portal

[tall tapir]

Hello! Could someone point me to get the Portal SDK patched for mac? I wanna give it a try to get some bf2 maps on portal but I have a mac m3 and saw the SDK provided is windows. I saw some folks managewd to get it working on mac and was wondering of any had a link for a guide on how to do it properly ?
many thanks!

[haughty vale]

what gun should i run as engineer

[median kestrel]

SL9, if you are able to max it to like mastery 30 its should be a beast, at least for me. I most use it on all my Classes

[haughty vale]

Would you recommend running an lmg

[median kestrel]

Scope 2.5
Suppressor
Heavy Ext
Grip: Vertical

[humble pilot]

https://discord.com/channels/870246147455877181/1427316661240729610

[median kestrel]

DRS/KTS for control the rest if you want to be far off and be on a shooting spree 😄

[haughty vale]

Yeah i know but i meant like whats the best class for running lmg

I like engineer with all the rockets etc but maybe its not a good combo idk?

[median kestrel]

Support 🤷‍♂️

[fiery coral]

Support doesn't get a movement penalty when running with LMGs.

Also, you're probably looking for this channel: #battlefield-6

[royal kite]

Does anyone know the timeframe for bf1 weapons being added to portal? If that will become an option

[lyric aurora]

Are they gonna bring server browser back???

[warped heath]

Portal is dead, man

[royal kite]

Ah ok

[uncut moth]

Also quicker aim. Where 300 feels 200/250 with the medic

[eternal tartan]

play how you want to has been taken away so no one wants to play

[cerulean kelp]

Can we please add team switching to Portal and allow servers to start with only 4 players without bots?
Who actually wants to play with bots anyway?

[viscid gyro]

The STG server will be live tonight at 8pm (GMT). BF6 Xbox - All standard settings with Conquest maps.

Server No 6r7h

All welcome and if you struggle to find, add KPNuts74 and join on me.

[uncut moth]

What is the setting that reduces recoil by 25% with AA ? There are two different settings in portal...

Also, aren't we able to put plates in multiplayer game mods ?

[silent tinsel]

Any warmup/ aim training codes that work after the update?

[dry lava]

Any hardcore player interested to join us, Breakthrough, we are only missing 3 people, Code ZD8BD

[dense holly]

This

4p start

[dry vector]

a lot of people, but people can barely play with players now also

when you need 20 to start servers never do

they don't want to do anything about bot farms so they just basically killed most of portal for everyone instead of dealing with the problem

[marble girder]

There are no restrictions in custom experiences

[icy spade]

It’s been almost 2-3 months since they messed up portal

how is it taking this long for a fix

I just wanna play with bots by myself

[mellow chasm]

There is a Server Browser.

And many full servers in Server Browser.

Just set in Filters slots to Any.

And when you get the list, hit refresh.

[lyric aurora]

Where we can buy a sever, and switch people from team to team? Favorite the server?

[mellow chasm]

Look, server browser needs some polish but there is server browser.

[mellow chasm]

Don't talk like there isn't one.

[lyric aurora]

It’s not the same by any means….

[mellow chasm]

In BF 6 is Server Browser.

And there are many servers that are full.

Plus, why would I pay for server if I can have it for free?

Now is superior model compared to old model

What is needed, yeah, is some polish and updates.

And more options.

And that should come in time. Game is recently released.

[mellow chasm]

Compared to Premium, DLC, Paid Servers. Now everything is superior. If now they would make dlc maps, I would never put them in my server rotation. That's server killer. Even if you make servers paid like before, only servers that are popular now would have players but with extra expense.

Almost everything old wouldn't work now. But yeah, Server Browser needs updates and polish. That I agree.

[dry vector]

server browser is just a portal shortcut

[mellow chasm]

And? Call it whatever you want.

[dry vector]

it's not what people are actually asking for

[mellow chasm]

You want vanilla persistent server, it's there

[dry vector]

that needs 20 players to start and can only have 12 bots max

[mellow chasm]

Yes.

[dry vector]

2 stupid things because they can't bother to moderate portal and delete/ban bot farms

[mellow chasm]

I have full server every day. Even with this stupid requirement. Only big clans/communities have servers right now.

[dry vector]

portal is in the trash right now and they have given no update about fixing it, last community update they said updates to portal but there were none

except doing what they did with the 20 player min and 12 bots only which wasn't in the patch notes

[mellow chasm]

No, only thing they have to do is lower minimum player requirement for pvp server to 8 or lower.

[dry vector]

so screwed us without telling us and just made things worse

their own bfportalofficial servers were even broken for days before they noticed

[mellow chasm]

Not at all. The best decision was previous update. 1 player to start pvp server and 0 exp for bot servers.

A lot of normal servers and 0 farms.

[dry vector]

people want to play against bots in verified modes and can't even with 0 exp

becuase it's broken

[mellow chasm]

You can. Modified xp and everything unlocked.

[dry vector]

12 bots max and 20 player start

you can not, go try

not talking custom

[mellow chasm]

I don't need to. I hate bots and so my my players.

[dry vector]

it's 12 bots max in verified

if it wasn't portal servers would be full

why do you think everyone keeps asking here every single day

and how they can't get servers going by themselves and have to advertise them to get players to join

[mellow chasm]

Yeah but when server is full, all bots are gone. Only reason I have them is stupid decision to have 8 real players to start the match.

Otherwise I would go for no bots.

[dry vector]

I think your missing the point here, people want to play against bots only in verfied modes, not just 12, and not have however many players needed to start

all they have to do is make it so you can play verified modes locally and not just custom

then there will be no bot farms in portal, people can do whatever they want on their own with it affecing absolutely nobody

[mellow chasm]

I am not missing the point. I want EA to lower the limit for pvp servers to have less than 8 players to start the match. With pve farmers they can do whatever they want.

[dry vector]

why you can't host locally or peer to peer right now is ridiculous, this has been around for decades

it was also literally in bf2042 called solo/coop

so they have no excuse

[mellow chasm]

In 2042 I had server that had 128 players 24/7. Bots are unnecessary unless it's end of games' life.

[cerulean kelp]

n the verified Portal mode with XP, a match can only start once 20 players have joined.
On community-run servers, team switching is essential to keep the teams balanced.

[marble girder]

whats the problem to play custom mods without any restrictions?

[cerulean kelp]

And haven’t we already had this discussion before?
I don’t play without XP.

I also don’t play for skin challenges,
I play for team victories — but I still want to earn my XP.

[marble girder]

ah okay you need xp. but evil devs dont let you get it cuz of stupid 20 players restiction

[dry vector]

people want to play wtih bots and unlock stuff at the same time, not sure how this is difficult for some people and dice to understand

[cerulean kelp]

No worries — my server is full every day 😉

[dry vector]

and maybe we want to do it solo or with a couple of friends, not 8-20, and only be able to play against 12 bots

[mellow chasm]

Same thing. They just want to have bot farms.

[dry vector]

also why the F isn't escalation a choice for portal, wtf is the excuse there

[cerulean kelp]

I don’t want to play against bots, but I also don’t want to give up earning XP when I play.
Why should I be disadvantaged just because I’m playing certain modes and trying to win there as well?

I hate playing with bots.

They should just remove the bots entirely.

[dry vector]

no, maybe from regular matchmaking but not portal

I do see complaints about that

[cerulean kelp]

I hate bots farming Server and i hate playing with bots

[dry vector]

it's because dice is too lazy to actually moderate and ban the bot farms, screwing over everyone instead of them specifically is just simpler

[mellow chasm]

Same. They should do 0 exp for bots in Portal and make Casual Playlist for bot farmers.

[dry vector]

no

[mellow chasm]

Yes

[cerulean kelp]

Guys and girls, we’re running a community server, basically a clan server.
And in the mornings you always have to warm it up, even at times when the game just isn’t in high demand.

That means you sometimes sit there for hours, waiting for people to wake up.
Instead of being able to play 1v1, 2v2, or 3v3, you’re forced to wait until 20 players join.

Before 10 a.m., there’s basically no point even trying.
After 10, it usually fills within an hour — but sometimes you just want to play earlier, right?

[dry vector]

you can have bots in portal, make it local that simple

[cerulean kelp]

Guys and girls, we’re running a community server, basically a clan server.
And in the mornings you always have to warm it up, even at times when the game just isn’t in high demand.

That means you sometimes sit there for hours, waiting for people to wake up.
Instead of being able to play 1v1, 2v2, or 3v3, you’re forced to wait until 20 players join.

Before 10 a.m., there’s basically no point even trying.
After 10, it usually fills within an hour — but sometimes you just want to play earlier, right?

[mellow chasm]

Kill your bots whenever you want but you shouldn't get xp.

[cerulean kelp]

What am I supposed to do — play against bots?
Bots do nothing for me. Yeah, maybe for weapon progression only, but that doesn’t motivate me at all. I really don’t enjoy it.

But still… when you play, you also want to level up your ranks.
Otherwise you get no points at all.

[dry vector]

yes you should should, you could when the game came out and they advertised it

someone else playing against bots affects you in no way whatsoever

levels don't matter after a certain point anyway and there might as well be a level cap anyway

there's already a daily exp cap

[mellow chasm]

Bots = modified xp. That's how it should be.

[dry vector]

then you can't level guns

which is why people are upset about it

no one cares about what level someone is but they want to unlock attachments

and again it affects literally no one else if you are playing against bots solo and that's all you do

[mellow chasm]

Play solo against bots but your progression shouldn't carry over to multiplayer.

[dry vector]

which is what some people want to do and were doing but can't anymore because bot farms ruined it for everyone

[marble girder]

its funny that you all dont want to wait 20 players to start match. but dont want to play custom mods too, because there s no XP there. i believe all you want is bots farming. but devs closed that door

[dry vector]

that's fine, have seperate portal/matchmaking levels or whatever but they wont do that for sure

[mellow chasm]

Exactly this.

[cerulean kelp]

In Germany there are many clans — including smaller ones.
But they often can’t get their servers running because 20 players is too many to start.

I’m lucky that we have a larger clan.
On our server, the clan usually fills it completely from around 10 a.m. onward.

But the smaller clans just want to earn XP while playing with their own settings.
They don’t want to play against bots.
They don’t want to level their weapons against bots either — they just want to play properly, with their own settings and full XP.

[dry vector]

people just want pve, what are some of you not understanding

[mellow chasm]

Only bot farmers are crying now.

Top player that is level 1000 is actually bot farmer

[dry vector]

then remove his levels, quit white knighting the company that wont bother

all they had to do was ban bot farms, whoever was making or using them, but they didn't and ruined it for everyone instead

[mellow chasm]

Look. Bots should be no xp. You want bot farms? Ok. But your progression shouldn't count out of your local game. Simple.

[dry vector]

no one wants bot farms, damn wtf

people want a pve experience

[mellow chasm]

Pve or bot farms shouldn't count out of your local experience.

It doesn't matter how you call it.

[dry vector]

tired of talking to a wall

[marble girder]

i made good custom pve experience. but you are not going to play it, because no xp there, right?

[mellow chasm]

Exactly this because he wants to bot farm.

Only whiners about Portal nerf are actually bot farmers.

Hopefully devs don't listen top most whiners. They actually don't play game at all.

[dry vector]

people just want to play normal games, have some bots, and level their guns. That's all, that simple but trying to explain that here is apparently like I'm speaking ancient mongolian

also it was in the game when it launched and it was in 2042

but because dice wont do anything about bot farms this isn't happening

[mellow chasm]

Hopefully they go further and bots give 0 xp.

[cerulean kelp]

Can’t you just disable the bots and allow communities to start servers with 2 or 4 players?@final latch @simple kiln

[dry vector]

there's a difference between bot farms and playing normal pve but that seems to be what some people aren't understanding, they are equating the 2 as the same thing when they are not

[mellow chasm]

Hopefully

Proper community servers without bots

[mellow chasm]

You can have pve and it's in portal

[mellow chasm]

Just modified xp

[cerulean kelp]

Bots are not needed — they’re just annoying.

They’re way too easy opponents — playing against bots is no fun at all.

[mellow chasm]

Exactly. Pvp servers should have full xp and stats. Bot servers no xp and stats.

[marble girder]

good option. if bots on server - no xp. if not - full xp. but you are the only who wants this. others want PVE (thats how they call bots farm)

[dry vector]

pve is not a bot farm

[mellow chasm]

It is. You play against stupid ai. You should not get same xp as pvp player.

[cerulean kelp]

Actually, that would be the best option for clans and community servers.
And on top of that, it shouldn’t matter whether the server is custom or not — as soon as bots are disabled, it should always be full XP.

I’d be completely fine with that — it would be a good option.
But they don’t even give us that.

2–4 players to start, no bots → full XP.
With bots → restricted XP

@simple kiln @wild siren @autumn topaz @midnight crystal

[dry vector]

pve is it's own mode ,own thing, it is, it was, it should be again but ACTUAL bot farms ruined it

[mellow chasm]

Pve = no xp, pvp = full xp

[marble girder]

okay in my custom mod i can give you any weapon and package you want to play with. and good bots that can make you struggle. but you wont play it, because no xp )

[dry vector]

quit equating pve players to bot farms, your stupid is showing

[mellow chasm]

Exactly this because they are bot farmers

[dry vector]

no people wont cuz they can't unlock gun attachments

[mellow chasm]

You will have everything unlocked and you can kill your mindless bots

[dry vector]

disable level exp, who cares, leave gun exp

[mellow chasm]

Why you need it when all attachments are unlocked in his mode?

[cerulean kelp]

https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/restore-community-servers-hardcore-portal

There are already quite a few people who agree — and the comments are good too.
Many of them want more freedom without bots.

[mellow chasm]

Anyway, the bad thing everyone is talking about Portal/Server Browser online is afk farms and bot forms. They say they want proper Server Browser back because all they see is afk farm, exp farm and flying trainer. So bots are giving to Server Browser only the bad name only because the minority are abusing it.

Bots should be 0 exp in Portal. Period.

[cerulean kelp]

Just help the communities for once.

[mellow chasm]

And if anyone is saying that Server Browser is dead, those are bot farmers.

Healing Server Browser is to revert to previous changes. Bots = no xp, pvp = full xp.

And pvp servers to start with 1 player.

[cerulean kelp]

https://x.com/thebadboys_de/status/1999163879155462500?s=46

Please read this — this is exactly what we already sent to DICE and EA.”

We also sent this to Ripple Effect and even asked Battlefield Comms for feedback, but nothing came back.”

[pliant gulch]

can you do battle pass challenges in portal with bots at all?

[cerulean kelp]

Yes you Can

[dense holly]

Ban gadgets should equal no xp

My community isn't on board at that point

[cerulean kelp]

So if you ban FLIR, do you want players to receive no XP at all?”

Even if FLIR is unnecessary and playing without it is more enjoyable yet more challenging, do you still want to remove XP from players?”

Sorry, I don’t understand your point.
It’s harder for everyone — so why shouldn’t players earn XP?
This has always existed with full XP, even when certain optics or unnecessary weapons were removed.”

“Servers where everyone is just sitting around sniping aren’t good servers.
If you remove snipers to create better gameplay, why should players be punished and receive no XP for that? Why?”

[cerulean kelp]

.

[cerulean kelp]

So your opinion is that if gadgets are restricted to create better gameplay — like removing FLIR or banning sniper weapons to prevent constant camping — it’s acceptable to take away XP?

Let me be clear:
If I had to play on official DICE servers with 64 snipers camping on tiny maps that are barely designed for 48 players, I would uninstall the game immediately. I’d say: Battlefield is a good game, but there are no players left who actually want to play it properly.

This is not about K/D ratios.
It’s not about farming.
It’s not about vehicles.

It’s about giving everyone the ability to host a server with settings they enjoy, to find players who like exactly those settings — just like it was always possible up until Battlefield 4.

Not everyone likes the same playstyle. That’s why Battlefield always allowed deep server customization: so people could create the kind of matches they enjoy and have truly great battles.

None of these players want to farm XP or chase K/D.
They just want good, fair matches with their friends — and maybe make new friends along the way.
That’s what Battlefield was always about.

