Battlefield 6 has “made some temporary adjustments” to XP earned in Strikepoint as it works on “a longer-term solution”.
In a brief update posted over the weekend, Battlefield Studios noted an “issue” that was impacting the amount of XP earned in the mode, and, to ensure “fair and consistent progression”, it has made a brief change whilst it investigates.
“We’ve identified an issue that was affecting the amount of XP earned in the Strikepoint mode,” the team said on social media yesterday, Saturday 1 November.
“To maintain fair and consistent progression, we’ve made some temporary adjustments to XP in this mode while we investigate a longer term solution. Thank you for your understanding and we will update you when further changes are made.”
There have been no further updates at the time of writing, and while the team stopped short of detailing what, exactly, the issue was, it’s thought some players had allegedly discovered an exploit in Strikepoint wherein if all four enemy players leave the match, the opposing squad receives one to 2.5 million XP.
As this player wrote, “numerous players are now forming malicious teams to exploit this loophole, severely undermining the experience for fair-play gamers. We urgently request the developers to immediately patch this vulnerability and recover the illicitly gained experience from these individuals to uphold the game’s integrity.”
Yesterday, we reported that Battlefield 6 had introduced a new “relaxed way” to play “while still earning progression and completing challenges” – Casual Breakthrough. While you won’t be able to secure dogtags, accolades, or career stat updates, you’ll be able to play in smaller teams on either the Siege of Cairo or Empire State maps.
Crucially, you’ll clock up full XP from “real player actions”, and reduced XP for any actions with a bot.
Season One of Battlefield 6 is now live, along with the shadow-dropped battle royale mode, Redsec. It marks the first major update for Battlefield 6, following a series of smaller bug fixes and balance adjustments. The game has proven exceptionally popular, selling over seven million copies in less than a week and quickly breaking series records.
