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Over the weekend, Battlefield Studios introduced a fresh game mode called Relaxed Breakthrough. To put it simply, this option mirrors the regular Breakthrough format but features a few key changes:

• Each team includes just eight human participants, with the remaining made up of 32 bots.
• Activities performed by human gamers award complete experience points, while AI activities offer lower rewards.
• Only two maps can be played: Siege of Cairo and Empire State map.
• Elements like Player tags, accolades, and stat tracking have been turned off.

So essentially, the playlist lives up to its title: it's a casual version of Breakthrough. At face value, one could assume there's nothing wrong, since it provides additional choices for gamers looking for different methods to have fun with the title. But, gaming history have taught us anything, it is that not everyone will be happy. In other words, a lot of BF6 fans are upset.

Player Reactions: Anger to Support

"People want human opponents. Don't repeat the errors of your competitors," states one reply to the official announcement. "Truly disappointing idea," comments another. Meanwhile, on the Battlefield subreddit, a player remarks, "It's unclear where we are headed with this game," while someone else details all the issues they consider to be problematic in Battlefield 6: "Fix bugs, address drone issues, correct rocket mechanics, fix [the] bloom after sprinting bug, fix awful hit registration. We do not require this bot mode."

On the other hand, amid the criticism, there are players explaining how much they're enjoying the recent addition. "It's enjoyable to warm up, human participants prevent it from being a complete grind but it's very relaxed," reads one Reddit comment. "The community fails to see that there are players who have lives and don't play this game 24/7. Allow them to find a middle ground," adds another. A response on Twitter explains that as they're "a battledad with limited time, this is great for me," and another applauds the mode for "avoiding intense competition."

Constructive Concerns and Player Feedback

All that said, players have valid points to complain about the new mode. Some users have highlighted that it will make queue times more extended for other modes because of the large amount of playlists in the game already. On a similar note, certain regions often face AI-filled matches in the current modes. It also seems somewhat counterintuitive that the mode won't start without a minimum number of real players, even though it primarily centers on fighting AI opponents.

Lastly, one of the biggest complaints is that Battlefield Portal was meant to provide complete rewards, including AI matches, but that got canned when they attempted to remove bot farms from the system. So Casual Breakthrough seems like the community meeting them halfway, according to a Reddit comment. A different user labels this addition as the devs "making a mistake so hard, I had great enjoyment in the first couple of days, why did they feel the need to adjust it?"

Future Prospects: Adjustments Occur?

If the development team has demonstrated something so far with Battlefield 6, it's that they're listening and acting on player input. Tasks that were overly hard were adjusted very quickly, just like the required Redsec challenges. It is likely that, if their data indicates this recent mode is underperforming to their expectations, they will not hesitate to make further modifications.