Then matchmaking came and changed everything.
Then Portal came.

So now you’re saying that players who don’t care about farming or K/D — players who just want good gameplay — should be denied full XP?

Why??

[odd tartan]

All creations should be full xp and progression. Two player start. Full xp for bots but reduce xp every 50 bot kills per 24 hours by 10 percent. First 50 bots full xp second 50 bots 90 percent. So after 500 no xp from bots for 24 hours. Pve players could enjoy games with friends. Bot farms would not work as well. This game should be for everyone. Play however you want.

[cerulean kelp]

I’d also be fine without bots — as long as everyone gets full XP.
But if bots are included and it stays fair, then your idea works too 💡.”

“I just want our freedom back.
Back to the good old server system — far, far away from matchmaking.

Back to individual servers, back to RCON and Procon.
Back to real teamplay and clan wars.

Matchmaking is basically singleplayer with random publics — no real teamwork.
You can’t even switch teams for teamplay here.

[odd tartan]

It should always be full xp without bots. 2 player start and change any settings you want. Just detail those changes in the server description so people know. Let people choose how they play. But with such high players needed to start a custom game everybody loses out. 2 player start full xp and the popular creations will be obvious. Def need the ability to switch teams and a server browser that actually works and you can have a list of your favourite servers saved.

I haven't played in weeks and doubt I will play it again in its current form.

[cerulean kelp]

“Exactly. Those are my words.
Back to freedom — back to what made Battlefield great and the best game of all time.

Away from this camper- and sniper-focused playstyle.
Back to real teamplay.

Battlefield was never about sitting alone on a hill.
It was about squads, coordination, objectives, and epic battles.

Give us back the freedom.
Give us back Battlefield.”**

[odd tartan]

I have no problem with a server full of snipers if thats what they want to play. As long as we all have a server that suits us.

[cerulean kelp]

Personally, I like Hardcore settings and the Conquest mode with long, back-and-forth battles.
A sniper or two fits into that — but not an entire enemy team.

But as I said: everyone should play the way they enjoy.
Players should be given the freedom to decide for themselves how they want to play, and then either find the server that fits them or create one themselves.

Not these restrictions that limit player freedom.”

[odd tartan]

Yup

[digital bay]

Portal is great to see from a game dev however I think needs a bit more work.

I'm not going to reiterate what other people have said.

I am making a milsim mod for BF6 inspired by Squad and Project Reality and I have made some good progress

The portal SDK features are good but it's missing some stuff like Map Icons, team management apis.

Also the local server testing is way different to hosting on a real server (hardcore mode works differently, no bots on local) this makes testing hard to replicate issues

On that I would like to share a WIP video of my Insurgency game mode

https://youtu.be/AR3DmEojFI8

[cerulean kelp]

In the end, it’s still best to repeat what others have already said —
maybe this time someone on the development team will actually read it.

A lot of the feedback around Portal is consistent for a reason.
When many different creators and communities point out the same limitations, it usually means those issues really matter.

[tawdry fulcrum]

when are they gonna add skill-based matchmaking 😭

myself, a level 20, my mate, level 29, the other team is lvl 259, 158 and 157

[marble girder]

I just realized that most people will log in small groups to farm each other for xp. that's why devs want 20

[hearty oriole]

Need a few more people to get Faithwalkers Hardcore server going.. just search "faith" in the server browers

[west vale]

What is the purpose of bot farming in your opinion? Are bot farmers ruining your PVP experience?

[west vale]

One player start. I'm a loner.

[fossil arch]

They probably wont. A lot of BF fans dont wanr SBMM, precisely because they dont want to be matched with higher skill levels lol

[lofty pivot]

Their difficulty could also be tuned so they aren't so incredibly stupid and slow to react. Idk why EA/ DICE used a last second sledgehammer fix instead of a bandage.

Most devs in Sweden probably are not even back in studio until after the 6th, so maybe in a couple weeks, portal could get some defibs. Until then, everyone I know is playing Arc.

[silk tundra]

Yeah! All I play is Portal, but Portal has been polluted with bot farms since day 1, making it impossible to create or populate a legitimate server due to the global quota and bot server spam

As a result, people give up trying to make portal servers and people give up trying to find portal servers, essentially killing portal for legitimate players

All the while the official matchmaking is a fustercluck of people playing in the most unfun way possible, people exploiting map building oversights with zero possibility for moderation, people hogging vehicles at spawn, little friendships forming and disbanding every half-hour with no way to have anything permanent

Portal is the only refuge for those that want a good shooter with a side of genuine human connection, but with Portal taken over by bot farms, there just is no way to have fun in the game

[dry vector]

bot farms don't exist anymore, you can make servers, just good luck getting enough people to start

again wouldn't matter if you could just host locally like any other game in existence since the beginning of online gaming

if bot farms do still exist I'm not sure why since they don't give exp anymore

also if dice would have just banned them from the start

[cerulean kelp]

The marked modes — Breakthrough (Angriffspunkt), Escalation, King of the Hill, and Domination (Vorherrschaft) — are exactly the modes I mean.

Why are these modes not available in a proper Hardcore mode?

And why can’t we host them ourselves in Portal as verified Hardcore servers, or even better, with fully custom Hardcore settings instead of being forced to use the DICE Hardcore preset?

These modes are almost unplayable in normal mode:
• too much health
• too many HUD elements
• too much arcade-style gameplay
• and no real punishment for bad positioning

They only truly work in Hardcore, where:
• gunfights are decisive
• positioning matters
• teamwork is rewarded
• and the pacing fits the mode design

Right now, players are locked out of playing these specific modes the way they are meant to be played.

Battlefield used to stand for freedom and community control:
• custom servers
• custom rules
• real Hardcore
• and player choice

Restricting Hardcore to a few presets and limiting Portal settings removes exactly what made Battlefield special.

Let us host these modes.
Let us customize Hardcore properly.
Let the community decide what works best.
@peak vault
@pine imp
@proud trellis

[lyric aurora]

I gave up in November… I don’t know why they couldn’t just keep the server browser like in bf4… but a server. Set it up how you want. Keep it running. Favorite said servers, they will fill on their own if they make it go back to that!

[lyric aurora]

Agreed! My buddy plays core… I can’t dig it… I want my bf4 hardcore server browser back!

[cerulean kelp]

Nobody understands that.
I think they wanted to jump on the Call of Duty fast-money train, to be honest.

Quick matchmaking, quick rounds, quick rewards –
but they forgot what Battlefield was actually about:
communities, persistent servers, freedom, and real teamplay.

Trying to copy CoD cost Battlefield its identity.

[silk tundra]

Battlefield's identity changed like five times at this point, but yeah, in its current state it's just not fun

[cerulean kelp]

It is fun and it’s a good game, but it gets boring pretty quickly.
The matches are short, there’s hardly any real teamplay anymore, and a lot of things are missing.

[silk tundra]

For me, the teamplay and chatting with server regulars was a big part of what made earlier games fun

What upsets me mildly is that we now have a generation of Battlefield technically-veterans whose first game was BF5 or 2042, and they liked it, and now they are around and bringing their own understanding of what a Battlefield game is

[heady prairie]

Hello guys can you please help start HC rush serwer as it needs at least 8 players and 12 bots to start a game ZJNKV

[cerulean kelp]

The fact that you don’t even hear anything from the developers about this anymore is really sad.

[cerulean kelp]

I help

[heady prairie]

TY but we need 6 more people

could anybody check also if the serwer is visible ? seams impossible that nobody joins

[silk tundra]

I am now trying to hope that Battlebit's overhaul might actually end up being good

Battlebit's only major drawback is map voting, otherwise it's so damn fun

The game has like 20 maps, but people keep voting for the same 5 sniper-friendly hellholes. I haven't even seen half the maps.

[cerulean kelp]

Your server isn’t in the list.
Without advertising the name, nobody will find it.

[heady prairie]

how come ?

thats what i felt also strange

how can you check if the serwer setup is listed ?

or what does it blocks

[cerulean kelp]

I typed “Rush” into the search and it doesn’t even show up there.

The person who is on the server right now is one of my server admins.

Unfortunately, there is no real server browser.

[heady prairie]

yes he can leave its something in the setup but it says all good and all progression is on

[cerulean kelp]

You need people who actively search for it right away.

When I type Rush Hardcore, I can find it.

[heady prairie]

thats strange i cant see why it is shadowbanned

[cerulean kelp]

At the moment, we only manage to fill our server because we’re well known in Europe since BF3, and pretty much everyone knows the BadBoys.

[heady prairie]

thx for checking

[cerulean kelp]

That’s exactly why I’m so active here right now — so everyone can get their servers populated again and be found more easily, and so we can move back toward the old server system.

I find it really bad that the server list mainly shows empty servers,
but the ones that actually have players on them aren’t displayed — or not even the ones from your own region.

You always have to search for them directly.

[silk tundra]

The free slots filter being set to "for a party" by default is a crime

[cerulean kelp]

I see servers in the list with 100–300 ping, which I would never join,
and servers with 6–10 ping — but only three of them are shown.

[heady prairie]

can you check zm284

[cerulean kelp]

Yes, that’s true.
You always have to set free slots to any.

[heady prairie]

is it visible i walk through the process flawlessly

it doesnt have any restrictions

[lament galleon]

Is 7AUR still working or there a workaround it won't let me host just gives errors

[cerulean kelp]

Even with the code, I can’t find it in the Europe list.
Instead, I see “1-hour AFK” servers a hundred times with 0/0 players.

[heady prairie]

wow i am on the serwer and you cant even see it

this system is broken

they want you to buy skins thats all

we are unable to make a hardcore team death match longer game setups

unable to make rush

unable to make anything

actually but as you said there are hundreds of stupid farm serwers

[silk tundra]

I feel like I should just uninstall and give the game a year to either actually mature or turn into a complete AI slopathon, after which I'll decide whether to come back or not

[heady prairie]

im pissed .

[silk tundra]

I've been pissed for two months now

[heady prairie]

:)\

is anybody from bf team even checking those discord serwers ?

[silk tundra]

No

[heady prairie]

oh

[silk tundra]

A couple weeks ago they posted a blog with all the issues they were tracking and aware of at the time. None of the issues talked about on Discord were on that list.

Actually, most highly upvoted issues on EA Forums were ignored, too

[heady prairie]

wow

[silk tundra]

Gotta love how the game is marketed as "for the community by the community" with all of the Labs nonsense, and then they proceed to completely disregard said community.

[cerulean kelp]

Do you just want to play Rush with 50 health, or do you absolutely want to host it yourself?

[cerulean kelp]

That’s why I regularly tag the developers as well.

[silk tundra]

If I were a dev I'd have this server completely muted

[cerulean kelp]

Do you just want to play Rush with 50 health, or do you absolutely want to host it yourself?

Because our Hardcore settings are also 50 health, and voting is currently open for the weekend.
On our event server it will be either Conquest 64 or Rush Hardcore.
The decision will be made tomorrow — you’d just need to tell the player who was on your server to join us on the weekend.

[heady prairie]

i want a serwer with 50% health 150 % projectile speed at least 25 m per sector 300% tickets

[cerulean kelp]

That’s true, but I also have a contact on Steam. I didn’t want to message him directly yet, though.
First I want to use the official channels like the DICE and Ripple Effect email addresses.
I’m also using Twitter, this place here, and the Portal Hub Discord.
One of us is even in the DICE tester Discord, but he’s afraid to contact them because he’s worried about getting banned on Discord

[heady prairie]

so we can play something instead of looping new games where people just snipe and dont try to take objectives

[cerulean kelp]

Wir haben 50health 110% projectile and Speed 110%

[heady prairie]

serwer code ?

[odd tartan]

Same. It's COD with a BF skin to me at the moment. Hopefully they do some good work over the next six months or so. I'll come back in the summer.

[crisp dragon]

I dont know, its up to the Hindus now.
Well see. Maybe they dont have any fuzzies working at their studios

[cerulean kelp]

Looking for Friends – BADBOYS Event AD

Looking for friends to join!
BADBOYS-EventAD will be hosting this mode only for this weekend.

🕒 Live tonight and tomorrow
🎮 Mode: Rush Hardcore
🖥️ Server Name: BAD TheBadBoys Event Rush Hardcore

Join us and enjoy true Hardcore gameplay!

[lyric aurora]

Haha

[heady vapor]

How can playing on bf 1 or 4 maps

[bleak parcel]

I really wonder why they integrated the portal. If they're just going to ruin it afterwards, and nobody plays it. Or rather, only very few people play it. 😂

[twilit flume]

I wish they would feature a gun master playlist in portal. Would work well with bf6's cqc maps.

[cerulean kelp]

I love gun Master mod

[flint plume]

If anyone wants to play some LARGE Conquest or "Mega Conquest" - I have a experience I built with 13 capture points, bot backfill. It's the 1st one in a series I am putting out to bring Conquest back to the BF players. Enjoy code: ZM2W8

[jade hedge]

Gibraltar gambit is fun

[tawdry fulcrum]

fuck, fair enough

[fiery coral]

Some people have remade maps already, like a BF1 operations mode

[icy spade]

So…. Where my bots dice it’s 2026

[marble girder]

for one time. they never feature really good portals. don't want competition with their official game modes

[main trout]

Does anyone know why sometimes I click on a server, get the loading screen and then get booted to the main menu with the BF6 logo on my screen?

[proven veldt]

Dude portal needs an update so bad lol

[jade hedge]

Yeah it's lame that all the amazing map creations are purposefully getting ignored for that reason

[wanton wyvern]

ZCFMU if anyone wants a 64 player breakthrough server on all maps with vanilla settings. Full XP with bot backfill enabled.

[proven veldt]

Well portal is pretty much the only way you can play with more than 4 people. But if you all join as friends it forces you all on the same team. So many issues lol

FFA isn’t even possible currently

Really sucks that they don’t just have official persistent servers in portal would make life a hell of a lot easier… which is what everyone was under the impression of

[spark canyon]

Super Bad maps BF6

[grand path]

I would say Portal in 2042 was 10 times better.

You had different units and ERAs.

[warped heath]

BF6 cannot compete with other games with live service alone, they need to figure out how to make Portal work.

[magic garnet]

Where do I find the skin from the free daily login reward lol

[west vale]

It happens just try again

[main trout]

I’m actually surprised they are just doing the same thing with this game. But it just shows you how rushed these games are.

It wasn’t as rushed as 2042 though, thank god.

[lofty pivot]

Thanks EA. Maybe portal will be good by October when we hit 30k players on steam

[lament rain]

Brauche Hilfe für dir Trophäen
sprengtechnik
Zwölf Uhr mittags
Erster Treffer 2

Trophy help

[meager kelp]

hello everyone, tell me who knows how to create rounds?

and you can somehow trigger a right-click in the editor.

[dense holly]

team balancer

[digital bay]

Anyone figured out how to dynamically spawn Capture points without them defaulting to the letter A on the map?

[river nymph]

Is there a night time map on bf6

[cerulean kelp]

When will FLIR finally be banned from the game?”

[magic saddle]

Pax Assault skin i believe. Under the Unitee faction

[brave marten]

When are they gonna fix the 20 people to start without bots, and only 8 with bots, and no xp without bots, shuving bots down our throats

Ban BOTS

[brave marten]

I think there’s a video about that on Battlefielddad YouTube

Or DEWtheMCCOY

[bright vigil]

Where can I send feedback for bf6?

[dry vector]

your local blackhole or void

the abyss also works

[spark venture]

https://portal.battlefield.com/bf6/experience/publish/step-three?id=19bdd900-eb62-11f0-8bbe-fd6f897f750e This is about to get interesting

[warped heath]

Nice experience, like quake instagib. Too bad nobody's gonna play it ;'D

[stoic jungle]

so for the ppl that finished challenge and didn't get the thing that they paid for when is that getting resolved.

[warped heath]

I'd say 3 months. DICE needed that long to reimburse players who couldn't play bf6 on ea app on day 1 😄

Or never, if they forget. Right now half of bf pro players got basically robbed.

