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Over the weekend, the game developers introduced a fresh game mode titled Relaxed Breakthrough. In essence, this mode resembles the standard Breakthrough format but includes a few key changes:

• Every squad includes just eight real players, with the rest filled by 32 bots.
• Actions performed by human gamers award complete experience points, while AI activities offer lower rewards.
• Just a pair of locations are available: Siege of Cairo and Empire State.
• Elements like Dogtags, achievements, and career stat updates are disabled.

So essentially, the playlist delivers on its name: it offers a casual take of Breakthrough. On the surface, you might think there's nothing wrong, since it provides more options for players looking for alternative ways to enjoy the title. However, if video games have taught us anything, it's that not everyone will be happy. In other words, a lot of Battlefield 6 players are mad.

Player Reactions: From Fury to Praise

"People want human opponents. Avoid making the errors of your competitors," states one reply to the mode reveal. "Absolutely shocking idea," says another. At the same time, on the Battlefield subreddit, a player remarks, "I have no idea where we are headed with this title," while someone else lists all the issues they consider to be problematic in the game: "Resolve glitches, fix drone glitch, correct rocket mechanics, fix [the] bloom after sprinting bug, fix awful hit registration. We don't need this bot mode."

However, amid the criticism, some gamers explaining how much they're enjoying the new mode. "It's very fun to warm up, real players keep it from being a complete grind but it's quite laid-back," says a forum post. "The community fails to see that there are gamers who actually go outside and don't play this title all the time. Let them strike a balance," states a different comment. One reply via social media clarifies that as they're "a battledad with busy schedules, this is great for me," and another praises the mode for "avoiding intense competition."

Constructive Concerns and Community Input

All that said, there are constructive reasons to criticize Casual Breakthrough. Some users have pointed out that it will make wait times more extended for different playlists due to the large amount of options in the game already. Similarly, certain regions often face mostly bots in the current modes. It also seems a little backwards that the mode won't start without a required amount of human gamers, even though it focuses mostly on fighting AI opponents.

Finally, a major complaints is that Battlefield Portal was promised to offer complete rewards, even against bots, but that got canned when they attempted to remove bot farms from the mode. So this new playlist feels like the community meeting them in the middle, as per a Reddit comment. A different user describes this addition as the devs "making a mistake so hard, I experienced great enjoyment in the initial release, why did they feel the need to adjust it?"

Looking Ahead: Will Changes Be Made?

If Battlefield Studios has demonstrated something so far with Battlefield 6, it's that they're listening and responding to feedback. Assignments that were overly hard were adjusted rapidly, just like the specific battle pass objectives. It is likely that, should analytics indicates this recent mode is underperforming to their standards, they will not hesitate to make further modifications.