Well they kinda use them during a match when you get killed by , or someone drops a titan or so . They are also used when you mouse over a player name in your Network . However , it ' s pretty unnoticeable indeed . I stopped looking at them because my eyes stay glued on my crosshairs during a match and if your not actively into that network thing and prefer to random match then you ' ll never see someone else ' s banner by checking their names . I do indeed at many times feel like i should be allowed to know who i ' m teamed with at the start of the match by having their banners displayed with name level and patch . That would be enough to advertise team mates achievements a little and actually use the banners well . I could be grouped with all G 11 and wouldn ' t even know unless i actively take steps to find out . On other days i rather not know who i am teamed with though because i will jump ship if i hate the player or know they don ' t perform consistently p . So it ' s a 5050 split for me right now .