[deep pagoda]

This community will never let them forget.

[summer mortar]

Has anyone made a milsim inside of bf6 that actually has regular players yet????

[craggy rivet]

👋
I recently bought the game and I’m wondering if anyone knows about any good map to farm weapon XP, I have no XP boosts available and sweating in PvP or being stuck in casual breakthrough isn’t something I wanna’ do.

Thanks in advance if anyone has some suggestions 🤝 .

[dense holly]

I guess faithwalker but, I dunno. I dont see that as a thing people would have bought bf for.

[elfin oak]

Using this is sad.

I have a server with multiple maps. Rush with vehicles. Pretty popular, but portal @30hz is so unstable it’s difficult to build a clan around it.

[lost marten]

everything on portal is 30hz ?

[deep pagoda]

yep

[lost marten]

oh didnt know that

13/64 and i need 20 ppl to start, what happens when the server drops below 20

do i have to start again ?

[mellow chasm]

Yeah. I guess your server is with bots? You need at least 8 players for match to start.

[sturdy hill]

Is it that hard to add Solo/Coop to the game 🤔

[untold magnet]

Its very annoying when you are playing on a server with more then 3 friends and they get kicked to another server after the match what happen to the platoon like in BF4 and BF 5 if your not in the squad your screwed not enjoyable at all

[proven veldt]

It’s pretty much impossible to play with more than 4 friends even with portal

Only way is to have them look up the server your in pray it shows up for them and then join. Then when you have like 12 or so people that server becomes so laggy it’s unplayable for everyone involved

[glad geode]

just grabbed sdk and loaded up MP_Capstone. but the editor is super slow and choppy for me. I'm running 5900x 64gb ram samsung 990 pro and 6900 xt. is it expected to be a bit chug? the game itself runs better for some reason

[glad geode]

wait what, thats awful. is there doc on that?

[mellow chasm]

wdym? Even with 64 players it's not lagging, unless you play custom server that have unoptimised scripting.

[proven veldt]

Could be servers that have unoptimized scripting tbh. Like rpg vs golf cart

[mellow chasm]

Yeah, those I mean. Anything that's full xp is smooth.

[fresh atlas]

Hi guys. Is there any way to create a GAUNTLET Exprerience in Portal, in order to create a gauntlet tournament for my community?

[dense holly]

so when is the 8 p start going away? I hate bots, they dont work right anyway.

oih and team balancer, team switch

[mellow chasm]

There was a leak that it is coming in S2 in Verified Experiences.

[deep pagoda]

When you go in game, enable simple performance overlay and look at the one that's called "sim". It'll be 60 in normal mp, 30 in portal. That sim is the tick rate essentially.

[lost marten]

i just read it my self here in chat , dont know the source

[icy spade]

Still no solo bots eh?

[dire lance]

Who from here doesn't lie sex based roles in game? Why don't they bring back the BF V character customizations, to create ur soldier and pick the sex, and everything

I want to play at any time, any role, as any sex.

[tardy haven]

Any idea why actually good fan-made maps (like remakes of older maps and the BR map as conquest) are still not featured in the main menu ??? This is free content and BF Studios are sleeping on it... make it a playlist perhaps ?? Like "Portal Conquest" ...

[gentle gull]

I got a super advanced conquest mode coming to portal soon! free to play

[tardy haven]

Yeah but will it be featured, or buried among all other good stuff because of all the afk / boost / brainrot portal stuff we see all the time ??

[heady vapor]

Why do the zelfmade maps on portal all sucks

[heady dust]

Hi guys
Please help me

I've created a map for BF6 portal-where should I make a post to make it known?

[tardy haven]

That's the problem... we need goood stuff to be visible by the playerbase in the main menu, instead of those AFK and bot farms scraps 😒

[warped heath]

There is a simple way for EA to both fix Portal, clean server browser from afk/bot farms and make money.

• Create solo mode that runs locally and doesn't use game quota.
• Remove all restrictions from Portal, but instead of letting anyone host it, charge rent money. Of course it has to be 60hz.
• Merge all features from Portal 1.0
• Fix experience/server ui - pagination, favs, more filters, filter sets
• Hire an inter that will create a curated list of experiences to try each week

[jade hedge]

Woohoo. Another completely generic portal mode got featured on front page

[nimble stratus]

I click on FNB or other portal modes and brings me to the system options (uninstall, cross-platform creator etc)

[sharp saddle]

I have Pro but can't host 100 player servers for FnB?

[west vale]

Post it in here. https://discord.com/channels/870246147455877181/908160541481123850 Or here: https://bfportal.gg/experiences/

[heady dust]

yeah, already did

is anything else?

[marsh plume]

Is there a list of all the PVE server codes somewhere?

[west vale]

This experience in BF6, ZGQ1G should give Moderate XP, Challenges, and weapon Mastery XP. It is not a cheat lobby, but it is a PVP, PVE or COOP lobby that is well made almost to the way the release was. Great job to the creator. 2042 has better Conquest modes that do not rely on serious scripting and blocks. They also give moderate XP, Ribbons, and weapon attachments without the need to play PvP only. BF6 is currently a step back in that regard.

[west vale]

I have played all of these. This is my personal list, and they are not my creations. The authors are still improving some of them. THESE ARE ALL WORK IN PROGRESS:
Z3CP6 Golf course map conquest
ZGQ1G Good Operation Firestorm Conquest
ZC34V Good infantry hardcore Golf course
ZD7HY KURTINTHEGRIND
Z44N6 Smaller Hardcore PVE from
YQRPE Jet combat PVE y
Z62MS innovation conquest Z3EZV
ZHR69 Helicopter training
Z5B1Q CONQUEST auto spotted bots
ZJDHH NOOGZ helicopter conquest
ZKX1T Conquest Blackwell fields fun
ZJMKD conquest 8 maps by Andy ZJ6GT
YYPYW RUSH 16V 60
ZJSHE Battle royale maps Conquest
Z1MZX Neighborhood conquest
YR552 bots are dumb nice map large
ZCG2X One flag bots on a building top
ZJZBT EASY ai and lots of health
ZKPRC FLYING TRAINER tactical brit
ZKBAY TDM
ZHSPM battlefield 1 mode
ZH6YV Conquest
ZF8UV COOP PVE rush
ZMVX1 PVE training Jet/heli
ZJHTS Breakthrough

[high badger]

@west vale any of them full xp?

[vestal dagger]

Is there anyone looking for a couple of players to compete in Gauntlet that actually plays the Objective?

[tropic burrow]

Sooooooo Dice/Battlefield Studios...

Why is portal slept on?

Why not return Eras?

Why can't be adjust how many vehicles of each type like before?

Why are experiences not able to launch with bots like 2042?

So far this portal is a step forward in some cases but a major step back from 2042s portal. Its shocking to say but I enjoyed 2042 Portal more than BF6.

[grizzled pelican]

Hi all,

This is my experience server, if you want to test it, your welcome

Semi Sim mode -Breakthrough mode
Code : YJC62
thanks

[tropic burrow]

I got a Gulf of Lyndon server on the go. Large Conquest.

No bots

[upper vortex]

The search in the portal is still at a very poor level..If I want to find a new map from a fan, it's impossible..only if I know the code. The Battlefield developers are doing just as bad a job as CoD...and I'm a long-time Battlefield fan...They should be inspired by the search like in Battlefield V.

[tender pendant]

what the F there cheater at redsec

somehow a player survive 3 head shot

[west vale]

No, that is my main gripe with EA and DICE. They need to Give these types of experiences 50% XP, challenges, and weapon mastery at a minimum. These are not cheat lobbies and anyone can join them. The current progression system is too laborious for the average player. The game is fun if you do not need to focus solely on getting XP and progression to unlock things behind a wall accessible only if you play a certain mode or PVP only. Progression should be added for playing the game the way players like to play. PVE players should not have to join PVP to experience the full game, unlocks and progression. 2042 was the closest to what PVE players wanted to date from Battlefield because of the portal and the ability to progress completely without PVP. Most expected the same from BF6 and with a more robust map editor for map creation. The marketing sure made it sound that way. So here we are after launch, and most people bought the marketing of play your way, yet it is more like previous BF's in that if you want to progress and unlock attachments you must play with other players.

[pine rain]

I don't care about not having XP in portal maps, I do care about the fact that every single "practice" map has zero fucking vehicles or spawn points. What gives?

[unreal briar]

The later version of BF how more important it has become to have absolutely zěro Jitter and ping below 10 and staying under that amount, thee you can get a lag free battlefield experience.

I have played with a LAN setup with on site server, it's always been thé best way to play the series.
Turn on all onscreen game info like hit history, networking graph ANY spiking in there equals a la moment where reality does not match on screen experience below a 500Hz(240 at the least) @1percent lows.

[unreal briar]

Every new iteration of BF equals more data throughput equaling more risk of instable moments.
Also the internet now is nòthing compared to the time of first online BF server play....billions of devices are inter communicating nowadays... Thus jitter thus micro ping spikes thus inaccurate appearance.

[lofty pivot]

Zero comms from DICE after holiday? Makes it easy for us to play other games I guess, while portal is left to die.

[lethal herald]

BOTFIELD 6 season two coming soon

[light root]

PVE back ?

[merry girder]

Hey guys crazy idea for new maps for BF6 how about Caracas Venezula, Tehran, and Cuba

[icy spade]

Where are my bots dice

[west vale]

I just played this one. 64 ai. Bots use all vehicles. ZN26Q Large Giza offensive. Very cool. There is a PVP version only too for those players.

[vapid fulcrum]

We reallyneed the ability for 8 players to be able to follow each other from map to map vs spitting us in a different games when the map resets

[hybrid lion]

Night of the undead is sick! (Code - ZN76F)
Props to TabbedScamper for creating it

[jade hedge]

Had a blast playing it earlier. Got to round 16 with a couple randos. It gets craaaaazy lol

[atomic pulsar]

does anyone know a single portal map that doesn't have bots and doesn't take so long to load you get AFK kicked?

[hexed bay]

zna7t Tried to make a battle royale server for challenges and with bots but I need players

[dense holly]

That's just called playing on servers

[scenic turret]

"Win games in any mode" 0/30 - Is there some nice server where i can do it quick?

[past remnant]

Are there any new private bot/xp lobbies by now or are they still entirely wiped out?

[dim fractal]

Hey ! Does anyone have a good hardcore server?

[tired anvil]

550k players to 50k players. stop marketing and update the game. portal with all mode playlists, ready for esport. tickrate up to 128 hz. team integration. fix the bloom mechanics. fix the texture bugs… please.

[acoustic dagger]

60 Hz portal servers when? @sick parrot

[icy spade]

Please dice give us a GOOD UPDATE on Portal

[surreal portal]

yes !

brings back solo and co-op!
and removed the limit of at least 20 people

@kindred agate and the others @orchid barn brings us back the old portal

[lofty pivot]

Make portal great again

We paid 70$+ and can't even host servers unless having 7 other players join.

-Bot backfill fully from 1 player
-Full xp and progression (for verified experiences, no removing bot guns etc)
-Allow game timer, score, and hardcore changes only with bots

Limit bot farms with simple checks, many of us want community servers and this is the answer. As long as bots can reliably kill players, no custom logic to alter spawns etc, what is the issue?

[delicate bane]

Does this server have a support channel?🥹

[warped heath]

Portal is crucial for this game's survival and somehow this is the most neglected aspect of it. Like, c'mon, user-generated mps and modes can easily satisfy hunger for content. Just look at tf2 and their community maps.

EA needs to refine their business model around it. Cosmetics could also be improved. Go nuts with gun skins, and create a market for them. Tone down player skins, use real military gear and not ASG tracksuits, bring back dynamic camo to match the map biomes.

[warped heath]

Cs:go was doing just fine with just wacky weapon skins and it still felt grounded due to cohesive player skins.

[warm crypt]

Anyone know why, when my character spawns in the HQ, if they try to leave the HQ bounds they get flaged as out of bounds?

I'm trying to figure it out

[glad geode]

I noticed that yesterday in a tank driving right along the boundary of HQ, but once I turned and got off the boundary it went away

[warm crypt]

huh

I'll try that

[icy spade]

Shoutout to dice for still keeping up the 2042 portal editor

[tropic burrow]

I got a server up that is a large conquest style on Redline Storage. Experience code :ZMUW2

[jade hedge]

The email they've sent out has some extra wording for the community experiences being featured. They have added in "More Featured modes" so this must mean that each week we'll now get 2 or 3 portal modes on front page instead of the usual 1 a week 👀

[warm pumice]

I noticed that Capture Points cannot be captured by team 3 and up players. Only team 1 and team 2 supported?

This channel really needs to split into 2. One for searching and sharing experiences and the other for technical discussions.

[cerulean kelp]

What Battlefield Portal Needs

Portal (Custom / Community)
• Individual Full XP for custom modes
• Ability to save and share created maps & modes with all players
• Custom maps and modes should be hostable by other communities

⸻

Verified Portal Needs
• Team switching
• Ability to limit or disable optics / scopes
• Spectator mode enabled
• Same server settings as Custom Portal, but without scripting and rule exploits
• All game modes available in Verified Portal
• 60Hz servers
• Clan-protected servers (only the owning clan can host or copy them)
• More Hardcore settings
• Crosshair disabled for soldiers, but enabled for vehicles
• Kill feed must always be active
• Ability to host community-created maps and modes even in Verified Portal

⸻

A message to the developers

Please, DICE, Ripple Effect and EA —
Portal is the heart of Battlefield communities.
Give us the tools and freedom to build long-lasting servers, fair Hardcore gameplay, and real clan environments.

Please, please, please make Portal the future of Battlefield. ❤️ @sick parrot @final latch

Many of these features are essential for fair play and healthy communities.

Team switching is extremely important.
It allows clans and communities to play against each other properly, as teams.
It also helps with server balance — when one side is too weak, players can switch to strengthen it instead of leaving the server.

FLIR is a very powerful camping tool.
Being able to disable it would improve teamwork and movement, instead of players sitting in one spot farming kills.
The same applies to sniper limits — without them, too many players just sit in corners and ignore the actual objective.

A spectator mode would allow us to record wars, run ESL-style matches, and even stream full matches on YouTube all day.

Being able to host custom maps and modes created by other players would massively increase content.
I personally love Gun Master and the map Rats — more community content means more fun and more reasons to play.

All of the features I listed are important for individualized gameplay and teamwork.
Customization attracts players, because everyone has different preferences.

Thank you for reading.
I love Battlefield. ❤️ @sick parrot @final latch

[warm crypt]

How does one turn off destruction on certain objects? I want to use chainlink fences as an area boundry cause big ass stone blocks dont look as nice, but I dont want the players to just destroy the fence and move out of bounds

[dense holly]

Agree mostly but why the kill feed?

Id love to turn off hitmarkers and kill feed

[cerulean kelp]

As a server admin you need the kill feed.
Some players like to stay inside their base with AA and farm kills while being protected by the base shield, making them untouchable.
Thanks to the kill feed we can quickly see who is doing this and remove that person from the server.
We play with fair play rules.

[dense holly]

Ah yes, I guess that makes sense when we don't have procon to see the kills as admins but still provide a hardcore have for our players

[dense holly]

This is also such a difficult thing to admin with the out of bounds in this have having been drawn by people who have never played a bf game

[cerulean kelp]

Luckily we can handle it. You can see the map, and players will quickly complain if they get shot from inside the base.
Most of the time they don’t even ask for a ban – but then we just check the kill feed and the big map, because the minimap is off, so we need to verify if they are telling the truth.
And then – problem solved.

And yes, the baselines are really badly drawn. In some places the base is way too close to the actual battlefield.

I really hope that DICE and Ripple Effect will take my suggestions seriously.
I already contacted Harmonix, and he and his team said they would look at the list from our community.

But I don’t know if anything will actually come out of it.
All I know is that DICE and Ripple Effect have our list now.

