Hey EA / DICE team,
This is coming from a long-time Battlefield player — I’ve been here since Bad Company, through the highs and lows, always hoping you’d listen to the community. But what’s happening right now with Portal feels like a copy-paste repeat of how BF2042 lost its player base.
You’ve completely crippled Portal for casual and legit players — the people who just want to enjoy the game the way it was meant to be played. Instead of targeting the actual issue (the exploiters and XP farms), you’ve blanketed the entire mode, punishing everyone who’s done nothing wrong.
1. You Punished the Wrong People:
A small group of XP farmers abused Portal, and instead of properly moderating or removing those servers, you decided to restrict the whole system. Legit players who created fun, balanced modes, and casuals who just wanted a break from the chaos of base game — all pushed out because of lazy blanket restrictions.
That’s not game balance. That’s just convenience at the cost of creativity.
2. You’ve Killed What Made Portal Great:
Portal was supposed to be a space where players could build, experiment, and enjoy custom Battlefield experiences — something that kept the community alive between major updates. But now, what’s left?
You’ve stripped the incentives, limited progression, and turned it into a ghost town. The people who were keeping the game breathing are now gone because you failed to protect the feature from abusers without nuking it for everyone else.
3. You Ignored the Core Issue (Again):
This has been the story for years — rather than tackling the root of a problem, you keep applying blanket fixes that destroy the fun for the people still sticking around. We’ve seen it with weapon balance, XP farming, and now Portal.
Where’s the targeted moderation? Where’s the smarter fix that keeps Portal alive for the community that actually cares?
4. You’re Losing the Community That Still Cares:
The veterans, the casuals, the community creators — these are the people that carried Battlefield through its roughest years. And you’ve just told them their effort doesn’t matter. Portal wasn’t broken; it was abused by a small fraction of players. Instead of dealing with them, you punished everyone.
Final Thought:
Portal was one of the best things you’ve added in years — a feature that actually had potential to bring Battlefield back to life. But now, it’s been gutted by poor decisions and blanket fixes. You didn’t fix the problem — you buried it, and the community along with it.
If you want Battlefield to survive, stop punishing everyone for the actions of a few. Start listening to the players who’ve been here since the beginning.
Sincerely,
A Battlefield veteran who’s tired of watching history repeat itself.
I agree, but I legitimately don't think XP farmers are an issue, all they are doing is affecting their own progression. Why should anyone care? The real core issue is the assignments and insane grind for attachments and levels. I have been trying to do the first Support assignment for multiple days now and cannot get the players healed to go up more than a little bit each match, it's ridiculous. Same for the Assault Kills while using Adrenaline challenge, I can maybe get 1 or 2 per match, needing to do 30 when the injector itself is really useless is so annoying. These wouldn't even need to be adjusted THAT much, just lower the requirements so players can actually unlock the gadgets they want without having to grind through them for hours. If this grindiness is not fixed, I genuinely might just drop the game entirely, glad I got 1 month of EA Play Pro instead of dropping 70€ for this.
The adrenaline injector is completely useless, why is this even in the game, it lasts like 4 - 5 seconds and does absolutely nothing, they should change it to a rapid heal. The assault class is the weakest and most useless, having the ability to carry two weapons but the ammo cut in half is the same as having one weapon.
