Hmmm… wonder why players are leaving..

I don't think so. They should either be verified-mode with full XP, or custom. Custom doesn't list as conquest, rush, or breakthrough, even though they try to mimic it. And verified-mode has too many guardrails now push it out into something else. I could be wrong, but I don't think I have seen verified-mode with modified XP since EA worked through the whole bot farm problem and created guardrails.

I have specualted that EA could better define what an "official' server feels like and add that checkbox option (maybe even as a default); as it would maybe encourage more people to use community servers. But at what cost? It would drive even less traffic towards creators or communities who want something different, and would stifle what EA has otherwise encouraged. It's tricky.

Few people use community servers because few other people use them. Even though they solve all the matchmaking issues people hate, and are now 60 hz, everyone stands in the shadows looking at the empty dance floor. The only people who don't care are PvE players who don't want to play with a lot of other people anyway.