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Over the weekend, the game developers launched a fresh game mode called Casual Breakthrough. In essence, this mode resembles the regular Breakthrough format but features a few key changes:

• Each team has only 8 real players, with the remaining filled by 32 bots.
• Activities performed by real players award complete experience points, while AI activities provide reduced XP.
• Just a pair of maps can be played: Siege of Cairo and Empire State.
• Features like Dogtags, accolades, and career stat updates have been turned off.

In short, this mode lives up to its name: it offers a laid-back take of Breakthrough. On the surface, one could assume there's nothing wrong, as it provides more options for players looking for different ways to have fun with the title. But, gaming history has shown one thing, it's that you can't please everyone. In other words, many Battlefield 6 fans are mad.

Player Reactions: From Fury to Praise

"People want real players. Avoid making the errors of your rivals," reads a response to the official announcement. "Absolutely shocking idea," says another. At the same time, in community forums, one user remarks, "I have no idea where we are going with this game," while someone else lists everything they consider to be broken in Battlefield 6: "Fix bugs, address drone issues, correct rocket mechanics, adjust aiming after sprinting, fix awful hit registration. We don't need this AI-heavy playlist."

On the other hand, for every complaint, there are players explaining how much they're enjoying the recent addition. "It's very fun to practice, real players keep it from being a complete grind but it's very relaxed," reads a forum post. "This subreddit doesn't understand that there are gamers who have lives and can't play this title 24/7. Allow them to find a middle ground," states another. One reply on Twitter explains that as they're "a parent gamer with busy schedules, this is perfect for me," and someone else applauds the mode for "not being overcompetitive."

Constructive Criticisms and Player Input

Despite the support, players have valid points to complain about Casual Breakthrough. A few folks have highlighted that it will make wait times even longer for different playlists due to the large amount of options in the game already. Similarly, some areas often face AI-filled matches in the existing playlists. It also seems somewhat counterintuitive that the mode does not begin without a minimum number of human gamers, despite it primarily centers on combat against bots.

Finally, one of the biggest complaints is that Battlefield Portal was promised to provide full XP, including AI matches, but that was removed when they tried to remove XP farming from the system. Thus Casual Breakthrough seems like the community meeting them in the middle, as per forum feedback. Another describes this mode as the devs "making a mistake significantly, I experienced so much fun in the first couple of days, what prompted them to change it?"

Future Prospects: Adjustments Occur?

If Battlefield Studios has proven anything so far with Battlefield 6, it is that they're listening and responding to player input. Tasks being too difficult got fixed very quickly, as did the specific battle pass objectives. Chances are that, if their data shows this new playlist is underperforming to their expectations, they won't be shy to make further modifications.