ENTIRELY REMOVE "8 PLAYERS REQUIRED" FROM THE GAME

Nobody wants this. Nobody. Get rid of it from Official Matchmaking AND Portal.

Summary: WHAT IS THE POINT OF BOT BACKFILL if it doesn't start the game with enough BOTS!   DICE PLEASE

The recent Portal changes have once again had an unintended effect on Official Matchmaking as well, as Bot Backfill doesn't kick in properly on CQC modes.  [BFComms] Reintroducing Bots to Verified Experiences | EA Forums - 12889166 

And stop doing the opposite of what players want. People are saying they want Bot Backfill to actually fill the lobby in it's entirety but now this is being reduced. And fix the matchmaking that's constantly splitting up humans when lobbies disband.

What we have now, is still not even close to what we had at launch regarding XP in Portal, NOT EVEN CLOSE. And that's not even mentioning the XP Caps. It's baffling to me, that 2042's Bots granted more XP than BF6's Bots.

If you don't want to remove it then it make so after another minute, the lobby fills entirely with bots, because let me tell you, I'm done waiting for lobbies to start when no one is going to join. I can't imagine people in Portal servers sitting alone waiting for people to join through the awful server browser. And let me reiterate, THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM AT LAUNCH BECAUSE BOT BACKFILL WORKED, IT JUST WORKED.

The worst aspect of it all is that these Portal changes are affecting Bots in Official Matchmaking for NO GOOD REASON.  Matchmaking not filling small modes with AI to start the round, Bot Quota issue | EA Forums - 12808994 

DICE PLEASE.