Battlefield 2042 developers angered players by offering to farm XP on bots, something they had banned themselves

Previously in Battlefield 2042, resourceful players set up bot farms to level up accounts quickly. The developers took notice and closed the loopholes, but now they have offered to do something similar themselves

The player count of Battlefield 2042 continues to drop, yet the developers keep making decisions that upset the remaining community members.

The new mode “Zombie Survival” challenges players to fend off oncoming waves of the infected. It was likely intended to add some variety, but players were not particularly pleased.

The issue is that this mode is essentially “farming XP on bots”. Battlefield 2042 players used to practice something similar by creating bot farm modes with disarmed bots and lowered health, shooting them down. Back then, the developers began closing loopholes so players could not level up accounts so easily.

A representative of Ripple Effect Studios responded to the backlash: “I won’t lie, this mode should not have made it through our review process. I think our desire to create a fun zombie mode clouded our ability to see such a simple thing like the impact it would have on progression”.