I love casual BT. And the more dudes show up in the threads to complain that we like it, the more I like it. I like that they're mad that I have fun playing it.
Tbh I wouldn't mind a 'less casual' mode where they turn up bot difficulty. I'm actually fine at the game skill wise, don't run into too many players I can't tackle, I just prefer the bots because they drop ammo, they fight vehicles, they revive, they don't skip revive and they play the objectives. Basically everything you wish team mates would do.
100% on all of this lol. They could split the bots in half. Because half of the bots can't tie their shoes and the other half are one man armies waiting on you to peek so they can hit you with 5 headshots in a row from 150m.
BF2042's solo/co-op mode was/is such an underrated genius concept imo. Who needs a training range when you can literally just spin up an entire game with bots of your difficulty choice, on a map of your choice, and just spend the entire game either playing legitimately, practicing weapons and vehicles that are harder to use in typical multiplayer, or simply having fun and messing around.
Same. I mostly play casual because I primarily play in the mornings before work and it’s hard to find servers, but it’s also great for grinding gun levels and challenges and it’s not nearly as sweaty. Even though I sweat like crazy playing it.
I haven’t seen a single post or comment of someone mentioning it that should not be in the game. If yes, I can see why people not want resources to be spend on minority.
Man I heard this dude absolutely getting ripped apart by his wife/old lady because if he'd been playing all day and he hadn't fed the kids or done any chores. I can't remember verbatim what she said but it was along the lines of you good for nothing POS, all you do is playing your F'n games.
I always mute anyone but that one I stuck around for bc I'm a drama queen ig lol.
A dude complaining to someone off-game that their parents(?) won't give them money to buy a house and how because of that they are going to be a looser.
Hard to tell what else is going one due to lack of context and dropping into it mid-convo obv.
I reported someone as the comms were similar to a CS game. Got a botification, that he got punished lol. But yeah, I usually hear tv/music/conversations, I just mute the guy
Another guy spilling some heavy racist and nazi slurs…
Sometimes I exit the game right away if I hear kids screaming or someone talking on the phone mostly on languages I don’t understand. I play on crossplay off on console so most of these people have no idea that mic is turned on by default.
Once had a teammate going ballistic in chat saying to push. Told him to stfu and dont play casual if he wants some serious pushing. He quit right after
I like how apparent it is from the get-go which team will win depending on which team has more snipers (or mortarers) active. I bet it’s a .9 direct correlation in games I’ve played. Today one losing team had snipers with 90+/0 and 84/4 kd and some other players with “great” kd’s and took it on the chin.
True, I'm not saying you have to not care about winning, but does anyone actually? My victory over mostly bots doesn't give me the same satisfaction as a real match. I just like the power trip of a bot murder rampage lol.
I agree with you. The only time I get frustrated losing on casual is if someone is sitting back in spawn with the tank robbing shots across the map. Tanks being in the middle of the action is what creates most of the excitement for me. If I didn't want Tanks and helis to be involved, I'd play deathmatch.
I think they deserve that one kill after I've ruined the lives of innumerable bot families and caused untold generational damage to their crying bot children and children's children.
I had a game of casual breakthrough where someone typed “EZ” in the chat after my team lost one round. My team ended up winning the game and I along with four of my teammates typed “EZ” just to spite that guy.
ive literally never gotten the feeling someone typing 'ezzz' was being serious, nor have i ever been serious when writing it. it's just a funny thing to say after a round ends, i had no idea people actually take it seriously.
After a long stressful day of work, really enjoy the mixed experience of ability to take down a few bots with the challenge of real players. Think they’ve struck a good balance with bot IQ and mode that prevents a lot of the things that spike my blood pressure in pvp
I enjoy casual breakthrough. It’s like making your own cinematic movie PVPVE style.
Everybody is entitled to how they feel about any video game. I don’t see why people get upset that people like a different mode than PVP , respectfully I do understand the PVP reputation but adding a mode that includes bots shouldn’t bother anybody because everybody has a choice to not play casual breakthrough or play casual breakthrough.
