From reading around, I've seen a lot of speculation from both directions about spawn beacons being in BF1. So I'm wondering what all you think. Do you think they'll be in the game? If so, what are you thoughts on them?

Personally, I really don't like them. I think they're something of a cop out tool that offers a lot of reward for very little work. In game modes like conquest that center on controlling objectives, they really just take the value out of playing strategically and trying to maintain some sort of front of certain objectives. Instead there's always a spawn beacon squad at the map border who parachute in and capture the objective as soon as your team moves out, and the game just turns into a cycle of trading objectives till the game ends. In general, I think that if players want the advantages of taking an enemy rear base or sniping from an advantageous spot, it should be something they have to work to achieve by starting from their side and evading the enemy to get to, not just given to them because a sniper plopped down a spawn beacon at the start of the game.