Battlefield 6 to speed progression and curb Portal XP farming

Battlefield Studios said it will roll out a set of changes within the next week to speed up progression in Battlefield 6, reduce the time needed to unlock weapon attachments and limit the use of Portal servers for XP farming. The developer announced increases to match-completion and daily bonus XP, reductions in attachment and assignment requirements, and backend adjustments intended to free Portal capacity for community-created experiences.

Players had raised widespread complaints that career progression and weapon attachment unlocks were too slow, prompting some to use Portal custom servers populated with bots to rack up kills and complete challenges rapidly. In response, Battlefield Studios said it will increase the XP earned for completing a match by 10 and boost the daily bonus XP by 40. The studio also said it will reduce the XP required to unlock the first 20 ranks of weapon attachments, a change it estimates will make attachment progression roughly twice as fast.

The studio is lowering the career rank gates on several assignments that unlock class training paths, weapons and gadgets. Assignments that previously required career ranks 20, 23 and 26 will become available at...