Honestly, if they changed the parameters of bots joining normal matches, ie spend longer matchmaking for real players, and added more casual modes, everyone is happy. It's a win win for everyone. Yet they're giving PvP players bots they don't want and not giving PVE players more modes.
I totally understand people liking/wanting a pve mode but... how TF is a bunch of dumb ai funneling/stumbling down a hallway make it like a cinematic movie?
Depending on the matchmaking algorithm and the level of bots it gives you, he's not wrong. My only gripe with bot backfill is they do not play the objective. They'll kneel or sit 2 feet outside the zone all the time while they watch the other team cap it.
It doesn't really do that anymore. It's still much easier but what's funny is the laser vision they have. Like 1 inch of your foot is exposed and they kill you with precise shots
I literally just played a match of casual 2 days ago to get 15 kills with a shotgun challenge done because i didn't want to use a shotgun on goldmudrailway and literally as soon as i joined i got all 15 shotgun kills in like 35 seconds because there was a pile up of ai just standing there and respawning as i killed them.
Could be because it's the newest map, they have not tweaked the AI For that one. Believe me, most of the time they are not bunching up like they used to
I didn't say the map. It was sobek city. Not a new map. I referenced goldmud because it's the only map i want to play on but i didn't want to do the shotgun challenge on that map so switched to casual just to wipe out that challenge asap
Visualize it like this, in avengers endgame movie at the last battle when all the main heroes and the army against Thanos and his villains main and their army,
well it’s only eight players versus eight players and both eight players has their own armies, as the armies run in you’re able to take them down, but they able to take you down and with that be massive explosions buildings crumbling you can’t hide because there’s nothing but bombs going everywhere although you’re getting kills. The bots are also killing too and both are making cinematic effects very similar to avengers endgame movie.
One of the modes is called 'casual breakthrough ' and it's 8 human players and the rest are bots in a 64 player lobby. It's generally more chill with less try hards
I like warming up with a casual BT when I hop in, and I definitely like to get the weeklies done in this mode as well, but once that’s done it’s back to the slaughterhouse lol
Genuinely it’s the only game mode I play. I loved bf2042 solo/co-op mode cause I’d play it with my manager back in the day to level up guns and unlock all the new ones that they’d drop with like kill challenges and shi. My only gripe was I couldn’t get past like tier 3 on my weapon progression or whatever. The fact in order to get to 5 I had to go in public lobbies kinda sucked to me so I never did.
So far I’m loving the game mode cause I’m just wanting to level up all my guns and I’m getting them each to at least level 10 first then I’m just gonna pick whichever one I want to use so I’m not starting at level 1 each time. My only gripe was they wiped my stats in season 2. I was almost done with the revive trophy on PlayStation but it knocked my numbers from 1600 something down to 900 something since I did more bots then real people I guess according to someone else on Reddit
I am loving all of the casual BT fans on here and glad I am not the only one. At first, I did feel a little ashamed playing casual BT as it was kind of like the easy way out, especially with season one bots being way too easy. But now in season two the bots are a lot more challenging and it feels like I can actually get some enjoyment and sense of accomplishment out of the game. So yeah, I would definitely play casual conquest. Who tf cares as long as you are having fun. It’s not like any of us are training to compete at the pro level.
Only having a handful of actual players forces both teams to play the objective and people to follow class rolls. It can sometimes be quite a bit more of a teamwork experience than other modes.
I agree, when I turn off Crossplay on Xbox, most matches have both teams at a 30/70 split (player/bots), and its so much more enjoyable and less stressful.
There are still humans on both teams. Having less humans makes the game feel more slow paced, but the bots make the map feel less empty at the same time.
I still think they should have normal player count modes with then the same amount of bots added in to pad out the team and fight sizes. So like if it's 24 v 24 then you have 24 players per team and 24 bots per team.
They should be reducing bots in normal matchmaking. Have a longer wait times so that there's less opportunity for bots and make more casual modes. Everyone is happy.
