XP farms

Yeah, this didn't get the feedback you were expecting lmao. You are in the minority opinion here.

All of your troubles could be easily fixed by EA allowing users to host bot-only matches locally and closing persistent servers that are vacant for an extended period of time.

The folks who wanted to play the game that they paid for aren't at fault here; it's just poor server management.

"XP with bots should only be valid for leveling up weapons, but shouldn't count toward any statistics or increase the overall soldier level."

I totally agree with this. It's difficult to level up weapons in MP now, although the first 20 levels progress relatively faster, most of the critical attachments are unlocked only after level 20, that's why people choose XP Farms in portal. 

I don't know how players in the US and Europe feel about this, but at least in East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea), people simply don't have that much time to play games. Imagine this: after finishing a day of work or study, you come home, turn on your PC, and just want to relax for a moment in a game. But then you realize your low-level weapon is completely outmatched by the high-level weapons on the other side. At that point, fighting bots in the portal to level up becomes your only option.

Also in China, some jerks set up persistent servers on XP farms through portal access, then list them for sale on trading platforms. Why not let EA Shanghai do its job and take down these **bleep** hogging the servers?

As it currently stands it seems like the threw the baby along with the dirty bathwater

What are you even talking about? Who cares about stats? I dont even know where stats are nor do I see a ranking page not that id care if there was one. You must be the guy that never plays the objective & you're team loses but as long as you're kd was decent its a win right? I work 10 hr days & only play on days off when have time for it & I choose bots over stat **bleep** like you & those alike. I bought this game for the campaign & ability to play bots & unlock stuff. The toxicity of multiplayer rooms is not my thing. Give me back my 70.00 & Id gladly go on my merry way.

Well, you're wrong. I've been playing objective. I've been playing this series for 23 years (BF1942). I'm not new.

I'm not interested in KD. It's the thing I pay the least attention to in my stats. If I mention it, it's because it would be difficult to distinguish a real profile from a cheater. I don't know if you understand what I mean by this. That's why I ask that only stats be counted when killing a human, not a bot.

Regarding full XP, I think it should come back and allow you to unlock all weapon attachments without any issues, as long as the fake stats in profile don't count (kill bots). Simple as that.