I took a break so I don't know when these things happened, but I like the changes. - You see a faction symbol next to your friends in the list. As someone who frequents all 3 factions and has friends here and there, this is a great change. - Respawn timer. I dig this. Kills matter a little more than in the past, and it gives a chance for skill to more easily beat numbers. - NS ops. Population balance has never been better. - Spawn system. Fights are more balanced than ever. Zergs still happen thanks to Zergfits, but randoms without a beacon often just go where they can. Here's my obligatory kill cam sucks statement. Oh, also, bring back faction chat please
Wow, you must've been gone a LONG time! As for faction chat, there's /re for all members of your faction in that region. In addition, they're working on an "NS Sanctuary" where it's a place for all of the factions to peacefully gather. I think they might've said something about a faction-wide chat in there, in addition to the standard global chat.
*Howls from PS4* We still have our Faction chat, and no Kill cams either. MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALK!!!!!