[cerulean kelp]

When I look at how much effort the Battlefield Portal Hub guys put into building maps and modes, how much work they invest, it would only be fair to give full XP to custom Portal and allow those maps to be hosted by everyone. That way their effort actually pays off.

They even recreated a classic Counter-Strike “rats” map — I found it yesterday. That really brings back memories for old-school gamers from the early days.

The Battlefield community needs to support these creators and server hosts if we want Battlefield to become the great game it should be again. 💪

@final latch @worthy harness @sick parrot @gaunt grove

Battlefield has so much untapped potential. So much of it is not being used. The community could build so many modes and maps that would provide endless content.
The tools to build already exist. The tools to create already exist. If we could simply attach game modes to maps and upload them together — so when the map loads, the mode automatically runs — then servers could easily rotate different modes on one server. That would make Portal the best place in the world, especially with full XP.
And if everyone had direct access to all community-created maps and modes, it would take everything to the next level.

[dense holly]

Yeah, I agree

Most of my community has already returned to 4

[warped heath]

@cerulean kelp you are a legend, thank you for the effort

[cerulean kelp]

I will only truly be one once this list is implemented — and once enough people keep reminding DICE and Ripple Effect how important it is.

Thank you

[worthy harness]

Thanks @cerulean kelp, I'll DM you about the XP topic regarding Custom. I'd say, given the nature of "Custom", the solution/next-step is very nuanced. Would love to hear your thoughts on some of the ideas we're working on.

[cerulean kelp]

Thank you, that sounds really good — very nice.
I’d also really appreciate it if you could take another look at expanding Portal verified servers, especially for teamplay and administration, and making things as flexible and simple as in custom games.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.

[warped heath]

Finally a huge W from BF Studios. We were so desperate to be heard and to have our sentiment about the game acknowledged. We really appreciate it, @worthy harness. Looking forward to future developments.

If I could suggest anything, please consider server rental system in place of current persistent server system.

• Money is the easiest way to filter out sub-par servers, greatly reducing a flood of xp farms and less fragmentation of playerbase
• An alternative way to fund the live service, less reliance on cosmetics (this is my naive point of view, I do not know the metrics)
• No more game quota exceeded issues

[surreal portal]

It would be simpler to just ban experience lobbies, or we could just delete the names and descriptions immediately.

There are players like me who enjoy the standard big Conquest mode, playing solo as well as co-op.

I don't need any EXP lobbies for that -.-

It would also be possible to switch the AI ​​offline,
like Battlefront 2

[warped heath]

@surreal portal solo/coop is a missing feature that must return from bf2042, it's an issue separate from portal, but equally important

portal was a crutch we used, because solo/coop is missing

[median kestrel]

Good luck with that 😄😄

[cerulean kelp]

Please read the replies.”

[median kestrel]

The replies and your post isn’t the issue, Dice is. They won’t listen

They would rather please streamers

[cerulean kelp]

DICE did hear it — and they responded.
That’s exactly why this matters.

[median kestrel]

Like I said good luck with that 😄

[cerulean kelp]

Thanks

[next sonnet]

FINALLY THANK YOU EA

FOR THE SCRIPT GUIDE
THANKSSSS

[charred nymph]

make maps bigger it is easy

[summer notch]

Are you talking about the guide in #1461435775664132331 ?

[next sonnet]

yur

[random meadow]

Cooked game

[summer notch]

Nice! Battlefield Dad did phenomenal work on it 😄

[strong mountain]

Any news on when we'll get a spectator mode? My organization was trying to set up a tournament, but there's no proper/official way to view the matches

[mild sentinel]

I still prefer the portal the way it was at launch before they messed up

[summer notch]

Could you explain in better detail what you mean?

[strong mountain]

@summer notch do you have any information on this?

[summer notch]

I don't have any information on this at the moment

[strong mountain]

Okay thank you

[summer notch]

What does burger mean?

[stark spade]

Being able to switch teams is smth really important imo

[supple ginkgo]

BORGAR

[summer notch]

@old fox I saw your message, this would be the chat channel for Portal

[mild sentinel]

This one. Why do we need required 8 players to start a matchup when it should be only one player to start a matchup, especially if they are playing by themselves. Also 12 bots to fill in on both teams are you kidding me? It should be 64 bots to fill up on empty maps when the player is playing by themselves on any game mode

[crisp gazelle]

This right here killed BF night for my group

[old fox]

Yeap, someone tagged it and found it. Decided to delete the initial message.

These are positive changes, and I really appreciate it! I spent so much time creating a few experiences in BF2042 and never got the chance to fill up a server since I’m no content creator who can just send a message to the community to invite them to join. And many other players have the same issue probably.

So now spending time on creating experiences seems worth it. Thank you for coming up with this idea!🫶

[cerulean kelp]

“4 players would be exactly the right number to start a server without bots.”

[crisp gazelle]

Requiring 8 players to start is stupid

Better than 20, but still stupid

Sometimes less than 8 but more than 4 people in my group show up, and we can't play together. I don't blame them for losing interest. BF2042 Portal at least worked for us. BF6 Portal is commically stupid.

[cerulean kelp]

**“I think it’s also important to say what we like about the game. DICE and Ripple Effect are doing a great job – the game, the maps, and the new modes are really fun, and we truly appreciate the work the team is putting into Battlefield.

But there is one thing that really hurts community servers and clans: the player requirements to start a server. Many clans simply cannot reach 8 or even 20 players at once without bots. Seeding a server under these conditions can take hours. Most clans realistically have around 10–20 active players, not 50.

That’s why allowing servers to start with around 4 players (especially without bots) would make a huge difference. It would help communities grow their servers naturally again, just like in older Battlefield titles.”**

[crisp gazelle]

I'm too angry to type up anything as polite as this.

[summer notch]

We appreciate it! I look forward to seeing what experiences you'll create

[summer notch]

This is something we've been continuously investigating. I don't have much to share at this time, but we do hear your feedback

[warped heath]

This is so freaking cool that Portal is getting more traction! I'm not a big fan of any start requirement though, we do not need to haggle with 8, 4 or 2. Just take average amount of xp a human player gets from playing multiplayer per minute, cut it 1/2 or 1/4 and set that as xp limit per minute (not per kill) from bots. Players would need to grind as long with bots as they do with humans, nothing of the value is lost.

[cerulean kelp]

Respect is everything. I have already been in contact with several people from DICE and Ripple Effect. They are kind, friendly people. They have put a lot of hard work and a lot of time into this game.

Just like you and me, they also have their own opinions — and opinions can be discussed. If you want to be heard, you have to approach things with understanding and respect. It really helps.

Kindness and being factual are the strongest weapons in any chat.”**

[crisp gazelle]

I think the player count dropping should light a fire

[mild sentinel]

Just to remind you. You can disable the bots in the settings when you are creating a matchup, but they probably won’t removed the bots in the future because you can’t always rely on real players, other players will use bots just to help them unlock their favorite weapons much faster.

[patent lagoon]

I managed to get a community going with 30+ people from scratch on the first day of launch. We managed to seed a server and get a full 64 player Rush game. It was the most fun I've had on this game (it was day one). Soon after, the server died, then it would randomly transfer to another region making us all play with 100+ ping. Then, when we tried to relaunch it to start in the right region, it just wouldn't let us.

Now, months later, it's all just XP Farm slop and no additional tools or changes have really been made that would give us any reason to return.

Made some new pals at least I guess.

[cerulean kelp]

Yes, the problem is the server start requirement. If bots are disabled, you currently need 20 players just to start the match. I personally don’t like bots, and I don’t need them to level weapons — I can do that by just playing the game normally.

What we really want is a way to start servers with fewer players, even when bots are turned off. That would allow communities and clans to seed their servers properly and let real players join naturally.”**

[strong mountain]

Agreed

[crisp gazelle]

If the portal server start requirements don't change to something reasonable, I don't think my group will be returning to BF6.

[strong mountain]

🍔🚬

[strong mountain]

It's just a burger

[worthy harness]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-spongebob-squidward-tentacles-squidward-krabby-patty-gif-11224936535063924987

[summer notch]

https://tenor.com/view/dab-battlefield-braddock-bfv-bf1-gif-12036592

[worthy harness]

Minimum players to start a server is a tough one. To be honest, the game launched with a low minimum requirement, but we’ve since escalated it in order to stop Solo/AFK XP farming. But I agree, this tactic is pretty brutal for those in the community trying to play the “right way”. I acknowledge that, and am aware of that. We have some ideas in development that are smarter more elegant ways to combat this, but if you have ideas or thoughts, please send to me

[strong mountain]

Are there any plans or mentions of adding modes like gauntlet to portal?

[worn niche]

Hi portal 👋

[light root]

PVE Back ?

[silk trellis]

All these updates and still no successful portal gameplay. Dead game unfortunately.

[cerulean kelp]

“If bots are not allowed, then below 8 players it should be possible to start the server with 4 real players without any bots. That way you don’t help XP-farming servers, but you do help real communities.”

“Without bots, the server should be able to start with 4 real players. With bots enabled, it should start at 8 players and allow up to 12 bots, just like it does now.”

“That would still prevent XP farming, and the players who want to play with bots could still do so — they would just need 8 players to start.”

“That should be a good compromise for everyone, right? Or am I missing something?”

[worthy harness]

Our Seasons will be packed with a range of content, including updates to Portal. More information on Season 2 is coming soon. But I will say, it’s our plan to add “official” modes (e.g., King of the Hill, etc) to Portal Verified in a season-to-season cadence.

[strong mountain]

Thanks for the info. Any info on spectator mode (especially for esports)?

[cerulean kelp]

Very nice idea

[unreal briar]

Thanks for the release of this #portal section.
People that like 👌 ❤️ react to this message with one of the formerly added emotions.
Or those that express your experience and used thumbs up 👍 or not used 👎 .
And your region, mine is EU 🇪🇺 for example.

[vocal lion]

I still do not understand why DICE/EA would remove Bot match.. So what people killed bots, and had fun.. They paid 80 bucks for the game, they should be able to do what they want. It does not make them better having a fancy rank tbh.

Such a shame so many left the game - But I do understand it, I still have a few fun moments in BF, but its getting pretty much boring just grinding BP... It was a great 2 months run.

[cerulean kelp]

Fair play means that players who play the game normally and level their weapons are at a disadvantage compared to players who farm bots. That’s what fair play is about.”

I can understand DICE on this. This kind of farming takes away the purpose of the game. You want to still have goals and progression, and you want to play in a fair way. I think DICE is right to care about that.”

[mellow chasm]

@worthy harness any plans to bring max player count option in Portal to more than 64, like 100 or 128? Would be nice to have an option for that if some servers want that.

[sly creek]

Not being able to do bot lobbies with my 3 friends to earn a little xp and just relax without having the stresses of sweaty players really sucks

[strong mountain]

Which would mean that if players want to keep up with the bot farmers then they would have to farm the bots as well

[cerulean kelp]

You can create a Portal server with 32 or 48 players. For these smaller maps, that is exactly the right player count for good, enjoyable rounds.

We also run a Hardcore server in that size, and except for the early morning hours, it is usually full.”**

[cerulean kelp]

“Exactly — and that would take away the challenges and therefore the fun for players, because they would feel forced to go to bot-farming servers just to keep up.”

[upper valve]

The problem is still the same it doesn't look like Ea/DICE are listening feedback because as i said a lot of time and time ago there was better fix of the xp farm problem one was even listen to all the report in stead of responding "After reviewing your report, we have decided not to take action this time." this could help to a bit or fix the server creation because if i create a server with the only change on the setting of the server is the fill with bot i should have full xp on the server or yhee it's fair the bot to give 50% xp instead of 100% but still better then noting plus you should have the possibility to start a server with one player as it was before no this thing 8 or 20. I like pve not because I'm bad at playing PvP but because i want to play no like pvp I can't even fly a Heli or jet and like others said or because after a long day of work they like to play a more relaxed pve and no some PvP with sweety ,glitcher ,cheater and in my opinion would be nice like others game to add a feed when you see in game the banned players. plus sorry but i don't like to play vs controller it's practically like playing Vs aimboters some time. First idea is like i already said other time by do the co-op mode i don't like the Casual mode for the same problem i said before.
Second is to close xp farm and listen the report about the xp farms (we are helping you).
Third more heavier rule on verified server this way no one can open xp farm.
Fourth make possible to host a verified server in local still with all the progression active and the possibility to invite friends this way you will have more free space for portal server. (this could be an idea if you don't want to make a co-op mode)
So sorry but like other players don't feel like you listened to us.

[worthy harness]

We see it all. We are listening. I am sitting here — quite literally — listening to you right now. And that’s amazing! From the data we have, the #1 thing players want from Portal is control over the bot farms and XP exploits. So we’ve poured a ton of time and effort into that, and tried many many things since October 10. Quite frankly, the effort that has gone into that has come at the expense and delay of some other features, many of which @cerulean kelp has called out. We’ve tried and deployed a lot of tactics to control the XP farming, and we’re learning from what’s working, what isn’t, and making improvements. Unfortunately, there isn’t one single magic bullet that will instantly solve it, but we’ll see advancements in stages over time. So, we’re listening, we’re making tweaks, and I’m optimistic for the future in this area. And, to put it to rest, so we can focus on a lot of the other cool systems, features, and content we want to bring to portal.

[mellow chasm]

Thank you very much! Just want to add, congratulations for the great game that is BF6, you have done great job. I am sure it will be even greater with future updates!

[worthy harness]

We added "Casual Breakthrough" for this exact scenario. Have you tried that one? Give it a go! We've seen a ton of positive comments and engagement with Casual Breakthrough, and we want to expand the "Casual-" program to more types of modes (Conquest, etc.). This is one way we've tried to provide the "chill and kill bots and earn XP", while we try to manage/tweak how bots work within Portal servers.

[cerulean kelp]

Since we’re all here talking about Portal: there is a scoreboard bug. Sometimes it can’t be closed anymore and stays stuck on the screen until you get killed, or until you get kicked from the server after about 5 minutes for being idle.”

[summer notch]

This is something our team is aware of! If you do find any other bugs to report, please consider using our new #1461436762881654784 channel! This will help our team a ton when it comes to investigating any reported issues. Also, so we can communicate in those threads for everyone's awareness 😄

Probably the channel I am most excited for, haha

[cerulean kelp]

“Yes, thanks. I will definitely do that if we notice anything else.

We just happened to all be here right now 😅🫣.”**

[summer notch]

https://tenor.com/view/dance-kid-club-gif-9152583

In the Portal club, we all fam

[cerulean kelp]

We gamers are a family everywhere.”

[cerulean kelp]

“If you’re up for it, join BAD TheBadBoys Conquest 48 HC No Sniper — server in Germany. Everyone is welcome to come play with us!”

[crisp gazelle]

How about this: Lower the required players to start to 4. Backfill with bots to a configurable amount per team, from 12 to 32, depending on the map and match type. Allow us to complete the challenges in portal vs bots but without awarding XP vs bots. Only award XP vs humans, restricted if need be to please everyone. That seems reasonable to me.

[west vale]

What about the players who do not want to play PVP but still want unlocks. Why should those players join PVP as an only option? It sounds one sided from your point of view. Do you not care about PVE type players having fun? Is a PVP player more entitled to fun? We both paid full price. It should not be one way or another. Moderate XP and weapon mastery for PVE at a minimum to be fair. It sounds like to me if a PVP player likes the challenge, then what better challenge than facing a PVE player, in a match, with a maxed out weapon. I doubt that would happen. Most likely PVP players who maxed out a weapon. As a predominant PVE player, I would rarely join a PVP match. Even now, I avoid them except to try to move the weapon mastery needle. I give up on that. The game is not fun when the focus is unlocks and challenges. It forces me to play a way that is not my choice. I thought this game was marketed as "Play your way" ?

[elfin oak]

I have a rush server with vehicles. 6 maps. Looking for players

[lusty tendon]

Is there any portal server that has a firing range with targets that are wearing plates (and the same plate behavior as Redsec)?

