Where are BOT only modes at?

Here are solo vs PVE options, but XP is decided by EA, as always.

Play PvE or PvP: Solo Start with Bots | EA Forums - 12909480

That's a great video. GGs on the teamwork. 

Try Casual Breakthrough.  It is mostly bots and a lot easier.  I too am old.  Been playing BF and COD from the very beginning.  I still do well but nothing like the good old days.  Even though I get hammered I still enjoy playing with the young guns.  I just try to find ways to help the team, like serving as a medic or engineer.  If you ignore KDR and focus on revives or fixing tanks, it has its own rewards.  I think the developers should give more points for revives and support but even as it is, even though most players don't express enough appreciation, I know it is appreciated when you revive, plant mines, fix stuff, etc.  Here's a great video that demonstrates this appreciation.

https://youtube.com/shorts/PDzp7GniHaE?si=pahF6LiGtN_sQBjV

Initially players WERE able to get pretty good xp but that led to people spamming Portal with just afk farm lobbies that clogged the entire thing with basically junk servers.

Can't afk farm if the xp isn't really worth it, so they pulled the trigger there and here we are. It's a fickle balance cause if it's TOO attractive then you end up with just farm lobbies and Portal becomes kind of a slop fest instead of a cool custom games and server browser. Make it not worth at all and you stifle mode creativity and shaft players who dont wanna play pure pvp but also wanna level up and progress.

It's crazy they don't have a solo mode. And just give us full XP for killing bots. Didn't the ad say full progression via Portal? So we should be able to play solo against bots and level up our weapons.