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The launch of the eagerly awaited Battlefield 6 received significant enthusiasm, especially for its flagship multiplayer mode. Just on Steam, concurrent player counts surged to nearly 750,000. Nevertheless, regardless of its fanfare, a growing number of players are protesting against some of the game's hardest challenges, which are mandatory to obtain particular firearms.

Users have commenced using personalized games made via the custom game tool to finish these tasks, highlighting just how grueling these missions have become.

Understanding Battlefield 6 Objectives

Tasks represent Battlefield 6's ongoing multiplayer objectives, as opposed to the periodically changed day-to-day and weekly tasks. It features four categories of assignments, but while the majority simply offer outfits and select equipment, finishing the gun missions is the only way of obtaining 12 of the 41 primary weapons present in the game.

Some of these restricted firearms may soon earn a place on rankings for the finest arms in Battlefield 6.

Player Outcry via Reddit

Within Reddit, players are reasonably sharing their frustrations about how hard and tedious a number of these challenges are. One user emphasized one of the most outrageous examples, needed to obtain the KTS100 MK8 LMG:

• Subdue 300 opponents with LMGs
• Cause 10,000 non-ADS damage with LMGs

"This mission is so terrible and totally unreasonable, I want to gouge my eyes out," is a comment that illustrates just how excessively challenging these tasks are.

The suppression feature in the game is weaker than it's ever been in the series, so it lacks nearly as many positive effects in fights as it used to in previous games. It only counts as suppression if you fire a burst without hitting the target.

Additionally, firing an LMG without aiming is highly imprecise and is effective only at extremely close range, which isn't typically where you want to be. The same user also highlighted the irony in the SMG challenge, to unlock the SCW-10, which needs takedowns using ADS, when that task would be considerably more fitting to hipfire kills, and vice versa.

Another Overly Demanding Task

A different forum member highlighted a further incredibly demanding challenge, within the sniper rifle category to obtain the PSR:

• Achieve 150 headshot eliminations from more than 200 meters away with long-range weapons

This is difficult enough as it is, but there's another important point to consider: most Battlefield 6 maps don't even support combat at those extended distances.

There is a decent selection of map sizes, but because there are just nine levels in the game at present, it implies you must stick to playing a specific urban map, another expansive area, and perhaps Operation Firestorm if you're lucky if you aim to take long-range shots from beyond 200 meters.

The Alternative Method

Nevertheless, a method exists: Battlefield Portal. The Battlefield Portal is a feature that enables you to make custom game modes on any map you prefer, complete with bots. This implies you can exploit the mechanics… but it doesn't exactly feel like the spirit of the game.

But when completing the missions in a proper game feels like anti-playing, since you have to play in such an atypical style that harms both you and your squad, who can blame someone for completing them in a private match so teammates aren't hindered?

Potential Changes

It should not be shocking if a number of these missions are made easier in the next few updates, because unless they are modified, some players simply won't get their hands on the gated weapons.

At the moment, the audience continues to voice their opinions on these strenuous in-game tasks, expecting a less arduous gaming experience in coming revisions.