Battlefield 6's XP farm crackdown is having all the right effects, and the dev just got even more ruthless

24 Oct 2025PCGamesN

In the grand scheme of things, there really isn't that much to complain about with Battlefield 6. Especially when you compare it to its predecessor... It's a return to form for the series, and while there've been a couple of small pain points, you know as well as I do that constant grumbles surround even the best FPS games. One such frustration involves XP farm servers, which were letting players zoom through weapon and attachment unlocks but were also cluttering Portal with samey, soulless, bot-farming experiences rather than unique, creative ones. Last week, Battlefield Studios' crackdown began by increasing the XP gained in regular game modes to disincentivise XP farms, and starting to hide Portal experiences that were blatantly built for that purpose. Now, it's getting even firmer.

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