Request for improvements to Portal mode.
Dear EA/DICE team,
I am writing to you as a dedicated Battlefield player who spends a lot of time in Portal mode and really enjoys it. I would like to kindly request a few changes that would significantly improve the accessibility and fun of this mode for many players.
First, please consider lowering the minimum number of players required to start a Portal match from the current 4 to 2 players, while keeping full XP gain and unlocking of weapons, gadgets etc. enabled.
During the week, when most of us work hard, take care of the home and family, it is often difficult to get four people together to have fun. Finding just one additional friend is always much easier. This change would make Portal far more accessible for small groups of friends and duos.
Second, I would appreciate it if matches with bots could support fully balanced games with complete 32-player teams (full 32v32).
Today's restrictions prevent even fair play against bots, which ruins the fun - regardless of the settings in the portal mode admin panel.
Finally, it would be fantastic if you could add an option to manually increase the difficulty level of bots. The current bots are unfortunately too predictable and easy, which makes playing with them lose its appeal quite quickly. An option to select higher difficulty levels (e.g. “Hard”, “Veteran”, “Elite”) would allow those of us who enjoy a real challenge to actually feel the excitement of Battlefield even in bot-filled matches. In Casual Breakthrough mode, bots behave completely differently than in the regular portal verified game mode, and even better under specially adapted conditions on player-made portal maps (where bots can be demanding, making good use of every available equipment, vehicles and equipment on the map).
I believe these relatively small changes would make Portal even more popular and enjoyable for a larger number of players.
Thank you in advance for reading my request and considering it.