Update 17/10/2025: Shortly after Battlefield Studios and EA's statement on changes coming to player progression in Battlefield 6 and Portal, Battlefield Studios confirmed that the progression changes are now live in the game.
Changes to Portal mode are still expected to arrive within the coming week.
Original Story:
Days after Battlefield 6 went live, while EA and Battlefield Studios were enjoying watching sales numbers go up, and players were still having a good time amid the myriad of issues cropping up for PC players, one element of the game became clear to everyone playing. It took far too long to level up and unlock weapons and attachments in the current progression and XP system.
In response, players found a way to farm XP by jumping into Portal and creating Bot-filled matches where you could level up extremely quickly. EA responded by trying to play whack-a-mole with these XP farms, shutting some of the most popular ones down, but more bot server-moles kept appearing until Portal's server capacity was at its max.
Now, in a new Community Update post on X (formerly Twitter), EA and Battlefield Studios are trying a slightly different approach, one that's arguably what they should have tried doing in the first place. On the one hand, it is still clamping down on XP farms. On the other hand, the amount of XP you'll gain through regular matches and daily bonuses is going up, and the requirements for unlocking the first 20 attachment ranks are going down. Assignments that previously required career ranks 20, 23, and 26 are also being reduced to only require ranks 10, 15, and 20.
"We've heard your feedback around the pace of progression, especially how long it can take to unlock hardware such as gadgets and weapon attachments," Battlefield Studios writes. "We know progression is an important part of feeling rewarded for your time on the battlefield."
The update listed three changes that Battlefield Studios will implement sometime within the next week:
- The XP gained from match completion and the daily bonus are being increased by 10% and 40% respectively.
- The XP needed to unlock the first 20 attachment ranks is being reduced, so you'll start earning useful attachments almost twice as fast.
- The assignments that required career ranks 20, 23, and 26 to begin will now require career ranks 10, 15, and 20, respectively.
When it comes to XP farms in Portal and how Battlefield Studios and EA are actually addressing it, the studio wrote, "We are developing adjustments that are intended to diminish the number of XP farms taking up server space while further emphasizing playing with friends on both custom and verified experiences."
All of these updates, as previously mentioned, will be implemented in the game at some point in the next week, though Battlefield Studios says several times in its full post that these changes will require further tweaking and adjustments over time, so nothing will be set in stone once the updates are live. Also, when the update for Portal goes live, Battlefield Studios expects that "all experiences, both custom and verified, will need to be republished by players before they can create an active server."
It's good that EA and Battlefield Studios are trying to address the root problem with progression and adjust it to make it feel like less of a slog instead of only trying to further clamp down on XP farms. Hopefully these changes are at least meaningful enough to start that the early experience for players is improved.
For more on Battlefield 6, check out our dedicated page where you can find all of our coverage on the game, including benchmarks that can tell you which graphic cards are best for playing at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K resolutions, our full PC performance benchmarks and optimized settings, guides with tips for stepping onto the battlefield and for the best early game weapons and loadouts, and of course, our full review of the game.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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