Hmmm. I much prefer the bigger battles. 24 minimum. It feels more like a battletech battle should feel IMHO.
Well then you should be happy in SA! With 16 player max that's 15 other mechs to shoot at, where as in a 24 player team game you'll only have 12, with friendlies to get in the way to boot...
It's just different, which is great! You know MWLL is turning more and more into MW4:merc's now that I think about it, fight missions with your lance and then go solo it up in SA...Which is a compliment btw, it wasn't perfect but it was fun...