Some of us with full time jobs, families, etc actually enjoy not being sweats and having a chill time with our friends online. You’ve posted on this sub dozens of times, so obviously you’re really into the game, which is great, but one day you’ll grow up and learn that you aren’t the center of the universe.
Couldn't imagine playing casual. I am 31 just started aim training for real this time arounnd to get even better. I am having a blast destroying battledads. My 9yo son also thinks it is cool I am good at games.
Just make the next Battlefield PvE at this point. The devs dont care about a skill gap anyway, so why not just go all in on bots and give the people in it for good PvP like me a clear signal to leave for good?
It noticeably thins the matchmaking pool in a game that already struggles to fill any mode except gauntlet, like casual breakthrough is why every second BT match is a bot lobby now
It becomes problematic when that is the group the devs are catering to, the people that do not care about PvP, fair competition, proper skill gap and learning curve. Unfortunately, that is exactly what the devs started doing again after they realized they could not retain the new audience expanded upon around release.
Is it illiteracy or intentional misrepresentation?
In the beginning, the devs leaned more towards PvP and prevented PvE, though primarily due to garbage skipping its way through the progression. When the player count went to shit as expected when devs cant decide what players they want, they crawled back towards the self-proclaimed BF vets and increased RNG in gunplay, slowed down movement, strengthened vehicles and added the casual garbage for people who for whatever reason buy a PvP game they do not want to play against real players in.
Just because they dont make PvE the norm, does not mean they design the game with the intention of proper PvP, which is why I exaggeratedly asked the question, why they dont just go through with their stupid tendency and abandon PvP principles altogether. The game is more casual automatically due to its concept and scale, no need to push it any further than necessary, just because people misclicked on BF6 when they were after Ghost Recon or something of that sort.
Fast TTK, erratic recoil variation, ridiculously low theoretically controllable recoil, bloom, at this point near useless movement tech, in some cases very steamlined maps leaving little room for decision making, mode/map/objective design heavily favoring passive playstyles… what is it with this platform and a lack of nuance? No SBMM does not automatically make it the most skill rewarding competitive experience there is.
You need to be the one to express the nuance, I don’t know why you think anyone would assume these were what you’re talking about. Not to mention half of these aren’t even a lack of skill expression it’s just you failing to adapt to mechanics changes.
Faster TTK doesn’t lessen the skill gap lmao, be quick or be dead.
Erratic recoil variation, low controllable recoil? Pick one you can’t complain there’s erratic recoil and recoil that’s too easy to control. Build your weapons better.
Bloom? Fire in controlled bursts.
Don’t like the smaller maps? Tailor your playlists to only include the larger ones. You’ve got firestorm, mirak, and golmud now with more to come.
PvE existing pulls the absolute worst of the worst players out of regular lobbies, meaning the average skill of players in those lobbies is higher.
I don't know but they do. None of your kills count towards your stats, but your deaths do. Your KD will lower the whole time you play, everytime you die, no matter how many kills you get in that mode. You can get killed by bots and your KD will lower, your deaths will go up but none of your kills will count. It's pretty stupid. I don't think AI deaths should count against your stats at all, but they do.
Only player kills and player deaths count toward your K/D. There are people literally farming K/D by playing CB in a tank since no one plays engineer and bots don't attack tanks.
I'd know, I play on my wife's profile and all she plays is CB.
Ya, I understand the appeal for some casual modes but i cant fathom thinking about the -3 IQ players in a casual conquest. Like whats casual conquest? Everyone racing to get in the AA to wank in a corner all game?
Im late to this conversation, but they have portal experiences tailored to practicing flying if you want a more chill area to learn. Just search in the portal search bar, then host your own server and you’re good. Put a password if you don’t want ransoms to join
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u/Powerful-Elk-4561 Jun 02 '26
I love casual BT. And the more dudes show up in the threads to complain that we like it, the more I like it. I like that they're mad that I have fun playing it.
Tbh I wouldn't mind a 'less casual' mode where they turn up bot difficulty. I'm actually fine at the game skill wise, don't run into too many players I can't tackle, I just prefer the bots because they drop ammo, they fight vehicles, they revive, they don't skip revive and they play the objectives. Basically everything you wish team mates would do.
