Bf 70 players?

[goldenfooler]

http://bf4central.com/2013/07/battle...-player-count/

Battlefield 4 will officially support 66 players on PC and next gen platforms, which is 2 more than the previous game in the series (due to the addition of the new Battlefield 4 commander feature). But it could be a lot more, according to a new rumor.
DICE is said to be considering 70 or more players in Battlefield 4 multiplayer. This comes from the same source who accurately tipped us about the new Frostbite 3 game engine back in March. According to our source, multiplayer with 70 or more players is being tested, but it’s not certain what the results are so far.
There are two key reasons why 70 players could very well happen. For one, the new squad system has 5 payers per squad, which results in uneven squads with the current 32 players (6 squads would have 5 players, while the last squad would only have 2). Having 35 players would mean 7 squads of 5 players, with no players being left out.
The second reason is that adding +3 more players per team would face no technical hurdles, nor would multiplayer maps need any significant changes. DICE tested BF3 back in the day with 128 and even 256 players, but found that it just wasn’t “fun”. Some BF3 server owners also managed to hack game servers to support 128 players. Battlefield 4 with 128 payers would be overkill, but 70 players sounds very reasonable.
The Battlefield series has stuck with 64 players ever since the first game was released, over 10 years ago. With the arrival of next gen consoles, now would be the perfect time to increase the player size and really differentiate Battlefield 4 from its rivals (most of which support 64 players on PC).

[K PhaNTOM]

BF189 will feature actual army size battles between 80,000 American soldiers and 54 Iraqi insurgents... for fairness.

[goldenfooler]

lol. Or we can do the British all in red and marching in straight lines. While the americans wear browns and greens while shooting behind rocks and trees.

Now name that comedian who said that line.

[JohnyRico]

lol. Or we can do the British all in red and marching in straight lines. While the americans wear browns and greens while shooting behind rocks and trees.

Now name that comedian who said that line.

Bill Cosby. It's the rule the colonists made when they won the coin toss at the start of the war. I think that bit is about 35-40 years old.

[goldenfooler]

Bill Cosby. It's the rule the colonists made when they won the coin toss at the start of the war. I think that bit is about 35-40 years old.

You are correct sir. I love that one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MGYoCNU5es

[Apache Warrior]

I also loved his impression of a duel with muskets that I first saw him do on Johnny Carson a long time ago.
Apache

[NateTheBrewer]

http://bf4central.com/2013/07/battle...-player-count/

Battlefield 4 will officially support 66 players on PC and next gen platforms, which is 2 more than the previous game in the series (due to the addition of the new Battlefield 4 commander feature). But it could be a lot more, according to a new rumor.
DICE is said to be considering 70 or more players in Battlefield 4 multiplayer. This comes from the same source who accurately tipped us about the new Frostbite 3 game engine back in March. According to our source, multiplayer with 70 or more players is being tested, but it’s not certain what the results are so far.
There are two key reasons why 70 players could very well happen. For one, the new squad system has 5 payers per squad, which results in uneven squads with the current 32 players (6 squads would have 5 players, while the last squad would only have 2). Having 35 players would mean 7 squads of 5 players, with no players being left out.
The second reason is that adding +3 more players per team would face no technical hurdles, nor would multiplayer maps need any significant changes. DICE tested BF3 back in the day with 128 and even 256 players, but found that it just wasn’t “fun”. Some BF3 server owners also managed to hack game servers to support 128 players. Battlefield 4 with 128 payers would be overkill, but 70 players sounds very reasonable.
The Battlefield series has stuck with 64 players ever since the first game was released, over 10 years ago. With the arrival of next gen consoles, now would be the perfect time to increase the player size and really differentiate Battlefield 4 from its rivals (most of which support 64 players on PC).

More than likely, the extra player slots would be for the new spectator mode... Kind of like in CS where you had a 48 man server, 32 players and 16 spectators.