Battlegrounds, don't follow strict roles like in a traditional PvE dungeon group, builds should be self-sufficient, capable of dealing damage, providing healing , and having survivability. This is why you are not getting a dedicated healer very often.

Personally I like the change of allowing 3v4 / 7v8, I'd rather have an outnumbered match than have spent the time in a queue only for the match to fail.

Even in those lopsided battles you still get alliance points, no for surrender and just try to rack up as many AP as you can in that time. I often have scores that match the top player on the enemy team even in 6-500 matches, so I still get like 70% of the AP I would've gotten anyways. if people could pressure you into surrender by being toxic that'd ruin that style of play.

They'll never add an option to concede. No one would ever finish a match because so few matches are competitive enough to finish. Just got steamrolled in Relic, team had 3 NB's, two tanks and a bomber. Half the team was dead at any given time. Exactly the kind of match a surrender option would be used in.

But a surrender option would mean the winning team doesn't get to play a whole game either. When I'm winning I want to win, giving the losing team an out screws the winner even while giving the stomped another opportunity to queue without deserting. Over here on PSNA the deserter penalty is only 5 minutes, I've read its higher on other servers? So just about every match sees people drop when its obvious its hopeless.

I play almost exclusively 8v8 so missing a teammate isn't a big deal, we love being able to start matches short a player but seems like kinda a bad idea in 4v4.

It'd be nice if they'd listen and bring back 4v4v4.

Ensure this doesn't happen by not starting until all 16 slots are full. Is it 6v8? Move a random player near the top to the losing team. Etc etc.