If you Google, you will see that tons of former BF devs are now at Ubisoft too, and some BF Veterans left too, for doing other stuff, they are not at Embark Studios. Most people at ES are not former DICE employees. Hired later.
Do you really expect they will deliver a flawless BF game? When? In 2025?
However, there's exactly zero chance you will see an "old school BF experience" from Embart Studios. If this was what their projet is about, they would announce it to create hype. Did you read about the project? It's hazy, sounds nothing like a BF game.
I don't care about respecting IPs if games are improved. I love specialists and so does alot of other people, if you don't, Portal exist with tons of old school BF modes and maps with way better visuals than the originals. Everything feels identical; Gun feel and maps, identical down to the sounds. The addition of specialists has been known since early stages of 2042, nothing new. How can it come as a surprise
BF is about all-out Warfare. And this is exactly what 2042 delivers, in a 2042 setting. Specialists makes sense. Large maps makes sense. That's why you can call in vehicles, or call in a ranger.
Once again, why play the game if you don't like it
Lots of people like it and the game is only going to get better over time.
This game is way better than Hardline from 2015 .. who made that game? Your beloved BF veterans did...
BF 2042 already outsold Hardline with ease, BF V too. Most of the guys at Embark were working on those two disasters