[sly creek]

I appreciate that option very much and so do my friends. The number 1 thing that myself and my friend love doing is getting into a match and just having fun goofing about and not stressing about some hardcore player ruining it. I know it is not yalls fault and it sure isnt the fault of battlefield either. Gaming has just changed overall from when my friends and I were kids. When we were kids it was just for fun not over competitive like people make it nowadays.

[hybrid lion]

Having 128 players on Portal would be awesome. Really liked playing those 128 rush lobbies on 2042 portal. Sad Rush/breakthrough player counts got totally axed in Bf6 and portal doesnt support this. Hopefully after the Xp farm situation is dealt with this is a possibility to add. That and adding servers to a favorites list

[mellow chasm]

Yeap, they replied that it's in discussion. Hopefully we will get 128 player option in Portal. I know it was hated but some players liked it as well. I don't see it being bad for being an option to be possible to configure in Portal.

[cerulean kelp]

Battlefield has always been a multiplayer game without bots.”

“But there is a Casual mode.”

“And it has been confirmed that Casual will also come to Conquest.”

“Why doesn’t a PvP game make fun anymore?”

[west vale]

Bots go back to BF1942 and BF2. The mods in those games are heavily bot oriented. Those games have unlocks and progression just like the original release except with Bots. I got BF2 in 2005 and played the bots on it heavily. When mods came into the game they just got better and I modded BF2 for years. So always without bots is way off. EA stopped the bots with BFBC until they reappeared in 2042. That was way too long of an absence in my opinion. I'm now 57 and I played with BF2 bots up until 2042 was released. So all those BF in between BF2 and 2042 were lost to me. I didn't play them. I loved 2042 just for the bots and the improvement over BF2. I hoped that BF6 would continue and keep at least the same progression that was given in 2042 Portal. That is all I want.

[cerulean kelp]

Back then, the offline or single-player modes had bots, that’s true. But nowadays, bot servers are often created only for weapon leveling, so players can then be stronger against others — which is not fair play.

That’s why Casual modes were developed: so people can play with both bots and real players, but in a more controlled way that keeps fair play intact.”**

Can you tell me what exactly bothers you about the PvP system? Why don’t you enjoy it as a PvP game?”

[west vale]

I do not understand the fair play thing. I do not play PVP and bots do not care how I play them. I agree that progression should be limited to unaltered experiences such as verified experiences with bot backfill. It really wouldn't be hard to make it so that unmodified Conquest with AI give Moderate Progression, weapon XP and challenges for the PVE players, while at the same time keeping bot farms from the same progression since those are modified.

[cerulean kelp]

Then just explain clearly why PvE is better for you than PvP, and give a more detailed description of your reasons. The developers have shown that they are actually reading the feedback.”

[west vale]

I'm too competitive for my own skill level and it raises my blood pressure. I'm older and I do not want to play competitively with different skills, cheaters, and sitting in a lobby with whoever waiting for a game to start. I do like some of the variation of real players, but AI have gotten so much better recently that I really do not see much difference in the competitive side. AI are adjustable in difficulty but I usually adjust the health to make them go down a little faster. In PVP now we have to let controller players with AIM assist get the drop on me and I'm already slower than I used to be. I've Played PVP much in the past especially in the early COD days. Now, I'm on BP meds and it is not good for me to Play competitively.

I thought I was clear.

[analog hatch]

Did they?

[cerulean kelp]

“In Portal there are many clans with different skill levels, including fun clans with lower skill levels, where the servers are usually not filled with very high-skill players.”

Have you ever stepped away from the matchmaking system and looked at the different verified Portal servers?”

“In Portal, aim assist can be turned off, which I think is very good.”

Call of Duty is basically just a farming game. When they shut down the dedicated servers back then, CoD became a much worse game. I love Battlefield — I play only Battlefield. CoD is not for me; the movement system feels bad. If Battlefield developers were allowed to fully develop their vision, it would be a thousand times better than anything from Activision.”

[west vale]

I answered this in a statement above. In 2042 for example, the portal had ready modes of Conquest and other modes that could be started with AI... PVP ai . If I hosted the experience and set a password, then I'm playing a match with AI. Not perfect but I liked it. In a match that was not changed with mutators I could still gain XP, Progression, weapon unlocks and attachments and Ribbons for vanity purposes. That is all I wanted. Just to experience the game to the fullest that those in PVP could without the cheater, skill balance, and Ping lag. My local servers run smooth and I have fun. This is supposed to be fun. It is a game.

[cerulean kelp]

Sorry guys, it’s 4 a.m. here for me — I have to head to work.”

[west vale]

gothcha, I''m going back to the Godot editor

[west vale]

I'm a loner. PVP gets on my nerves. PVE is a make-believe scenario without the variables of real life. It can be more catered to the way I care to play that day. I like creating my own playstyle. I like getting in the driver seat when I want to. You cannot do that in PVP. Bots usually yield to the player in a vehicle. In PVP you have a bunch of Captains all trying to run the ship. In my own server, I'm the captain and I play my way on my own time.

[cerulean kelp]

*“I’m only a loner in real life. In the game, I’m very mode-oriented and focused on playing as a team to win the objective.

We also have a larger community, and many clans come to us and play on our servers. Because of that, I know the perspective of many clans and communities.”**

That’s why I’m writing here from the perspective of communities and clans — to give constructive feedback that represents many players.

My personal rule set: no camping, no FLIR, preferably iron sights, capture as many flags as possible, and revive as many teammates as I can.”

[west vale]

I get your ruleset and I have mine. My ruleset changes from time to time and that is why I prefer my own server.

[jade hedge]

https://youtu.be/xACMkpjETDs?si=cMslp5vBvKb32Nmn ....... sigh 😐

This video tells me that the featured community experiences the devs plan to highlight more of will not and never will have full xp

[summer notch]

Thank you for sharing this with us. I've reported it to the appropriate teams 🫡

[summer notch]

We're always improving the featuring process for Portal, as featuring player-made experiences is something new.

If you did have any feedback, feel free to let us know!

[light root]

🙏 we want pve back as separate from portal without modding 🥹

[summer notch]

Modding?

[light root]

I ment default settings we cant change those for fair play pls 🙏

Just like we had in bf2042

[dense panther]

Hello, how about building barricades, like in Battlefield 1? That was very good.

Btw great game, thx!

Oh, and we need new maps. Everyone would love remakes of old maps like Strike at Karkand or my personal favorite, Epicenter. It's important to get new content as soon as possible so we don't lose even more players. That would be such a shame for this awesome game.

[cerulean kelp]

Old maps from BF3 and BF4 — it was already said back then that Portal was meant exactly for this purpose.

I would also find old maps from those games extremely awesome.
How do you guys feel about it? @summer notch

[nocturne trench]

Why is portal just "XP Farm" servers?

I've seen maybe one hardcore conquest and that's it

[cerulean kelp]

There are many servers, but unfortunately they don’t show up properly in the browser and you have to actively search for them.

Examples:
• BAD TheBadBoys Conquest 48 Hardcore – No Sniper
• KWEA Conquest 40 Hardcore – No Sniper

And if King of the Hill comes to Portal, there will also be a BAD TheBadBoys Event – King of the Hill Hardcore server.

It may still take some time, but I’m happy to wait for it.

EU server and German community.

[dense panther]

Yes, that is a problem. We had to write a separate guide on how to find our server.

And because that wasn't enough, we made a how-to video about it.

[nocturne trench]

tbh looks like something the ea team should look at

[cerulean kelp]

I brought this up with DICE, EA, and Ripple Effect, that the server browser shows far more farming servers and cloned servers than real community servers.

I do think something will be done about it, but it will probably take time and not happen before Season 3.

[dense holly]

I was busy doing real world work and missed all this yesterday

-4p start
-Bots backfill of 12 is fine BUT we have no team balance, bots should switch teams to balance server
-Team swap button
-Admin kill cmd
-Favorite buttons
-60hz

• and yes we should have a few dice servers in portal to promote the regular crowd to start looking at the server browser

[cerulean kelp]

Yes, player start at 4 without bots.
With bots, it should work normally like it does now.
• Team swap button
• Spectator mode
• Admin kill command – not part of the original discussion, but useful in certain situations
• Favorite button in Portal
• Clan servers should have protection so they can’t be copied/cloned

I also wrote that verified servers should get the same setting options as individual servers, just without scripting and custom rule sets, and in addition the option to disable scopes, especially FLIR/thermal optics.

I also wrote that Hardcore settings should be handled through detailed damage options, so vehicle damage can stay on normal, preventing vehicles from becoming overpowered.

In addition, the crosshair should be disabled only for infantry, while remaining enabled for vehicles and gunners.
For better administration in Hardcore, the kill feed should always be visible.

All of these options should be configurable separately, instead of being forced by a single Hardcore preset.

[dense holly]

So with bots it needs 8 people? No 8 sucks

[dense panther]

Yes, that's a problem we struggle with every day. But so far, we've always managed to overcome it.

[dense holly]

I wait until 10 central to start seeding my servers

What are your servers?

I'm strike 5

[dense panther]

TheBadBoysHardcore I'm in the same community as Crankiii. We're admins there.

[dense holly]

I dunno if I've seen those, NA?

[smoky wolf]

Hi, I have a couple of questions about the Rule Editor, is this the right place?

[dense holly]

Regardless 8p start is horrendous

[dense panther]

Europe, germany

I'm also involved with Battlefield Labs, now Workshop. I hope things will continue there soon.

[dense holly]

https://discord.gg/battlefield-portal-community-870246147455877181

[smoky wolf]

Thank you

[dense holly]

That's a much more helpful place

[dense panther]

Yes, that's right, I also got help with building the map.

[cerulean kelp]

Yes, 8 players is a lot. That’s why we’re trying to get approval for starting at 4 players without bots.

They want to prevent farming again, which is why it’s harder to get options that allow seeding with fewer players when bots are involved.
However, harrmonix is open to ideas.

#portal message

We also prefer playing without bots, so having a low player requirement without bots is very important to us.

[prisma citrus]

The answer is so friggin simple. NO XP FOR KILLING BOTS, only players give xp and server starts with 1 player 🤷‍♂️

[cerulean kelp]

There are players who only want to play PvE and not PvP — what about those players?

[prisma citrus]

No xp for that. Sorry

[cerulean kelp]

I don’t want PvE.

[prisma citrus]

Playing bots is not a good feature for a battlefield game

[dense holly]

That still doesn't make any sense to make 8 p for 12 bots but only 4 for no bots

[cerulean kelp]

Yes, 4 players without bots, because 4 real players can’t farm effectively.
And 8 players with bots, so farming servers can’t be started again.

So that players who want to play with bots can still do so.
I’m not one of them.

It was just my idea that I shared with Ripple Effect.

If anyone has a better idea, I’m open to it.

Starting with 1 player already existed and it was abused.

[prisma citrus]

Dice deliberately made the challenges hard and the game p2w. They didn't consider that people would all bot farm instead of speeding up their progression with real money. So they changed everything and it's all fuc#ed

Just get rid of bot XP and give us our own servers with Full Xp starting with 1 player and be done with it.
Upsetting a few bot lovers that picked up BF during 2042 or after is way less important than pleasing the Proper Battlefield fans. This was meant to be the game we asked for and again they failed miserably.

It's all about getting 💵💲out of kids for them

[cerulean kelp]

There used to be Battlefield with an offline mode only with bots — that was the singleplayer. Battlefield 1942 / Battlefield 2

That’s why I don’t think it’s right to exclude a minority of players who just want to play normally against bots and not farm XP.

I think a compromise should be found that includes everyone, because in the end we all just want to have good, enjoyable matches.

[prisma citrus]

I can't remember but back then I bet the xp from single player bf 1942/bf2 didn't unlock new gadgets or gun transforming attachments tho. People can play bots as much as they like. They just can't get any xp.

People wanting to rank weapons using bots is the big underlying issue, but there's still the tick rate, lack of persistence and terrible UI holding it back.

Too many other non portal problems to mention too. The game is doomed sadly .

[weak sand]

Portal’s been a struggle for me and my friend group.

My friend group usually gets 5-6 people on average on a given night. Regular matchmaking doesn’t have persistent lobbies, so the people not in our squad of 4 usually get left out.

Back on BF4, we had a rental server that was a 64 Player Conquest. It got popular enough in the days leading up to BF2042 that it would be populated at almost all hours of the day, and we could all play together.

The issue we’re currently having is getting our server populated to that level on BF6. There’s no favorites list, so trying to find the 15 other players to hit the 20 player minimum is hard.

Turning bots on drops the threshold to 8 players, which is an improvement, but my understanding is that backfill bots removes all other forms of progression beyond that 150% match completion bonus.

We’re just trying to run a persistent server with vanilla settings. It’s frustrating that we end up having people in our friend group play other games since there’s no room for them.

Oh cool. They made an experience sharing channel?

[prisma citrus]

We've gone from holding 32vs 32 events with other communities in BFV to this nonsense for the last 2 games.
We are not asking for much but they refuse to give us what we want.
They don't care about us. They want the cod player base because those people buy skins.

[weak sand]

Is there a way to update matchmaking so that if someone has a Portal Server up that is verified with absolutely zero modifications (base damage modifiers, all weapons access, etc. Pretty much identical to a normal lobby, except it being a persistent server), it sends them to a Portal server?

BF4 had the setting to where if you had an official rental server, it was a 100% regular match, just with the owner deciding the map rotation.

We wouldn’t want an Admin to start kicking players, XP farming, or anything like that. Just some kind of way for our servers to get visible/populated so we can play the game together.

[dense holly]

Just set it back to bf4 and leave it alone

4p start, if falls below 2 then server stops. It worked fine

If bots are touched at all to remove guns or anything, no xp

It's fine as it is IF the minimum start is lowered to 4.

Stats should count no matter

[cerulean kelp]

I almost thought earlier today that it was finally possible to start with fewer players when Portal briefly stopped working and the configuration had to be redone.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case after all.

[weak sand]

That works if we get a favorites list so people can find the server. Our BF4 server had somewhere around 10k likes and was self-sustaining

The problem is the experience codes don’t save a server. They save an experience. So what’s to stop someone from copying your experience and then being a badmin to scare away players that would normally have joined your server?

[proven veldt]

They need to go back to rentable full tick servers. Portal servers are pretty rough especially on custom game modes

Portal as it stands needs a complete overhaul. Or just overhaul the menu so you can actually access experiences

[surreal portal]

yea hope make a PVE Solo and co-op like in Battlefield 2042 But please include all maps, even new ones. PLZ :/ I spent €69.99 for nothing
Because of others who engaged in farming, everyone is being punished. I played solo well on large maps, it was awesome!

At least you can actually get into vehicles there. and doesn't have to wait until something is available.

[dense holly]

Is that why servers wont lauch?

[cerulean kelp]

If the server doesn’t start, set it up completely from scratch. That usually helps.

Looks like there was an update earlier today

[dense holly]

I got it, I just went back to the portal site and hit publish again

Really stupid, I didnt even have to do anything, I just clicked the host button again and it fired right up

[cerulean kelp]

So you need to recreate the Portal server configuration.

Yeah, that’s usually how it is. When there’s any kind of server update, the configuration has to be refreshed.
Just like back then with external servers.

The difference is that here you either have to recreate everything from scratch or simply republish it.

That’s normal though. In this case, republishing the server is basically the equivalent of a reboot on the old external servers.

[mellow chasm]

Anything changed in settings or was it just backend update?

[cerulean kelp]

The minigun is back on the maps again.

At least I noticed it again today after a very long time. Other than that, I didn’t notice any changes.

[opal elm]

so i stopped playing for a while. have they changed anything for the better reguarding portal and stuff? orr

[lament gorge]

Hey guys check #1461436247783510228 for some crazy portal experiences 😉

[cerulean kelp]

These codes are for Normal mode. You can’t host them in Hardcore, right?

[lament gorge]

For my creations i could turn them on to have a hardcore version. You cant personally change it but the creators can.

[empty idol]

Currently FNB - Rush Chaos is featured. If I click on servers there are none with players, the icon on the top shows 0 players, too.
Even after refresh, only servers with 0 players.
If I click on play I find servers with real players instantly. Is the browser bugged?

