“Stop Punishing Average Players for Playing How They Want”
We paid for the **bleep** game — even after 2042 took three years to become playable. The sweats who drop 40 kills a match might be bitter about bot XP, but they’re still going to dominate in PvP, so it doesn’t matter.
Players who work, have families, or are just average — like myself — finishing in the middle of the scoreboard are the ones being punished. The XP gap doesn’t close; it widens. We paid for the game so we could enjoy unlocking the guns and attachments we want, not to be locked behind the grind because our mom’s basement doesn’t have a polished floor. EA isn’t leveling the playing field — you’re turning it into an elitist arena.
My friends and I had so much fun grinding attachments in bot lobbies, then jumping into formal PvP once we were ready. That balance made the game accessible and enjoyable. Now that’s gone. Instead, we’ll log in, get shredded by veterans, and watch newer players get discouraged and quit altogether.
As Hailfire1o1 said above:
“People farming XP, rewards, unlocks, and so on... does NOT affect PVP gameplay.”
Exactly. The FPS gods will keep slaying — but the average player just wants to have fun. No one’s getting a date because they dropped 50 kills in BF6. Let us grind attachments and progression the way we want. Don’t punish regular players because EA can’t de-provision a server when the last player logs out.
While the elitist trophy hunters are busy pinching their mammillae over this nerf, you’re segregating a huge part of the community — as seen by the high number of active bot servers — and turning us into fodder for lifeless stat-chasers chasing meaningless glory.
Fix your server provisioning. Remove the misleading “persistent” language, because it never was. And most importantly, let players enjoy the game their way. People used bot lobbies because that’s how they wanted to play your game. Don’t pull a Destiny or The Division and dictate the experience — let us appreciate it in the way that keeps us coming back.
This 100%. I was going over 50 kills a match with 5-10 deaths each match and decided to go play with my friends in a bot conquest just for flight practice. I ended up having way more fun doing that for 4 hours cackling like a madman while we just rammed into bots with jets and helicopters. That and I was able to get the vehicle unlocks for regular play without hearing "L Heli" or any of the **bleep** talk spamming for just having a good time.
