Every time I check out the servers in Portal, I see players hosting no-kill servers just flying around in choppers farming 50k XP points per game. I thought I would do some community service and report those servers, but there is no option to report for cheating. This seems off and fosters cheating.I also noticed this game still has no leaderboards. At least a leaderboard that compares with friends or even your regional players would be great, if not global. Nothing wrong with fostering a bit of competitive spirit in FPS games, eh DICE?I also noticed even Infinity Ward held back stats and leaderboards from MW2. This just feels like a wrong trend by these big publishers. I understand making it a friendly environment for casual players, but don't just outright remove all competitive aspects of the game.

Maybe stop worrying about other people, and focus on yourself. If somebody wants to fly around for 4 hours and acquire XP that way let them. it's not your place to police them. Dice made it possible to set these servers up, the last thing we need are a bunch of tattletales running around trying to police this community.✌️

At this point, what does it matter? It is not like this is some type of competitive game. Like you said, there are no leaderboards and the stat tracking is questionable at best, so XP really doesn't matter. Those players get no competitive advantage by flying around in circles all day. KD means nothing in this game, and it is not hard to have a super high KD and farm kills (like all the streamers do). These types of servers have been reported (when the ammo XP ones popped up) and nothing was done about them. Portal allows for the creation of many custom games that still award XP. I am sure there will be more inventive ways to come up with other XP farming methods.The Caspian Helo XP Farms are built from the Air Superiority mode, and you have every ability to shoot down or shoot at the enemy helos if you choose to do so. I just think the irony is that they won't allow legit XP gains from Portal with bots, but will allow players to fly around in circles for XP. That really is what looks bad IMO because there are legit gamers that can't find a multiplayer match due to terrible MM and regional locks.

These portal servers aren't actually legal as they go against exploits and stuff. At the start, we were reporting and banning a ton of them but I eventually stopped; just too many of em. Going in one to troll is one thing (and I unofficially endorse it), but there is still potential of some sort of action if your name is found in a report.

@TTZ_Dipsy Out of curiosity, what exploit is it to fly around a hind from point to point?

@Adamonic That's my thought process.Someone paid for the battlepass, but may not be able to unlock everything by the end of the period, so instead of losing out on x-levels of it and whatever unlocks to go with it, they sit in a hind or throw an ammo crate or whatever for a couple hours and catch up.I don't personally see anything wrong with that, it's not like they get any boosted stats (hp/armor/ammo/more damage/etc) by doing it

Stat-padding servers in Portal, and no leaderboards. Why?

12 Replies

hexagram86
3 years ago
Maybe stop worrying about other people, and focus on yourself. If somebody wants to fly around for 4 hours and acquire XP that way let them. it's not your place to police them. Dice made it possible to set these servers up, the last thing we need are a bunch of tattletales running around trying to police this community.
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sushiicombo
Seasoned Hotshot
3 years ago
@Paramveer9 These servers were always a thing in past Bf games. Really not a big deal.
DaveTheBrave_USA
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Paramveer9 A little stat padding here and there doesn't hurt anything. When you can legally pad your stats do it. It's like a loop-hole.
Adamonic
3 years ago
At this point, what does it matter? It is not like this is some type of competitive game. Like you said, there are no leaderboards and the stat tracking is questionable at best, so XP really doesn't matter. Those players get no competitive advantage by flying around in circles all day. KD means nothing in this game, and it is not hard to have a super high KD and farm kills (like all the streamers do).
These types of servers have been reported (when the ammo XP ones popped up) and nothing was done about them. Portal allows for the creation of many custom games that still award XP. I am sure there will be more inventive ways to come up with other XP farming methods.

The Caspian Helo XP Farms are built from the Air Superiority mode, and you have every ability to shoot down or shoot at the enemy helos if you choose to do so.
I just think the irony is that they won't allow legit XP gains from Portal with bots, but will allow players to fly around in circles for XP. That really is what looks bad IMO because there are legit gamers that can't find a multiplayer match due to terrible MM and regional locks.
TTZ_Dipsy
Hero+
3 years ago
These portal servers aren't actually legal as they go against exploits and stuff. At the start, we were reporting and banning a ton of them but I eventually stopped; just too many of em. Going in one to troll is one thing (and I unofficially endorse it), but there is still potential of some sort of action if your name is found in a report.
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@TTZ_Dipsy Out of curiosity, what exploit is it to fly around a hind from point to point?
Anobix
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@Adamonic That's my thought process.

Someone paid for the battlepass, but may not be able to unlock everything by the end of the period, so instead of losing out on x-levels of it and whatever unlocks to go with it, they sit in a hind or throw an ammo crate or whatever for a couple hours and catch up.

I don't personally see anything wrong with that, it's not like they get any boosted stats (hp/armor/ammo/more damage/etc) by doing it
SilverJackal96
3 years ago
@hexagram86 The only thing I don’t like about them are that solo co op and pvp/e portal with completely normal rules is restricted xp, but the farm servers are full.
It should just be uncapped at this rate.
hexagram86
3 years ago
@SilverJackal96 The only servers that are restricted are the ones where you change the rule set. The reason why PVE servers are capped is because of farming. Don't be mad because somebody found a workaround.
SilverJackal96
3 years ago
@hexagram86 That is such a lie, and it shows.
I challenge you. Go make a server and set it to pvp ai, and leave everything the else the way it is.

Then come back and tell me how it’s not restricted.

And even beyond that. Tell me how these servers that have exp farm in them, but no bots. Yet they are allowed full xp. Like the helicopter server where you just fly from one base to the next (no kills or banned)
Or the emp servers, or the ammo box servers. All allowed full exp, but normal rules battle with only ai back fill is restricted. Same with solo mode.