[weary fog]

there is a major issue right now with not being able to host portal servers.... I run FaithWalker's Hardcore Conquest-Full XP & Stats - right now we can't host or join any of our servers, we are instantly hit with undefined error message.. our mode is also included in #1461436247783510228 and was supposed to be featured on the main menu starting today... idk what's going on today. crazy

[summer notch]

We're investigating the error code you're receiving. As for the second part of your message, I've got you covered in DMs 🫡

[west vale]

Type in the mode you want and it will populate all those servers in the search bar. Don't just scroll the browser because you will see a bunch of nonsense.

[warped heath]

persistence should be paid feature (RSP), that's why we still have so many xp farms up despite them giving no weapon xp

hosters have literally no incentive to shut down useless, empty servers

[west vale]

Thank you for your opinion, proper Battlefield player. We minority bot, PVE, improper players yield to your superiority.

[warped heath]

Regarding this "minority" claim... has anybody actually measured it?

There are a lot of PvE enjoyers, some of them just moved on to other games that actually offer PvE.

If being vocal in social media was a metric of gamer population, then it would mean that most BF6 players are content creators and active users of X/Reddit 🙂

And yet, a silent majority are average joes

That dig games like GTA, FarCry and Call of Duty, either with PvP or PvE

Players gathered in this channel have fallen in a trap

"In order for battlefield gods to respond to our prayers, we have to sacrifice the other tribe. They don't deserve anything anyways"
We allow the standards to get lower and lower, and are satisfied with scraps, because we let them divide us.

[west vale]

Amen brother

[west vale]

I played all those, they just do not have the destruction.

[weak sand]

I have been advised Portal servers with backfill bots do in fact give full progression, they just don’t track your stats like K/D and such. I might try running a Conquest server tonight if anyone is interested

[dry vector]

problem is you still need a min number of players which is what the main complaint is with portal atm

and only 12 bots I think

[mellow chasm]

Republish your experience.

[weary fog]

I Cannot Believe That Worked.... TY!! It's honestly the FIRST Thing I would've tried, but my experience was "Under Review" and we are being featured on main menu soon... so I hesitated because of that as I know they've been testing everything with it lately

[mellow chasm]

Yeah, others couldn't host my experience until I republished it. You are welcome.

[summer notch]

This! I heard back from my team, and this should be solution

[mellow chasm]

Thanks. Probably some changes were made.

[summer notch]

How are you all enjoying the new Portal category? Any feedback?

[jade hedge]

Music to my ears thank you! As for feedback. I think community experiences featured on front page should feature full xp and progression if they are things like the gulf of Lyndon map. Any creation that is a new map creation whether remade or entirely new should award full xp. I think restriction of xp should be kept to creations such as horde modes and the more silly modes such as golf carts vs rpgs. AOW map creations should always award full xp IMO.

[summer notch]

That is something we're investigating! Great points 😄

[warped heath]

Commendable effort. But I believe that it's still just a wayaround limited to discord users. In-game UI must be fixed to achieve discoverability of experiences. Lack of pagination in experiences browser is a grave UX sin. You also need "trending" filter, promoting most popular experiences in past 1 - 4 weeks (server joins or playtime total), weighted by experience creation date to mitigate Matthew effect (rich get richer, solidifying top positions in the browser).

I'm talking about #1461436247783510228

As for #1461435775664132331 #1461436762881654784 -> huge win

[summer notch]

I appreciate the feedback. I am taking notes 📝

[weak sand]

Yeah. For a minute I had 4 other people join but my friends aren't on right now, so they left rather than waiting. Been sitting here the last 30 mins or so waiting for more people to join

[pseudo gazelle]

Hey yall I'm looking to get into the portal creation scene. Any word on whether they are working on a portal setup script in godot for mac?

or is there a more specific channel for portal creation related questions like this?

[warped heath]

@summer notch
If default Full XP would not be possible, perhaps we could have some community curators (long-time BF streamers for example) that would decide whether experience is eligible for Full XP and/or Feature?
This way we could kill several birds with one stone - It would be in streamers' interest to create content where they test Portal experiences, which drives game's popularity. In turn, BF6 would have a steady stream of fresh content to be put on frontpage without risk of exploitation. Social media and streaming platform exposure would also encourage players to try these portal experiences.

In my humble opinion, it's a silver bullet that would end all naggings regarding lack of map content. Creation + Promotion + Accessibility => Success.

Implementation: Add a tab to portal web page where selected users are able each <feature refresh frequency> cast <number of tiles> votes for an experience. Top <number of tiles> experiences with most votes go to Featured tab in next cycle. Actually, a new tab is not even needed, a new button in web-based experience browser would suffice "Cast Vote for Feature 1/<number of tiles>".

[summer notch]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-star-noted-notes-gif-26231953

[weak sand]

Need 4 more players in our server if anyone is currently interested in vanilla Conquest 64

[cerulean kelp]

That would be great, because there are Normal players and there are Hardcore players.
If all of this were set up as Hardcore under a separate code, that would be perfect.
Thanks!

[cerulean kelp]

Maybe having a place where JSON files can be uploaded and downloaded by everyone would be an option. @summer notch

For now, we should just enjoy the weekend and play

Or the developers could take a look at certain maps and say: “Hey, this one is good, let’s add it for everyone in the verified Portal.”

Maybe in the end this would actually be the best solution for everyone:
the developers review community-built maps and then say, “Okay, here and there we still need to make some adjustments,” and afterwards officially add them to Portal’s map rotation to provide more content.

There are already some really good map ideas from players.
And for anyone running a Conquest server, it would be much easier to have a large map cycle instead of having to create a separate server for every custom map, run it for one map, and then shut it down again.

[warped heath]

Bro, just use git

[cerulean kelp]

I’m not sure streamers are the right people for this. Many streamers mainly want to farm kills for their stream, and I don’t know if they should be the ones deciding what gets featured or not.

This should be about good gameplay, not about farming.

[warped heath]

It was just an example. But there ARE some content creators that are trustworthy, for example Enders.

BF Studios already has a dedicated team that manages relations with content creators, they are able to do proper selection of respectable people and set guidelines for curation.

[cerulean kelp]

As I said, there are streamers who mainly want clicks to make money. Streamers are nothing special.
That would put them above you, me, and other gamers just because they stream.
But streaming alone doesn’t make them special – except that it fills their wallets.

[cerulean kelp]

I would like that.

[warped heath]

I understand the opposition to puting anybody on the pedestal. I really do. But business is business, you need to make deals. And you can get a lot for publicity.

Devs want to create awesome experience for all of us, but all of that is for naught if we cannot convince their bosses that it is worth investing resources in.

[cerulean kelp]

For promoting good things, YouTubers are definitely the best – that’s true.
But when it comes to deciding what gets included or not, real gamers are the better choice.

For advertising, YouTubers and streamers are great. But beyond that, their opinions are often driven by money and clicks, so a lot of it ends up being bought opinions.

[cerulean kelp]

The best solution would be for EA/DICE to handle this themselves, including advertising and feedback requests.

[warped heath]

That's also fine

[cerulean kelp]

It would also be good to know what options are coming to Portal in the near future and what is currently being worked on.
That way, creators could see what’s planned and understand, for example, that certain things like team switching are still missing but being worked on.

A bit more transparency for Portal creators would really help.

Anyway, I have to head to work now — up again at 4 a.m. tomorrow.
Have a great day!

[warped heath]

It's a process. Gathering of feedback, MOSCOW, Triage, Business Analysis, Initial Design, Formal approvals from higher-ups

I suppose we'll have more concrete info in two weeks at the earliest, that's how long a typical development sprint takes

[cerulean kelp]

And knowing what is already being worked on would be really nice.
This is about Portal settings and options, not map details.

[weary fog]

@summer notch Our Main Mode has over 2K Likes but there's no way for the people who've liked it to comeback without manually looking for us... If the Likes are already saved, just make the experiences that they've already liked viewable in a separate section of the menu

[mellow chasm]

@summer notch Sorry but didn't see Portal bug reports section so want to report here. Sometimes when people queue into the server, after finishing the queue and loading in, they are kicked back to the main menu. Could be that there's desync between server and client that more than 1 player is joining at the same time while there's only 1 slot available. Thank you!

[mossy coral]

I need a 1vs1 protal server please

[ivory spire]

Why are we 1v1’ing in a team oriented game?

[warped heath]

Portal is ANY game

[cerulean kelp]

I highly doubt that messages are read on weekends.”

[clear furnace]

Nobody would complain about the lack of content if portal was cleanses of bot farm garbage and instead filled with actual servers that were advertised on the front of the main menu by DICE. They could focus all their time on fixing issues whilst the community makes maps. Such a missed opportunity.

The fact that we have a discord channel for copy pasting codes is embarrassing. Indie games do a better job of implementing this stuff in game. I expect a little more from a multibillion dollar company...

I want an option to disable bot farms, training maps, hardcore servers and just see normal Battlefield servers. And a button to Favorite them so I can quickly get back. This portal code nonsense should only be used for hosting experiences not the main way of finding them.

[dense holly]

That's already there and it's broken

The official rules button, mind you I disagree entirely. I think minor changes are great. I don't want to play on a server i can't crawl on after death abs the general public still doesn't know that's even an option

Battlelog was way better. It showed everything in the browser

[cerulean kelp]

Honestly, I also don’t like this whole code / copy system.

You create a server so people actually play on that server, not so it can be copied and re-hosted by someone else.
Instead of a server-copy function, there should be an official platform where created maps and modes can be uploaded and downloaded by everyone.

There are clans and communities that clearly follow fair play rules and put a lot of effort into proper administration.
When someone copies a server — sometimes even copying the name — and then runs it without proper moderation, it reflects badly on the original clan or community, even though they have nothing to do with it.

That hurts reputations and undermines communities that actually care about fair play.

And one very important thing that is still missing:
an automatic high-ping kicker.

[clear furnace]

Just hire a single intern who understands what a normal battlefield server with vanilla rules looks like, have them play on community servers for like 10 min and then Verify them. Give full progression XP and stats. No brainer man 🙁

I'd be playing daily if this was a thing

Oh and every portal server that gets verified should be minimum 60HZ. Let people buy 120HZ servers too.

[cerulean kelp]

If you play vanilla rules, why play Portal at all? DICE already provides thousands of official 60 Hz servers.

[clear furnace]

Consistent servers create a community of familiar players you can play with every day instead of randoms

Also the server can just not have the shitty maps on rotation, or be infantry only or vehicle maps only and whatnot

Oh and very importantly ping consistency

[clear furnace]

Battlefield studios should listen to content creators that have a proven track record of giving actual feedback, not famous people like Jackfrags that glaze everything or regurgitate reddit or some no name streamer who's opinion can be bought.

Content creators like Enders, Silk, Ghostgaming, Cadwoman, GravityBFTV have been around for years and are known to be truthworthy by the anyone in the playerbase who has a brain. These people should absolutely be listened to over randos on forums or here. They are real gamers.

If DICE took feedback from Enders and Silk alone this game would be a 1000% more enjoyable to play

[dense holly]

Because community, I have plenty of players who want normal servers, maybe just a little tweak here and there

[dense holly]

They should take feedback from people who have ran successful servers in there games that people enjoyed. Im just a random guy here

Who ran at least 1 top 10 server in bf4 and top 20 server in bf4. I know what it takes to create decent servers.

One very important factor is mixed modes

I can't tell you how many people had no idea what carrier assault was until they joined my server on conquest and the next map was carrier assault and it propelled that server to 7th world wide on games tracker. What we used to track stats on older games.

Those were in the days of ranked servers and those should come back

We had a top 20 hardcore vanilla maps server that was 1500 tickets.

We had a decently popular ( top 40) 32 player mixmode that went was votemap.

A way to combat people voting the same map over and over is simply have mix mode

[clear furnace]

Yeah and some people (me) just want to play vanilla operation locker 4000 tickets 24/7 no other map.

Let us play the video game on our term. I thought this was the whole point of portal

Again portal servers that aren't at least 60HZ are just unplayable compared to normal matchmaking and no one will play on them.

[vocal nimbus]

If anyone is down to play Breakthrough full XP not bots, Fast vehicle spawns and Crawl when you are downed

here is my experience CODE: znpxg

[silver mason]

Im tryna rank up my gun quick, playing normal matches is painfully slow so im lookin towards portal

Do these "xp farm" servers even work for weapon xp when its modified xp?

[opal elm]

so did portal get its xp back yet?

[shell bridge]

yo i js found this conquest server, its named Gulf of Lyndon, the map is huge af and there's a lot of vehicles too. the only thing is that not a lot of people play it, so me and my buddy need like A LOT of people to play, like A LOT

idk if u get xp tho, but it's fun to play it fs

[opal elm]

as long as its verified you do get xp. it would be nice if they just left it in in general

[shell bridge]

yea i don't think its verified man, definitely not

[opal elm]

then you wont get xp.

[clear furnace]

Dice shooting themselves in the foot

People making great content for free? Let's make sure you don't get any XP and server runs at 30HZ

[exotic geode]

They need to start by playing previous battlefield titles because new DICE can't seem to understand what design choices they need to do

[clear furnace]

They just need to promote the guy who made Siege of Cairo to Lead Map designer or something and learn from him. It's the best map ever because it's simple, readable and has no bloat.

Just make maps bigger after that ez

[exotic geode]

Thats a so valid w opinion tbh

[strong mountain]

Best map ever? That's a strong stance.

Still waiting on that spectator mode/option btw. Want to get the Esports activities going

https://tenor.com/view/gjirlfriend-gif-14457952604098199169

[frigid drift]

Karkand would like a word with that best map opinion

[clear furnace]

Best map in BF6, I'd say one of the best maps in battlefield franchise too.

[jade hedge]

Did you hear that guy left and then just recently came back so now he's working on new maps for BF6

[cerulean kelp]

“Restrict Game Feedback” needs to be reworked completely.
Everything that is currently bundled under this single toggle should be removed from it and made individually configurable.

Server operators need full granular control, because different communities run very different rule sets (Hardcore, Semi-Hardcore, Tactical, etc.).

Key points:
• Kill feed must be configurable independently
Many Hardcore servers still need the kill feed for moderation, rule enforcement, and anti-cheat purposes.
• Vehicle gunners need a crosshair
Disabling all HUD elements hurts vehicle gameplay.
Gunners should always have a crosshair, even if infantry HUD elements are disabled.
• Audio direction must always be clear and reliable
Sound cues must be precise and unambiguous so players can clearly tell where footsteps, shots, and vehicles are coming from.
Audio clarity should never be affected by UI restriction presets.
• Kill camera must be a separate toggle
The death/kill camera (showing where you were killed from) should be individually switchable, not tied to a global “restrict feedback” option.

Summary:
A single “Restrict Game Feedback” button is too limiting.
Server owners need modular, per-option settings instead of one global Hardcore switch. This is essential for fair play, good administration, and enjoyable gameplay across different server types. @gaunt grove

[clear furnace]

Fr? That's awesome

[dense holly]

Siege is just a good infantry map, id rather play mirak though. That is really the only good bf map in this game

[cerulean kelp]

It’s great that the EA App supports more friends again, however it still feels unreliable to me.

[strong mountain]

Day 4 of me reminding the devs to add a spectator option

[cerulean kelp]

😅 That’s going to take longer than 4 days.
First, Season 2 has to be finished, then the issues from Season 2 will be fixed, and only after that I’m sure many of the things we suggested will go into development.

I also sent a very, very long letter to DICE.

[cerulean kelp]

But a spectator mode like that would be extremely interesting for live streams, with a 1-minute delay, to create something like a Battlefield 6 server TV.

[clear furnace]

They want to have an eSports scene but we don't have a spectator mode xD

[strong mountain]

I'm just making sure they don't ever forget. In the meantime I might've found a work-around.

[strong mountain]

Crazy stuff. Me and my org were about to roll out a huge competitive team based project but had to shelf it for the time being because there was no spectator option. Also swapping teams in-game isn't an option apparently.

