I guess since in 2023 there isn't hardly a full xp server to join with actual people portal isn't getting full xp. Makes no since, ea is in denial that this is still a popular fps, it's not. It makes no since that I wait all week to get on a live full xp server on a Friday to play 2 rounds before it empties with about 10 people & 50 bots. I get full xp there with bots why not portal? Set up xp to gain more or less with ai difficulty level. How hard is that ea/dice?! And ad a text chat for the other team at least for host Jesus...
I think at this point the XP setup might not change. That said, I think I would prefer it if virtually everything let you earn full XP.
they took it away because before Season 1 - players were setting up bot servers with nothing but onslaught settings of dumbed down Bots with minimum skill and even weapon restrictions on the bots verses players with full abilities. people were getting 10-20+ ranks a match. by week 2-3 after the initial release, players were already in S-Ranks, it was significantly exploited and abused to no end. now, certain settings will restrict and reduce XP for that very reason.
Oh it was worse, Portal and even Co-Op modes gave you ZERO XP, that was changed back to limited for certain modifications and adjustments.
Portal is dead. At least to me, it is. Nothing but hardcore and xp farm servers. So much for a love letter to the fans! Could have been so much more.
