Does Portal support bots?

Can.You start a server with bots and then turn it off when the server is populated 

@MarkcusD I seem to remember reading that you can set Portal up so that you can play against an AI team, so I presume the answer is yes.

I can't wait for a pure WW2 server in the portal! 

Hopefully, there's also the option to not have bots in Portal mode. It shouldn't be forced.

@ElliotLH 

It's been confirmed that it's possible to disable bots in Portal mode? If so, that's great.

Do you have a link to the blog post and quote of what's said? I did a search but didn't find one specifically about that.

@Turbo_Nozomix Yup, sure has. Here's the link and I've copied the relevant paragraph below, to make things easier:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-Announcements/Battlefield-Briefing-Exploring-Battlefield-Portal/m-p/10497693#M321

'In Battlefield Portal, you will be able to create Experiences for other players to join where you can run custom games or preset modes, such as Conquest, Team Deathmatch, Rush, and other fan-favorites available at launch. When creating Experiences, you can also add AI Soldiers as a team or select to use them as backfill, meaning when you launch the experience, AI will fill out that match (though you can opt out of using AI Soldiers entirely in Battlefield Portal).'

@ElliotLH 

That's good to know. Thanks for the confirmation!