[strong anvil]

why can't the portal servers handle 64 players? each and every single one I tried lags constantly

[mellow chasm]

They work absolutely fine for me. Custom could be laggy because of unoptimized scripting but verified should be fine.

[strong anvil]

I see

[wanton swift]

Hello everyone, i have a query regarding the block rules editor... where can i post it?

I am waay too new here

[opal elm]

why cant they revery portal to how it was XD

i truly dont get why they did this

i really hope the ice pick returns. i missed its release because i was away for a while.

[sullen quest]

Are portal servers 60hz yet

[opal elm]

good question. i to wish to know this.

[strong mountain]

Let's see if we can get some insight from @sacred sonnet

Also I have some personal questions for you

[cerulean kelp]

To DICE, EA and the Ripple Effect team,

we would like to invite you to play with us and against us on our Battlefield Portal server and experience our community setup firsthand.

Server:
BAD TheBadBoys – Conquest 48 Hardcore (no sniper rifles)

Our server is a 48-player Conquest Hardcore server. We deliberately chose a lower player count to make the gameplay more tactical, clearer, and more team-oriented.
Our goal is a fair, intense, and tactical Battlefield experience, where teamplay is more important than passive gameplay.

You are warmly invited to play with the community and share your impressions with us directly in-game.
@final latch

You will quickly see why a 60 Hz tick rate should be considered the minimum standard rather than 30 Hz.” @gaunt grove @sick parrot @summer notch

[cerulean kelp]

It feels like the bullets in Portal aren’t registering properly anymore.

[mellow chasm]

@summer notch could you please thank Portal team for changes made to how servers were recommended for last week. It didn't show any 0 player servers anymore but active or the ones that just started.

[strong anvil]

It's lag that kills the fun for me, it's insane. People rubber banding all over the place, constantly

[dire maple]

Some of what I've been working on lately. It's golf... in Battlefield ⛳ Work in progress
https://youtu.be/YrjxaGg4FXc

[flat lake]

Portal sucks so hard it's pointless to create a server / experience if no one even joins a server and you still need 20 people to start with bots ...

bots or real players i dont care i just want to play on my server why is there even a minimum player count

[strong mountain]

Should be some kind of way to change that

Random thought - if there's an issue with bot farming then maybe the devs could just make it so that the more bots are in a lobby, the more xp is reduced

[flat lake]

i dont even care about xp let me just play the way I like :/

[upper ridge]

Why is it that you can't rent your own servers or at least have them at 60hz? They're killing portal with that

[lofty pivot]

Bots award full xp on casual breakthrough, the official mode. They just need to check that an experience on portal is not modified beyond timers and score/ hp, should be full xp.

Bot farms made bots spawn in specific areas and with no guns etc. This should reward zero xp/ progression.

[faint parcel]

Do they know if they put bots back into to portal like 2042, the player base will increase???
A lot of people were looking forward to this!
And why is bot farming an issue???
I don’t do it personally because I’m old school and honestly don’t know how to, but for someone who has paid full price for the game, should be able to do whatever they want!!!
What’s the big deal?
Can someone please explain!

[strong mountain]

You can still farm bots without them spawning gun-less in the same spot. A bot kill in general shouldn't be equivalent to a real player for obvious reasons.

[opal elm]

anyone else getting a weird crash that freezes the loby, allows you to look around for a sec before CTD
Only started happening recently

[cerulean kelp]

The problem with bot farming is FLIR.

Someone who plays the game normally needs a long time to unlock an overpowered FLIR optic.
Another player who farms bots can unlock it very quickly.

Then those players go from bot-farming servers to normal servers and face players who unlocked things the regular way.
At that point, they already have a clear advantage over players who played normally.

That advantage kills the fun for the players who played fair, and as a result, those players lose motivation and stop playing.

That’s why bot farming becomes an issue — not because of bots themselves, but because of unfair progression advantages in public matches.

Or they go onto bot-farming servers, level up all weapons, and then complain that the game is boring because the next content update takes too long.

The reason is simple: they’ve already skipped and exploited all the progression and side challenges instead of earning them through normal gameplay.

So in the end, they remove their own long-term motivation, rush through everything, and then blame the game for having “no content.”

There are many reasons why bot farming is not good.

Yes, you can argue that people bought the game and should be allowed to do what they want with it.
And I agree that we, as paying players, should have more freedom — more settings, more control, and full XP in custom Portal experiences.

But at the same time, we also need protection from bot farming.

My idea would be rentable servers:
Players or communities pay a monthly fee and in return get 120 Hz servers and many more Portal settings and options.

That way:
• Communities get freedom and quality

This would be a fair compromise for everyone.

[faint parcel]

Thank you very much your explanation and your time guys!
Good luck out there 👍🤘

[cerulean kelp]

Another major problem with bot farming was that thousands of servers were being created.

Because of that, communities that just wanted to play normally on their Portal servers couldn’t even get their servers online, simply because there were suddenly too many servers.

I personally spent six hours on a Sunday just trying to get a normal Hardcore Conquest server online.
Six hours just to get it started — and then you still had to seed it with players so it wouldn’t die again.

That situation was extremely frustrating for communities and clearly showed how bot-farming servers negatively affected the entire Portal ecosystem, not just progression.

[opal elm]

honestly they should just reintorduce full xp to portal and add rent-a-server from the older titles. boom. problem solved.

[cerulean kelp]

Yes, I see it the same way. With Rent-a-Server we had great tools like Procon and RCONnet. The servers ran at 120 tick rate, and good server providers restarted their servers every night so the hardware performed at its best and there were fewer issues. Battlelog was also very clear and easy to use.”

[opal elm]

why are you responding like a bot lol

[cerulean kelp]

That’s because of my translator. I write in my native language, and it edits and improves it in English. My English isn’t good enough to reply without it.”
•

[opal elm]

oh ok fair enough lad.

[lofty pivot]

It's not obvious at all. Bots award full xp on casual breakthrough, an official mode.

I think the same should happen in portal. You enable full xp and bot backfill, while limiting bot farm settings and logic, everyone wins.

This is how we build communities, try hosting a new server of conquest by yourself. You need 7 other players and only get 12 bots.

No one joins unless you have a community already. It's absolutely fucking miserable.

[dense panther]

still 30hz. 😖

[analog hatch]

Is portal fixed yet?

[cerulean kelp]

There haven’t been any changes to Portal.”

“Our community is also waiting and hoping for many changes in Portal.”

[jade hedge]

January 20th is here and I'm not seeing "More community experiences showcased"

I shouldve tempered my expectations but was hoping we'd at least have at least 1 or 2 new experiences showcased today

[cerulean kelp]

They said it’s coming with Season 2 on February 17th.

[jade hedge]

"The Season 1 extension will also have an additional Bonus Path, a showcase of Portal Community Experiences, several Double XP periods, and free daily login rewards"

[cerulean kelp]

I think they said the Bonus Path is coming on January 27th.

I do know for sure that they said they’re working on many things — they just need time.

[dense holly]

Did the update require servers to be restarted

[cerulean kelp]

Nice dice ripple effect . Update Portal online thank you

Needing 28 players just to start is already really bad — especially for Gauntlet. @worthy harness

[echo nest]

I want to join vs bots only server

[cerulean kelp]

How are you even supposed to get that started?
Portal doesn’t have matchmaking. People aren’t going to wait an hour until everyone joins.

I’ve already tried running Battle Royale in Hardcore four times.
The highest we ever reached was around 20 players, and even that took time. If people are just forced to sit in a lobby waiting for too long, they’ll simply leave.

BAD Thebadboys Event Gauntlet Hardcore

[cerulean kelp]

Could you please stop requiring such a high number of players just to start a match?
Players join over time, not all at once. Portal doesn’t have matchmaking.

[mellow chasm]

Gauntlet needs 28 players to start?

[cerulean kelp]

Yes on Portal

[mellow chasm]

If true that's crazy, anything above 8 is too hard. Unless ea puts them in featured experiences.

[cerulean kelp]

Battle royal needs 50 Players to start ! This is Crazy

[mellow chasm]

That as well

[cerulean kelp]

I could laugh and cry at the same time.
I’ve been sitting here for over an hour trying to start Gauntlet in Hardcore. At one point we had 10 players, and overall I probably would’ve had the 28 players total by now — but people just don’t want to wait for hours until a match finally starts.

I honestly don’t know anymore how to explain this to the developers in a clearer way.
This kind of requirement just kills the fun of the game.

[mellow chasm]

Not even 1 BR server have been hosted in all this time.

Make it 8. Requirement of 8 is possible for communities and clans.

[cerulean kelp]

I’m slowly starting to give up as well.
After years, they finally managed to add team switching in Battlefield 2042 — something that was absolutely necessary — and now Battlefield 6 is back without it again. So we’re having the same discussions all over again. And now it’s happening again with the minimum player count required to start servers.

It feels like we’re constantly going in circles instead of moving forward.

[cerulean kelp]

I did have one BR server in Hardcore, but I was never able to get it started.

[mellow chasm]

I mean to have it started.

[cerulean kelp]

I don’t know who decides on these player start requirements, but it honestly just makes me want to cry.

[hushed granite]

why isnt bf6 opening it launches anticheat but then jsut closes

[cerulean kelp]

Yeah, then just start it again — that usually fixes it most of the time.

[hushed granite]

i deleted it, didnt want to play bf6 anyways

[cerulean kelp]

Could you please lower the required player count to start a match a bit? Please, please, please.

[dense holly]

wait, lol, so not only did they not improve anything, they made gauntlet difficult as hell to start?

By their own philosophy, having more than 4 friends together at once is impossible but, If you want to start a server so these more than 4 friends can play together, you better have 20 all online, all at once.

Its like you can only do this if you have a high school lan party

[spark lance]

Any good maps on Portal to try out that actually provide normal XP?

[cerulean kelp]

Is there any way to reduce the minimum player count required to start for Gauntlet and Battle Royale in Portal?

[jade hedge]

There's 100's of awesome portal maps. Zero of them award proper xp

[spark lance]

Do they at least provide like half XP? I just am tired of these maps man I wanna play other maps and I don’t enjoy redsec

[jade hedge]

Nope lmao. Only match completion xp and even then win bonus is turned off so it's not even full match completion xp 🤣

[tall silo]

Full PVE EA!!!

[icy spade]

for real

[strong mountain]

The "obvious" part being that I can run through 20-50 bots before dying (regularly) while not being at a level where I can go 8 kills before dying (regularly) in a real game against actual players. And I make the same progression from both.

Personally, I think you should be able to start a game full of bots, I didn't actually know that you couldn't. But my thing is it sounds like they put the cap partially for that reason mentioned. So if they're concerned about it for that reason then maybe they can just reduce the xp if it's that big of an issue.

[fluid violet]

People having fun - NERF
People like something - NERF
People doing anything - NERF

Sadly, in their effort to make Battlefield in to CoD 2.0, they've neglected the one truth, that it's the people who've played BF for years, that kept the company going.

[cerulean kelp]

I like the game, and I don’t have any issues with it being very infantry-focused or with the maps being quite small.
Yes, it no longer feels like the older titles such as Battlefield 3, Battlefield 2142, or Battlefield 1942 — but it’s still fun to play.

That said, the removal of external servers, the extensive server settings, and the old admin tools was a hard hit.
The ideas behind Portal were good, but the restrictions that came with it are also very tough.

In the past, you simply rented a server, configured it, and played.
Today, you start a Portal server and wait, and wait, and wait for enough players just to get the server running.

Then there’s the tickrate:
Today we’re limited to 30 Hz, even though over 10 years ago we already had 60 Hz and even 120 Hz servers to properly handle the amount of data and keep everything responsive.
Ten years later, playing on 30 tickrate just feels wrong.

I love Battlefield.
You can talk to the developers, play with them, and have good conversations.
But with some decisions, it’s simply sad to see what the game is turning into.

There are really good ideas 💡 — but the execution often falls short.

Battlefield has huge potential.
We already saw that with Battlefield 3 and 4:
Close-quarters combat for infantry-focused players, large-scale maps with vehicles for those who love that side of Battlefield — and maps that could be scaled in size, so everyone could find something they enjoy.

Today, we often only get one map size, and that’s it.

Honestly, I’m tired of constantly having to speak up about these things.
I’ve already sent my letter with specific points to the developers.

All I really want now is to just play the game.
I get excited every time something new becomes available to host — but at the same moment, it feels like getting a knife in the back.

[fluid violet]

They need to revert portal back to the start. Allow bots, allow games to be played. Limit the amount of "personal" servers or rent it out like before instead of trying to control every aspect.

Sadly, I'm not a good player. I can't play against sweaty teenagers with reflexes faster than a gazelle. I just want to play, get my achievements, have a fun game, without feeling the need to leave, frustrated and hardly doing anything since they changed it all.

For me, it wasn't about leveling up in portal games. It was just about having fun, in different matches and playstyles, without the fuss of idiocy that plagued the main games. Even now, I'm down to one ot two games on casual and seeing so many hardcore players, just camping the new players and Old aged players, who just want to relax.

PS - DIce / EA / Ripple - anyone who can do something -

Please note that a lot of "Players", are adding [BOT} to their names. I don't know if this is to hide the fact they are botting or in someway to confuse people, but it's an issue that shouldn't exist. [BOT] clan tag and it's varients, shouldn't be allowed.

[cerulean kelp]

It’s just a clan tag!”

[cerulean kelp]

I think we should give up on the idea that starting with fewer players is ever going to happen.

[dense holly]

I'll quit. I haven't used match making, I never will. This isn't mario kart

[jade hedge]

Gauntlet is mario party though

[cerulean kelp]

Gauntlet is definitely fun — but only if you can actually get enough players together.

If you don’t, you’re forced to play the whole time with lower player counts like 8, 12, or 16.
Once a squad gets eliminated, they can’t even spectate.
On top of that, the server no longer shows up once it’s full, and if more players join later, you have to manually reconfigure the server again.

That really kills the flow and makes hosting Gauntlet way more frustrating than it should be.

I’m curious about the new map.
Unfortunately, I can’t take part on Friday — but at least it will be coming on February 17th.

[lofty pivot]

It's not an issue, that's why they have a bot farm called Casual Breakthrough on the front page. They just haven't cared to do the same in portal, I'm guessing at this point due to most devs being on holiday for all of december and just getting back. Maybe they'll give portal players what we want, maybe not.

If it was up to me, I'd make bots a bit more difficult for portal and full xp. That would solve most people's concerns.

Bots can be better than the average player, and in certain scenarios, they already are. I've been sniped out of a jet by a heli gunner bot multiple times, for example.

[strong mountain]

What isn't an issue? Bot farming? Bots giving full XP? None of it? Breakthrough wasn't meant to be a bot farm. They basically said it was for players who wanted to take it easy. Not intended to be an exploit. You can literally just talk to them in this chat. That's where I'm getting this information. And they make moves based on what they feel the majority of complaints are.

So while you personally feel there isn't an issue with any of it, their player reports contradict that. And if they ramp up the difficulty of bots then that'll defeat one of their initial purposes for having them

[dry vector]

portal just needs full pve again, that fact that 2042 is better is absolutely insane

and just turn on the ability to host it locally so it doesn't take up their server space, you can already do this with customs

the fix is so simple but I actually think they don't care and would rather you not play

[stoic garnet]

I would be great if we could get a proper server browser and that you could see official servers in the listing too. Filters (laughably bad currently), favorite/save function, full XP (just do it for approved "experiences" if you're worried about abuse with some submission system to get approved), an option to pay to get a full tick rate server (or allow us to host again like old games), persistence, etc. The tools are already in the game to fix battlefield but we can't help EA make money without an ability to expose custom servers to players. Shit like preventing vehicles from camping in spawn where they are immortal while sniping across the map, spreading out capture points in Conquest, etc.

[dry vector]

idk why, it's just seems to be the way it is

[elfin oak]

I got a rush server with custom maps. + vehicles.
Search portal for sweats anonymous

[eager atlas]

anybody know how to set up a pve match for me and my friends on 6?

