DICE TeamRe: Address the Portal XP Inconsistences! There's modified servers with FULL XP?
@S3SSioN_SoL wrote:
I saw and played on a server with FULL XP that had modified game rules such as disabling AIM ASSIST and increased vehicle spawn delays among other Modifiers. On top of this, the game also had restrictions but to my knowledge, restrictions have no effect on XP but Modifiers do. This server however still had FULL XP? I checked in the Portal editor if disabling AIM ASSIST would allow FULL XP and it did not. So there's definitely a bug which hosts are abusing to bypass the XP rules. Please address this issue ASAP!
The server also had faster movement but it was not showing in the list of modifiers?
Here I am, just wanting to use Default AI in a fully vanilla Portal server and there's people who are able to bypass the Portal XP rules to suit their whim.
Furthermore, in my opinion, the DICE official Portal experiences i.e "Total Rush" and "Total Conquest" should be Full XP but they are not.
Hey!
Can clarify a few points:
- Modifiers and Restrictions do not impact XP / Progression. Only AI and the Rules Editor cause you to become capped.
- Play around with Modifiers, Restrictions, Map rotation etc as much as you like. You'll continue to receive full XP / Progression.
- Official and Featured Experiences always provide full XP / Progression
One thing to keep an eye on is that there is a bug in the Web Builder UI which in some instances displays the wrong indication for what type of XP / Progression you are getting; e.g. you only changed Modifiers but it tells you XP is impacted (while in reality, it isn't). This bug seems to be visible on the screenshots shared in this thread.
If you notice this happening to you for making specific changes, please do let us know so we can resolve that if necessary.
