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The launch of the eagerly awaited Battlefield 6 was met with broad praise, especially for its top-tier multiplayer mode. On Steam alone, simultaneous player numbers surged to nearly 750,000. Nevertheless, despite its popularity, many players are protesting against some of the game's hardest challenges, which are mandatory to access certain guns.

Gamers have begun resorting to personalized games created through Battlefield Portal to finish these tasks, highlighting just how grueling these missions have become.

Comprehending Battlefield 6 Objectives

Missions serve as Battlefield 6's permanent multiplayer tasks, as opposed to the periodically changed daily and weekly challenges. There are four categories of assignments, but although many simply offer skins and a few gadgets, completing the weapon assignments is the exclusive means of acquiring 12 of the 41 key firearms present in the game.

Several of these gated guns may soon find their way on lists of the finest arms in Battlefield 6.

Player Outcry via Reddit

Within Reddit, players are understandably expressing their worries about how challenging and repetitive some of these challenges are. An individual player pointed out one of the most egregious examples, needed to obtain the KTS100 MK8 LMG:

• Suppress 300 enemies with LMGs
• Cause 10,000 non-ADS damage with LMGs

"This challenge is so atrocious and entirely ill-conceived, I want to scream in frustration," is a statement that captures just how frustratingly difficult these tasks are.

The suppression feature in the game is weaker than it's ever been in the series, so it has significantly fewer positive effects in fights as it used to in previous games. It only registers as suppression if you miss multiple shots in a row.

At the same time, firing an LMG without aiming is highly imprecise and functions solely at extremely close range, which is not usually a position you prefer to be. That player also pointed out the paradox in the SMG challenge, to unlock the SCW-10, which demands eliminations when scoped in, when that task would be considerably more fitting to hipfire kills, and the other way around.

Another Extremely Difficult Challenge

Another Reddit user pointed out a further incredibly demanding challenge, within the marksman rifle class to obtain the PSR:

• Achieve 150 headshot eliminations over 200m with long-range weapons

This is challenging enough by itself, but there's another important point to consider: many Battlefield 6 maps fail to facilitate combat at those extended distances.

There's a healthy variety of map sizes, but given there are merely nine levels in the game at present, it implies you must stick to playing a specific urban map, a particular valley environment, and maybe an additional option in a best-case scenario if you plan to engage from afar from a significant distance.

The Bypass

Nevertheless, a method exists: the custom game tool. This portal feature is a system that permits you to create personalized matches on whatever map you choose, featuring computer-controlled players. This allows you can bypass the intended method… but it doesn't exactly feel like the intended gameplay experience.

Yet, if doing the challenges in a proper game appears to work against fun, since you must engage in such an unconventional way that harms both you and your squad, who can fault a player for completing them in a custom game so teammates aren't hindered?

Potential Changes

It should not be shocking if some of these assignments are made easier in the coming days or weeks, because should they remain unchanged, certain gamers simply won't get their hands on the restricted guns.

At the moment, the audience continues to voice their opinions on these challenging battlefield assignments, anticipating a less arduous player experience in future updates.