[lofty pivot]

I get the whole xp farming argument, but I just think the amount of customers they lost to making hosting portal a nightmarish waiting game for 99.9% of people wasn't worth it.

[cerulean kelp]

I think many players left mainly because of the lack of content.
A lot of people also say that the game no longer feels like the old Battlefield titles. It is much more infantry-focused and very tightly designed.

In our community, many players have stopped playing as well — not only because of the content, but also because of the missing server and gameplay settings.
Many of us were hoping for Battlelog-like features and external server hosting again.

Vehicle players complain about the small maps.
Others complain about how strong thermal sights are.
Some say it’s simply too hard to spot enemies.
And others say the game doesn’t really feel like Battlefield anymore, but more like a completely different game.

Personally, I think Cairo is an amazing map and I really enjoy Empire — but I’m more of an infantry player.
At the same time, I fully understand the frustration of vehicle players.
And above all, everyone understands my frustration with Portal.

I can tell you this: everyone misses the BF3 and BF4 style.

The content alone made a huge difference — the number of maps and the variety between them.
There was far less rooftop camping and much more movement across the maps.
The game was played in a much harder, more intense way back then.
It was a completely different style of gameplay compared to today.

I can still remember almost every map from BF3 and BF4 because everything just fit together.
With BF1, BFV, Hardline, and BF2042, I rarely think back to specific maps — and a lot of people feel the same way.

[deep pagoda]

I'm with you on most of those things, but I do think BF1, BFV, and to a really small degree 2042 do have maps that I and many other people think back to. Those games (excluding 2042 arguably) did have a combined arms, tactical, and intense feel with many of their map offerings. I for one will never forget Argonne Forest, or Devastation, or Iwo Jima (preferred 2042 more here), among many other unforgettables.

[light root]

They could prevent that by just give something that was available in bf2042 called SOLO/COOP you cant remove bots guns and you can jump on the map you want game mode you want any time and no one will tell you why you play that way d-b-g

[ivory spire]

What even is content at this point? Older titles had less modes, and quicker progression but they lasted longer

[main yoke]

hm

[dense panther]

More maps. Remakes or new ones, it doesn't matter. The main thing is more maps.

[cerulean kelp]

It also depends on the maps.
Just adding maps for the sake of it doesn’t help.

[strong mountain]

cough cough operation cough locker

[lofty cradle]

Is it true 60hz portal servers are coming? Just saw dannyonpc make a video about it

[uneven tinsel]

It’s a joke they still haven’t fixed or even properly solely addressed the bots. Game should be half price now as just lost half of the reason people Bought it

[cerulean kelp]

So far, only Gauntlet mode servers are running at 60 Hz.

[lament gorge]

I see tons of people complaining and not praising...My friends and I have been able to create some super crazy and cool stuff! Give these a try #1461793175172682010 😉

Portal is insane if you know how to use it. Yes, its still riddled with bugs...but, its still a very powerful tool.

https://youtu.be/vVASAXqKC2Y?si=uhowrZC_7xg0j6gq

[tall silo]

It's obvious that EA won't integrate PvE or any cooperative mode into Battlefield 6. Regardless of who's to blame, I consider it a huge waste of money to have bought Battlefield 6. If I had known the game would end up like this, I definitely wouldn't have bought it. There are so many toxic players out there (not to mention the hackers), and honestly, it's very stressful dealing with them. Since Battlefield 1 (the last one I personally consider the best in the series), I decided to stop playing PvP, and this is definitely the last Battlefield I'll buy. What a disappointment. I'm definitely more willing to spend money on games like Enlisted and War Thunder, or even World of Tanks, because they offer unrestricted PvE and cooperative gameplay. EA sucks.

[jade quarry]

hello, how are you guys doing?

[warped heath]

@tall silo Warframe is an epic PvE, try it

I play it while waiting for pve to return to bf6

[tall silo]

Hi, thank you so much for the suggestion. To be honest, futuristic games aren't really my thing. I much prefer military and especially historical games. My brother used to play them. I didn't know Warframe had PvE, but I'll definitely give it a try, taking your suggestion into account. Thanks again!

[tall silo]

Wow, amazing work! It's insane, I have to play it! So much talent!

[cerulean kelp]

It has been confirmed on Twitter by drunkkz and David Sirland.

[warped heath]

60Hz Portal is live

according to David Sirland

[cerulean kelp]

Thank you David sirland

[white trench]

fuck now i cant play bf6 even on portal because even that is gonna make my TN spike

[lament gorge]

Heck yea @summer notch thats awesome! Thanks for the update in #game-news !!

[warped heath]

I'm gonna jump in really quick, I heard that there were some changes to how recommended filter works

I'd be sad see xp farms to still sit at first place

[cerulean kelp]

we want to thank everyone who helped make 60 hz servers possible again.

[lament gorge]

@summer notch im assuming verified means anything with an active shareable code right?

[sudden inlet]

Any devs here that can answer questions?

[warped heath]

Does "and" mean "or" in the announcement? Beacause if both "verified" AND "official" got 60Hz, it means that only vanilla Portal experiences get 60Hz.

[novel gulch]

Can’t agree more, fomo events where you have to play more than you really want to to unlock basic cosmetics just feels a little insulting at this point lol

[warped heath]

"BOT FARM XP FOR LEVELLING GUNS" is still #1, despite having 50+ servers, All of them completely empty

[cobalt tinsel]

I can't start a server. Keep getting an error

it's a verified experience

[lament gorge]

what a bummer

[warped heath]

Server browserr without filters is better though, I see servers that are actually populated and not all of them are "XP FARMS"

[lament gorge]

ugh...anything with the word XP should just be banned

[warped heath]

Previously unfiltered recommended sorting showed a lot of 0/N servers

[spare sable]

Putting it only to on verified portal servers is dumb

[warped heath]

maybe the scope is reduced to monitor the load

it's sure a bummer that custom experiences did not receive the same treatment though

[cobalt tinsel]

anyone able to start a server? I've been trying for like 15 minutes with no luck.

[warped heath]

I applied "Official rules" filter - the amount of servers I can join to enjoy 60Hz is literally 0, null, nada

"No matches were found. Try again"

[shut skiff]

I dont think its going to completely solve the issue of bot farms but I feel what could’ve done here was actually boost weapon XP so its an not absolute grind to get attachments or level up, but instead they decided to just kill PvE play altogether, even though it was advertised, so I feel like this was not fixing the issue and just instead actively scamming people who bought the game for the PvE aspect.

[cobalt tinsel]

i think something is broken, there definitely should be some official servers up

I can't even start a verified server

[warped heath]

I set region, max players and free slots to any

[foggy magnet]

Portal is fucking dead 😭

[warped heath]

maybe it's still rolling out?

[cobalt tinsel]

they said it was live... idk

any way to contact them and let them know? lol

[stark spade]

They should really do something about all these bot farming servers

[warped heath]

@summer notch ping

"FrozenRelic

— 18:17
i think something is broken, there definitely should be some official servers up
I can't even start a verified server"

[cobalt tinsel]

Yeah I've been pretty much trying to start a 60hz verified server since the announcement came out. It's been giving me an error code whenever I try to host a server. Doesn't matter if it's persistent or not.

[stark spade]

Before the game released portal was probably my most anticipated part of the game and whenever I get on the first thing I do is go to portal to check if there’s any interesting servers but they’re all empty because they’re so hard to find and all the bot farming servers take up all the space on the server browser. Also no one is motivated to play if they don’t get full xp.

Hopefully it gets sorted out eventually portal can really thrive

[cobalt tinsel]

60hz is definitely a step in the right direction

[stark spade]

For sure

[cobalt tinsel]

It's an absolute must for 64 player servers

[warped heath]

I can only imagine an amount of technical debt current BF instrastructure has

[granite pond]

Now make customs also 60hz

[cobalt tinsel]

Adding gamemode "templates" would also be good, and giving those full XP/60hz. Like if I wanted to create a different rush layout on a map, it should still give me full XP/60hz. That would be a good step

[stark spade]

Team switching is also a must that should be implemented, and admins having the ability to balance teams and select what ‎map is next in rotation like in bf4

[cobalt tinsel]

yes i remember the procon days. It had its limitations but it was really useful

[fluid violet]

Portal for me, wasn't about the XP. It was about relaxing and enjoying the games without the sweaty gamers. I could play, fly, use a tank against bots and actually ENJOY the game.

At this stage, my time played, is still under CoD Black Ops 2 Multiplayer, simply because EA/DICE have ruined what little fun I was having.

[cobalt tinsel]

anyone able to start a verified server yet? I'm still unable

[warped heath]

Welp, portal got even more dead now. Disappointing. But on the other hand, as a fellow dev, I suspect what's going on behind the curtain and I sympathize.

[rapid grove]

Hopefully our community can start playing together again on an official server. We went from 16 players from launch down to 4 as we couldn't play together.

[jaunty fossil]

My personal wish ist, that portal will be increased by more Modding Tools and a better Serverbrowser. So that more people like to on that servers

[stark spade]

Yeah I really feel like there’s a lack of community when playing, persistent servers really built connections and friendships over the years for me on bf4 for example, and joining a server u know certain people will be in always had that great feeling. Now it’s very random and ur always joining up with other ppl

[proper furnace]

Bring Portal back for Duo coop or pve vs bot only plz

[craggy dagger]

PVE, with no xp just a way to have fun instead of listening to ppl complaiing aobut ppl sweating

[lofty mulch]

at least 120hz servers

[willow cargo]

so it doesn't affect published servers, just verified and the ones dice publishes?

[cobalt tinsel]

not sure

Has anyone tried to start a verified experience yet after the announcement?

[summer notch]

This is something we're aware of, and have implemented multiple fixes for. It's an uphill battle for sure

[summer notch]

What is the error code?

[cobalt tinsel]

error code 9

Error code 9: 147002S: 10256769920

[summer notch]

Off the top of my head, I am unfamiliar with that error code, so will send it over to the team to look into

[cobalt tinsel]

Thank you! appreciate it

I can provide more info if needed as well

[summer notch]

Any information is always appreciated!

[willow cargo]

Hi Hope

[cobalt tinsel]

would you like me to provide the experience code?

[summer notch]

Yes please!

[cobalt tinsel]

x8b6

[fluid violet]

@summer notch You could always just let the players play how they want. Just cap the "Portal" xp each day. Like 50k xp.

[cobalt tinsel]

@summer notch I was able to start the server. 60hz is working as well. Seems to be resolved

thank you!

[jade quarry]

did you say...

60 HERTZ?!

[mild sentinel]

Portal remain the same for making it more useless. When are they gonna realize we prefer the portal the way it was at launch? You don’t need 8 players required to start a matchup when it should be 1 player required to start a matchup especially when they’re playing by themselves. Having 6 bots to fill up on both teams on any game mode and maps it’s stupid, when it should be 64 bots

[jade quarry]

60 Hz Portal servers. :o

[dusty monolith]

provence remake at 60hz finally

[cobalt tinsel]

If anyone wants to play a 60hz 64-player rush server, look for VERTEX rush in NA. Bot backfill

[deep holly]

Anyone really using it?

[deep holly]

Give up and restore XP. You want to fix it, reduce the grind.

[cerulean kelp]

It’s the fault of the XP farmers that more players are now required to start a match.

[deep holly]

No, that was DICE choice. It's the fault of the grind that XP farmers appeared.

Farming for XP to unlock gear was even a built-in feature in BF2042 and some earlier BFs. No problem then, now suddenly it is.

[woven seal]

XP Farming was very much present in BF2042. Curious how they didnt anticipate it was going to happen again in BF6.

[lofty pivot]

blame the players, not the bad design choices?

[deep holly]

You can't call it "farming" really, when it was a built-in designed feature.

[raw spoke]

Farming isn't fun. Why would you even want that in the game?

[woven seal]

I would call it farming, but I wouldn't go as far to call it an exploit. Its a legit use of the system for sure.

[raw spoke]

Isn't it better to organically unlock stuff as you have fun?

[deep holly]

Yes, unless it's a grind. Which it is.

[woven seal]

Modern gaming has been come a checklist simulator. Most people play to check things off rather than actually play the game.

[deep holly]

You could play solo matches in BF2042 with only bots, own and enemy team, and unlock gear fully. That was designed and intentional. Of course that ran locally, but so can Portal in BF6.

[cerulean kelp]

Sorry, but if XP farmers didn’t exist, we would still only need 1 player to start. Those are simply the facts.

[deep holly]

True, I'm 631 hours in and is still using subpar weapons to unlock gear. Escecially the next few days with 2xXP, I will be done - until new weapons arrive...

[deep holly]

No the simple fact is that XP farmers isn't an issue to begin with. Never was before.

The simple fact is that DICE only allow a very limited amount of Portal servers.

That is what has changed.

[cerulean kelp]

I’ve only seen these XP farm servers in Battlefield 6 so far.

And I can understand the developers’ point of view as to why they don’t want them.

[deep holly]

And you are mistaken, Portal in BF6 required 8 originally, they changed it to 1, then changed it back.

The XP farm servers are a design choice by the developers, and/or a consequence of design choices.

[cobalt tinsel]

that being said, 8 players to start with bot backfill seems a little excessive. You pretty much need 7 friends to start the game. It's making small communities or a few friends who just want to play together unable to do so

i think 2 or 4 players is more reasonable

[woven seal]

I haven't been in portal since launch. Is the issue that you cannot start a game without X amount of players and once that player count is met then bots fill the rest?

[cobalt tinsel]

Yes

[deep holly]

Correct. Per design by DICE.

[cobalt tinsel]

it's 8 players needed to start with bot backfill enabled

[woven seal]

Gotcha, is it a hardcoded or based on game mode type / max players?

[deep holly]

I mean, you still have to grind to unlock the most basic gear in BF6 that has always been in BF, based on player level. And originally, the challenges were absurd.

[cobalt tinsel]

not sure - for my 64 player rush server it's 8 ppl

[deep holly]

Is it ever running?

[woven seal]

Gotcha, and was that change to prevent farming XP on bots?

[cobalt tinsel]

With over 8 players? No... i was only able to fill it at launch and like the day after lol

[cobalt tinsel]

I believe so

[deep holly]

In case you're wondering, the XP farm servers have NO problem getting to 8 players... Per design, so that limit isn't even a solution, if farming even was a problem. 🙂

So not really no. They were at 8 at launch.

[cobalt tinsel]

there's a lot of ways to fix things for portal, I have a bunch of suggestions for DICE but I don't want to just spam them here lol. I think they're aware of most of the feedback people are giving right now for portal

[deep holly]

DICE should reset PORTAL to full XP, set the amount of active servers to unlimited (more or less). They're just being cheap here and don't want to invest in the servers needed to run Portal.

So mostly a marketing gimmick imho.

In earlier BFs, I used private servers alot, to play Hardcore with limited snipers. The best gameplay ever.

[cobalt tinsel]

i used to help run the APEX bf4 rush server in like 2020-2023

i've pretty much been trying to get another server/community like that going again in this game

[woven seal]

Yeah curious if the Portal team has considered rather than adding a restriction on player count to start game they approach it from the XP side.

For Example: A game can start with 1 person and bot backfill the rest. But XP scales to the count of actual players.

So 1 player in the server would = 0% XP.
2 = 10%
3 = 20%
4 = 50%
5 = 60%
6 = 70%
7 = 90%
8 = 100%

So the "8 player minimum" is there but in regards to XP restriction and people can play games in servers with less people

[summer notch]

Feel free to spam away! (Not actual spam, but feel to share any feedback)

We're here to listen and take notes 📝

[weary raft]

Is the 60hz for portal server effective now ? Or we have to wait for an update ?

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Live now!

[cobalt tinsel]

Lol thanks! I'll be sure not to spam... maybe a short list? Appreciate you guys listening to feedback!

[weary raft]

Thank god

[summer notch]

Anything related to Portal whether 3 novels long or 3 sentences, I will read. So don't hold back!

If it is 3 novels long... I will need a few days to read it, LOL