Request To Bring Back Solo/Co-op Mode

I strongly support this point, and I want to add something from the perspective of an actual paying PvE player.

I bought the Battlefield 6 Ultimate Edition on Day One. And in Battlefield 2042, I did not simply play Solo/Co-op against bots and disappear.

I spent money.

I bought skins.
I continued buying Season Passes.
I kept coming back to the game season after season.

Why?

Because Solo/Co-op PvE gave me a reason to keep playing Battlefield 2042. For me, PvE was not a “training mode” and it was not something I used to farm XP. It was my preferred way to enjoy Battlefield.

I enjoy the maps, vehicles, weapons, destruction, objectives and the large-scale Battlefield sandbox — I simply prefer experiencing those things against AI, at my own pace.

That PvE experience kept me engaged with BF2042, and because I stayed engaged, I continued spending money on the game.

This is why I believe EA is overlooking something very important:

PvE players are also live-service customers. Removing or severely restricting Solo PvE does not necessarily push us into PvP. In my case, it did the opposite. I did not suddenly become a PvP player.

I went back to Battlefield 2042. So now Battlefield 2042 gets my playtime, while Battlefield 6 — the Ultimate Edition I purchased on Day One — is sitting there barely being played.

And that also means I have far less reason to buy BF6 skins, Battle Passes or other future content. That is a retention and monetization problem, not merely a request for another game mode.

I also think the “bot farming” problem and the “PvE player” problem should never have been treated as if they were the same thing.

If XP farming is the concern, then restrict XP.

Reduce XP from bots.
Disable certain assignments.
Cap progression.
Create separate PvE progression if necessary.

I would accept all of those compromises. Just let us play the game. What I want is extremely simple:

Solo / Co-op
→ Conquest or Breakthrough
→ AI teammates and enemies
→ Choose AI difficulty
→ Start the match with one player if I want to.

Basically, give us the excellent Solo/Co-op experience Battlefield 2042 already proved can work.

And there is another reason this situation is frustrating: this does not appear to be a request for some technically impossible new feature.

Battlefield 6 already has AI soldiers.
Portal already supports PvE logic.
Bots already capture objectives and participate in Battlefield matches.

EA’s own Portal documentation originally described PvE functionality.

So please do not treat PvE players as an edge case or as collateral damage in the fight against XP farming.

We bought Battlefield too. Some of us buy Ultimate Editions. Some of us buy skins. Some of us buy every Season Pass. And some of us would happily continue doing that for years if Battlefield 6 gave us a reason to stay. I am one of those players.

If proper native Solo/Co-op vs AI is added to Battlefield 6, I will come back.

Right now, I am playing Battlefield 2042 instead.

Please understand what that means from both a player-retention and a business perspective.