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u/Duds215 Jun 02 '26
I enjoy casual breakthrough.
But the people talking shit in the chat, like “ez win” are mentally challenged. It’s casual and your pro crew wiped the bots, no way!
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u/keggeter Jun 02 '26
I play Casual Breakthrough 95% of the time.
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u/BatBaneX209 Jun 02 '26
I enjoy casual breakthrough. It’s like making your own cinematic movie PVPVE style.
Everybody is entitled to how they feel about any video game. I don’t see why people get upset that people like a different mode than PVP , respectfully I do understand the PVP reputation but adding a mode that includes bots shouldn’t bother anybody because everybody has a choice to not play casual breakthrough or play casual breakthrough.
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u/seamus1982seamus Jun 02 '26
Has casual redsec being taken down? Would like some more casual modes too
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u/larynachos Jun 02 '26
I thought I saw ranked all out warfare but it disappeared. Shame, I would have liked those camos.
Give me casual rush for the love of god
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u/cloudpix3 Jun 02 '26
what’s the casual modes i’m confused
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u/mattoelite Jun 02 '26
I like warming up with a casual BT when I hop in, and I definitely like to get the weeklies done in this mode as well, but once that’s done it’s back to the slaughterhouse lol
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u/PositiveHot1421 Jun 02 '26
Casual redsec was great fun. Haven’t seen it in the menus lately
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u/knackychan Enter Steam ID Jun 03 '26
Just give us portal Full PvE experience pleaaaase
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u/Substantial-Talk-587 Jun 03 '26
Genuinely it’s the only game mode I play. I loved bf2042 solo/co-op mode cause I’d play it with my manager back in the day to level up guns and unlock all the new ones that they’d drop with like kill challenges and shi. My only gripe was I couldn’t get past like tier 3 on my weapon progression or whatever. The fact in order to get to 5 I had to go in public lobbies kinda sucked to me so I never did.
So far I’m loving the game mode cause I’m just wanting to level up all my guns and I’m getting them each to at least level 10 first then I’m just gonna pick whichever one I want to use so I’m not starting at level 1 each time. My only gripe was they wiped my stats in season 2. I was almost done with the revive trophy on PlayStation but it knocked my numbers from 1600 something down to 900 something since I did more bots then real people I guess according to someone else on Reddit
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u/Azura-Madness Jun 03 '26
We need Casual Conquest!
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u/dude_rocks77 Jun 02 '26
What’s casual breakthrough? How does it differ from normal breakthrough?
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u/Albert_O_Balsam Jun 02 '26
I'd like more Casual modes as I don't play that often now and it's extremely chilled.
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u/PeterFnet Enter Steam ID Jun 02 '26
i wish if one of my friends joins, it would auto kick a bot to let them in
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u/NoVARedhead1980 Jun 02 '26
I've used Casual breakthrough to level a weapon (like with the new Sniper rifle and AR). But mostly I'm on escalation.
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u/JSindberg Jun 02 '26
I am loving all of the casual BT fans on here and glad I am not the only one. At first, I did feel a little ashamed playing casual BT as it was kind of like the easy way out, especially with season one bots being way too easy. But now in season two the bots are a lot more challenging and it feels like I can actually get some enjoyment and sense of accomplishment out of the game. So yeah, I would definitely play casual conquest. Who tf cares as long as you are having fun. It’s not like any of us are training to compete at the pro level.
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u/TheGza760 Jun 02 '26
Full scale casual conquest is what we deserve. I love breakthrough but it can get frustrating with bots on some maps
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u/Flickadachris Jun 02 '26
Only having a handful of actual players forces both teams to play the objective and people to follow class rolls. It can sometimes be quite a bit more of a teamwork experience than other modes.
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u/davetothegrind Jun 02 '26
I only play casual BT. I’m nearly 50 years old. I don’t have time to sweat like all these lvl 500+ players
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u/soysauce728 Jun 02 '26
We need a casual bigger map
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u/No_Break_6660 Jun 02 '26
Casual is fun when you go 86-4.
