Arcadey? Since when was Battlefield ever a sim? It was always arcadey ffs. Jumping out of planes, shooting other planes with an rpg only to land in your own plane again, being able to deploy a parachute over a 20 foot drop. Bf settings were always based on something real like ww1, ww2 Vietnam etc, but the actual gameplay was always arcade based.
And quite obviously you never took any notice about the fortification system, being able to hitch things to vehicles like aa cannons, at cannons. They even changed up how recoil works, how health regen is very restricted, and a whole load of other stuff. Watch the JF video above for more indepth talk on it.