Update:

Platoons will come to Battlefield 4 later this week on February 27. EA breaks down the features of Platoons as follows:

The ability to create and join a Platoon for up to 100 members.

Basic Platoon management such as inviting, applying, and promoting/demoting members.

A private and public Platoon feed, where you can communicate and coordinate.

A Platoon emblem and tag that all members can easily apply.

The ability to earn stats for your Platoon and rank it up, and see all the matches you played together.

Players will also be able to create a Platoon emblem for their group. Level 10 players with Battlefield Premium will be able to create Platoons, and the update will roll out to all players throughout this week and next.EA added, "We will continue to work on the feature to refine and expand it, but now we will finally have the opportunity to see it in action and get some real-world feedback. Now is the time for all our players to tell us what they like, what they want improved, and what they want to see next." For the full breakdown of what's to come, check out The Battlefield Blog

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Platoons are coming to Battlefield 4 in the very near future, according to DICE Producer Jesper Nielsen.Nielsen, A.K.A. TheBikingViking on the Battlefield forums, confirmed the feature is on its way to the social-networking/stat-tracking companion application, Battlelog, for Battlefield 4 players.For the uninitiated, Platoons are a way of linking players together through the Battlelog service, allowing for easier communication and coordination and as a way of establishing a group identity.Though Nielsen didn't reveal exactly when Platoons would be implemented, he is in the process of accepting a subset of players into early access, to "test certain parts of the system before a full rollout and get some even earlier feedback." He added, "details to be announced very soon."DICE has been running a Player Appreciation Month since the beginning of February in an effort to give back to the Battlefield 4 community, recently hosting its first Battlefield 4 community mission

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