I agree with player count not being that important. but bc2 didn't even have jets. and a bf game without dog fights is not a true battlefield experience. bf1942, bf2, bf3, bf4, bf1, bfv had it all.Many people regard Bad Company 2 as the most fun Battlefield has ever been. So uh, I think that means its truly Battlefield.
And BC2 is what it is, due to the smaller scale and focus of Rush Mode. So, these frequent asides about 64 players, don't matter. Even further, I am of the opinion that BC2 played best with 24 players (see: the max players on console versions), rather than the 32 possible on PC. Which most PC servers ran with. It turns out that large player counts aren't the only markers for a good game.