Battlefield 6 Players Spoke, Devs Delivered: Conquest Rollback and Easier Progression Crush XP Farms

Battlefield 6 is barely out of the wrapper and already drowning in an old-school problem: the XP grind. Progression has been slow enough that players are flocking to Portal to set up XP farms with bots, toggling settings to churn out rewards faster. It is not exactly the spirit of the game, and EA/DICE knows it.

What the devs are changing

EA and DICE say a re-balance is coming to make normal play feel worth your time, while also putting guardrails on the Portal side so bot farms stop clogging everything up. The goal: keep custom creativity alive without letting grind servers take over.

In their latest Community Update, the team admitted that the bot-farm boom has had some knock-on effects: so many servers are dedicated to XP farming that it has gotten harder for people to actually find and build matches with other players. They are working on adjustments to reduce farm servers hogging space and to push folks toward playing with friends in both custom and verified experiences.

• Match completion XP is going up 10%.
• The daily bonus XP is jumping 40%.
• The unlock cost for your first 20 attachments is being reduced.
• Assignment thresholds that used to require 20, 23, and 26 objectives are being lowered to 10, 15, and 20.

All of that should take some sting out of the grind for new and returning players. On the Portal side, expect tighter rules to make true farms harder to spin up, but not to the point where interesting custom modes get kneecapped. It is a tricky balance, but doable.

"We hear you, we are working on the progression - as well as Portal servers. These things do take time, and we want to ensure we get it right by you, the players. Always appreciate the patience!!"

- Kevin Johnson, Battlefield 6 global community manager, on Twitter, October 17, 2025

About those Conquest tickets

This tweak train is also rolling back a recent misstep: the controversial ticket reduction on Conquest maps. That change did not land well, so the team is reversing it. The cap is back to 1,000. And just to be crystal clear, that is tickets, not 1,000 actual players. Expect more of that big, long, chaotic Conquest energy again.

When to expect the update

The studio says these changes should start hitting within the next week or so, though rollout timing could vary by platform or region. Standard live game caveat.

Meanwhile, the game is selling

Despite the grind drama, Battlefield 6 has already sold 7 million copies. EA is calling it the biggest launch the series has ever had, and they are already talking up plans for a connected Battlefield universe. Ambitious, to say the least.