Before the start of Battlefield 6, a battle pass was launched in Battlefield 2042 — players can earn rewards for the new part of the franchise. The game began to increase online in Steam, but not all users from the statistics are real players.
The "Road to Battlefield 6" promotion triggered a surge of interest in AFK servers: on such servers, people do not play, but stand and passively accumulate experience in order to close the milestones of the battle pass.
The total number of servers is limited, and the growth in the number of such AFK rooms has created problems for ordinary players — there is now less space for them.