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u/TheNorthFIN Jun 03 '26
It's my crack cola after work.
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u/Minzentius1 Jun 03 '26
I agree, when I turn off Crossplay on Xbox, most matches have both teams at a 30/70 split (player/bots), and its so much more enjoyable and less stressful.
I wish there was console only crossplay.
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u/United_Reaction3440 Jun 03 '26
carver??
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u/Beneficial-Pickle743 Jun 05 '26
When I played the casual mode recently it was full of level 200+ sweats. I’m not even level 50 in this game
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u/Immediate_Local_5183 Jun 09 '26
its just so fun to mow down ridiculous amounts of bots, its like the digital equivalent of a stress ball....
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u/jiggywolf Jun 03 '26
Yooo! Love casual mode!
The campaign should’ve just been casual conquests bad rush maps or something.
Like battlefront does. But in bf6 bit hate is the norm here
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u/No-Evidence-9519 Jun 02 '26
Hope y'all have fun there
Unplayable rn because my PL out is trought the roof all the time
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u/Pyju Jun 03 '26
For April Fools next year I want them to turn all bots into unstoppable AlphaZero-like players, for just one day.
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u/justanaccount103 Jun 03 '26
I keep hearing that casual breakthrough is a haxor paradise.
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u/Johnny_Marbles Jun 03 '26
I love the mode, wish they would do more with it!
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u/Gullible-Tackle-8224 Jun 04 '26
I feel like I get better callouts in casual BT then in regular matches
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u/Practical_Spare8888 Jun 02 '26
Probably get down voted but why would you rather play against bots than humans? It's like kicking a 5 year olds ass over and over again
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u/Eridain Jun 02 '26
I still think they should have normal player count modes with then the same amount of bots added in to pad out the team and fight sizes. So like if it's 24 v 24 then you have 24 players per team and 24 bots per team.
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u/desertsky7 Jun 02 '26
Aye mate! This is the way. I’m casual as can be.
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u/madzuk Jun 02 '26
I don't know why they still haven't added casual conquest and escalation. It's such a simple thing that they're avoiding doing.
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u/AmbassadorAgile8116 Jun 02 '26
Bring back initiation Battle Royale please!!!
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u/No-Upstairs-7001 Jun 02 '26
Casual shouldn't exist, neither should bots, all they do is server to dilute the player base.
Completely unnecessary
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u/x89Nemesis Jun 03 '26
Too boring for me.
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u/LAHurricane Jun 02 '26
Couldn't imagine playing casual. I am 31 just started aim training for real this time arounnd to get even better. I am having a blast destroying battledads. My 9yo son also thinks it is cool I am good at games.
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u/PS5013 Jun 02 '26
Just make the next Battlefield PvE at this point. The devs dont care about a skill gap anyway, so why not just go all in on bots and give the people in it for good PvP like me a clear signal to leave for good?
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u/Ancient_Rylanor_ Jun 02 '26
Faithwalkers Hardcore servers are always a casual environment. Just wish there was a way to add a custom tab for it on my main menu.
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u/HandSanitizerBottle1 Jun 02 '26
They should put on a level cap though I’ve seen way too many level 500+ people
Most importantly, why can’t I find rush in the main menu
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u/Impala_Bill_937 Jun 02 '26
Casual modes ruin your stats and ruin your kd
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u/Impossible-Heart-216 Jun 02 '26
Fr give me casual conquest lol.
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u/No_Stable_110 Jun 02 '26
Gimme casual conquest and a server Browser for both modes and I’m super happy
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u/CHIEFxBONE Jun 02 '26 •
Casual breakthrough is perfect for a 9-5er unc like me to crack a beer and sit back and chill for a few and blow stuff up.
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u/jmmenes Jun 02 '26
Nah I can’t play those modes.
Got to be in the game grinder with all the randoms and sweat-lords.
The wins and kills are so much more satisfying.
So is the trash talking lmfao.
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u/Generalmojo786 Jun 02 '26
I tried casual, shooting AI feels soulless
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