Squad Hopping when dead

“If the player joins a squad while dead, the player will not be able to choose the squad leader as a spawn point until they have respawned once.”

Just heard this is to implented with 1.3 (via another forum) and thought i’d highlight it. I can’t find where it’s mentioned on the official site, but there’s a petition already up for people against the change (http://www.bf2.se/petition/).

I wonder if this includes the very first spawn? If it does this will be a major change for league matches in particular, seems to be a useful tactic sitting in a spawn queue at the start and spawning on your squad leader when he bails over a target flag. Personally I welcome the change, as it suits our style of play.