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Over the weekend, Battlefield Studios introduced a fresh playlist titled Relaxed Breakthrough. To put it simply, this option resembles the regular Breakthrough format but features a few key adjustments:

• Every squad includes just 8 real players, with the remaining filled by AI-controlled opponents.
• Actions done by real players award complete experience points, while bot actions provide lower rewards.
• Just a pair of maps can be played: Siege of Cairo and Empire State map.
• Features like Player tags, accolades, and stat tracking are disabled.

In short, this mode lives up to its title: it offers a casual take of Breakthrough. At face value, you might think there's nothing wrong, as it gives more options for gamers looking for alternative ways to enjoy the game. But, gaming history have taught us anything, it's that you can't please everyone. In other words, a lot of BF6 fans are mad.

Player Reactions: From Fury to Praise

"Gamers prefer human opponents. Don't repeat the errors of your competitors," reads one reply to the mode reveal. "Truly disappointing idea," says another. At the same time, in community forums, one user notes, "I have no idea where we are headed with this game," while someone else lists everything they consider to be problematic in Battlefield 6: "Fix bugs, fix drone glitch, fix IVF rockets, fix [the] bloom after sprinting bug, improve hit detection. We do not require this AI-heavy playlist."

However, for every complaint, there are players explaining how much they're enjoying the new mode. "It's very fun to warm up, human participants keep it from being a total farmfest but it's quite laid-back," reads one Reddit comment. "The community doesn't understand that there are players who actually go outside and can't play this title all the time. Let them find a middle ground," states another. One reply on Twitter explains that as they're "a parent gamer with limited time, this is perfect for me," while another applauds the mode for "avoiding intense competition."

Constructive Concerns and Player Feedback

All that said, there are valid points to criticize the new mode. A few folks have pointed out that it could increase wait times even longer for different playlists because of the large amount of playlists currently available. On a similar note, some areas often face mostly bots in the current modes. It also seems somewhat counterintuitive that the mode won't start without a minimum number of human gamers, even though it focuses mostly on fighting AI opponents.

Lastly, a major complaints is that Battlefield Portal was promised to offer full XP, even against bots, but that got canned when they tried to eliminate bot farms from the mode. Thus this new playlist seems like the community meeting them halfway, according to forum feedback. A different user describes this addition as the developers "making a mistake so hard, I had so much fun in the initial release, why did they feel the need to adjust it?"

Looking Ahead: Will Changes Occur?

Should Battlefield Studios has proven anything so far with Battlefield 6, it is that they're paying attention and acting on player input. Tasks that were overly hard got fixed very quickly, just like the specific battle pass objectives. It is likely that, if their data indicates this recent mode isn't performing to their expectations, they won't be shy to make further modifications.