Over the weekend, Battlefield Studios launched a new playlist titled Relaxed Breakthrough. In essence, this option resembles the standard Breakthrough format but features several notable changes:
In short, the playlist lives up to its title: it offers a casual version of Breakthrough. On the surface, you might think there's nothing wrong, since it gives more options for gamers seeking different methods to enjoy the game. However, gaming history have taught us anything, it is that not everyone will be happy. In other words, a lot of BF6 fans are upset.
"Gamers prefer real players. Avoid making the mistakes of your competitors," reads a response to the mode reveal. "Truly disappointing idea," says a different user. At the same time, in community forums, one user remarks, "I have no idea where we are headed with this game," and another lists all the issues they believe to be broken in the game: "Resolve glitches, fix drone glitch, fix IVF rockets, fix [the] bloom after sprinting bug, fix awful hit registration. We do not require this bot mode."
On the other hand, amid the criticism, there are players sharing how much they're liking the new mode. "It's very fun to warm up, human participants prevent it from being a complete grind but it's quite laid-back," says a forum post. "This subreddit fails to see that there are players who have lives and don't play this title all the time. Let them find a middle ground," adds another. One reply via social media clarifies that as they're "a parent gamer with busy schedules, this is great for me," and another applauds the mode for "not being overcompetitive."
All that said, there are constructive reasons to complain about the new mode. Some users have highlighted that it could increase queue times even longer for other modes due to the large amount of playlists in the game already. Similarly, some areas already encounter AI-filled matches in the existing playlists. Additionally, it appears a little backwards that the mode does not begin without a required amount of real players, even though it focuses mostly on combat against bots.
Finally, one of the biggest grievances is that a previous feature was promised to provide full XP, even against bots, but that was removed when they tried to remove bot farms from the system. Thus Casual Breakthrough feels like the player base meeting them halfway, as per forum feedback. A different user describes this addition as the developers "dropping the ball significantly, I experienced great enjoyment in the initial release, why did they feel the need to change it?"
Should the development team has demonstrated something to date with the latest installment, it's that they're paying attention and responding to player input. Tasks being too difficult got fixed rapidly, as did the specific battle pass objectives. It is likely that, should analytics shows this recent mode isn't performing to their standards, they will not hesitate to make further modifications.
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