# \[PS4\] Some questions regarding spotting and squad leading **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420 "2014-04-14T20:58:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/97f17d/32.png) [@Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Vae-victus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/1 "2014-04-14T20:58:18Z")
Well embarrassingly I only realised you could spot with R2 when I was like rank 50 or something :0) I have some questions about it: -It seems like a lot of people dont know how to spot or are just outright lazy about it because quite frequently I am the first person to spot air vehicles at the beginning of a map, and sometimes I will walk into a firefight where 3 people are trying to deal with a tank and noone has spotted it. -I like to play the UAV recon sometimes to spot players across the whole map, the thing is since I have hit a +80 rank I am often the squad leader, and when spotting close to an objective it treats that as an order. It’s very confusing to my squad(I assume!) because I am changing the order every couple of seconds. Since I have not been on the other end of that behaviour I wonder if I am doing something wrong -Unrelated, is there any way I can relinquish squad leader to someone else on the squad? I dont like to be leader all the time thanks! ---
**Author:** ![frost414](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@frost414](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/frost414)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/2 "2014-04-14T21:12:35Z")
I’ve ran into the same problem. I love being a squad leader and my squad mates respect and follow my orders(most of the time) so when it comes down to spotting. To which I do alot. I hit the button once every two seconds. If you look at an objective and double click spot. It commands your squadmates. Very important that you have a set path for them to follow and you can take charge. So slow on the spotting and rapid spot when not facing objectives. ---
**Author:** ![Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/97f17d/32.png) [@Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Vae-victus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/3 "2014-04-14T21:16:25Z")
So basically I am tapping spot too fast, right? ---
**Author:** ![frost414](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@frost414](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/frost414)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/4 "2014-04-14T21:35:59Z")
Yes. When you double tap spot while looking at an objective it gives the order. So just tap spot once every two seconds. The problem shouldn’t occur as often ---
**Author:** ![Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/97f17d/32.png) [@Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Vae-victus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/5 "2014-04-14T21:45:18Z")
thanks I’ll go give that a try ---
**Author:** ![ThatFedexGuy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@ThatFedexGuy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ThatFedexGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/6 "2014-05-11T23:57:31Z")
Lucky bastard. Even when I am the squad leader and I accidentally set an order, my squad mates just do what they were before. Normally snipe from our spawn. But at least you spot people. I play ps4 as well and I’m pretty sure no one knows you can do that. It’s an instant thing for me, but I’ve been playing since bad company 1, so I’ve known about it for a while ---
**Author:** ![Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/97f17d/32.png) [@Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Vae-victus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/7 "2014-05-12T12:01:06Z")
yeah they should use the loading screens to show tips like reminding to spot, how to bring up the large map etc. ---
**Author:** ![Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/97f17d/32.png) [@Vae-victus](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Vae-victus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/8 "2014-05-12T12:01:59Z")
I forgot to post back, that doesnt work. You can try and spot someone once in the vicinity of an objective marker and it will set an order. God damn annoying ---
**Author:** ![ThatFedexGuy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@ThatFedexGuy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ThatFedexGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/ps4-some-questions-regarding-spotting-and-squad-leading/111420/9 "2014-05-12T14:11:13Z")
Or better yet, a quick (keyword there) tutorial on basic mechanics of the game before you can play online. A lot of games have stuff like this, but they drag it out. They should implement this in the next part of the series and have it focus on little things like squad spawning, a brief overview of equipment, and infantry tips like spotting and responsibilities as a squad leader. Personally I hate being a squad leader because I’m always setting orders by accident when I’m trying to spot people. When I see that I am squad leader, I usually try to switch to a squad that is close to being full and has as few snipers as possible. Nothing worse than being forced to spawn on teammates miles from the nearest objective.