Battlefield 6 has just received a server-side update that is bound to make the game’s entire player base happy, or at least those who had been waiting for it to arrive after the developer first discussed plans for it.
The long-awaited overhaul of many of the game’s Challenges and Assignments is here, altering the requirements for most of them to be something that mere mortals are able to do.
One of the loudest criticisms Battlefield 6 received at its launch had to do with its poor progression – we even called it out in our BF6 review. That problem has been multi-faceted, which is why it took weeks for what’s likely the hardest part of it to be solved.
BF6 had very slow XP earn rates, particularly for weapons. BF Studios addressed that in a major patch, but said that changing the requirements for Challenges and Assignments would take time. Previously, many of the Challenges had incredibly lengthy requirements, and some were so specific that players simply created Portal servers so that they could satisfy their requirements.
The even larger issue was that Class Training Paths and several weapons were locked behind those Challenges, making them functionally unavailable to the majority of players. Well, the time has now come for something to be done about that mess.
In a new blog post, BF Studios explained that the old requirements relied far more on time investment over mastery, and data and player feedback have been clear that they were far too overtuned.
For starters, the tweaking of these requirements will not ignore the progress you’ve already made. Players would simply need to play a match for them to reflect, but you won’t have to start all over again.
Some of the ones that have been altered as part of this update include the entirety of the class unblock challenges for Assault, Engineer, Support, and Recon – meaning you’ll finally be able to access the other Training Paths.
The requirements for Weapon Assignments have been simplified, and the Mode/Unit Assignments have had their descriptions simplified, and requirements reduced. Even the more pesky “do this much in a life” Challenges have been altered so that you can actually fulfil their requirements in a single life.
While this week’s update doesn’t address every single one of those cases, it does alter the majority. As for the rest, you can expect them to be addressed in future updates. Still, this latest sweep brings over 90 adjustments, so they’re bound to affect almost everyone.
In case you missed it, BF Studios also recently made it so rerolling battle pass Challenges takes into account whether or not you own the full game, making it less likely that a free-to-play Battlefield Redsec player would get ones they cannot complete.