be required to be spec'd into though a cert tree.

Originally Posted by james

Very nice, for squad spawning i would love some type of equipment, you should be able to spawn right behind a squad mate as he is being shoot

You mean shouldn't...You shouldn't be able to spawn right behind a squad mate as he is being shot. You shouldn't be able to spawn on squadMATES period.

[Arcsilver]

I hope they aren't getting rid of drop pods or something

[maddoggg]

Nice,i like this.
The more the merrier