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The launch of the eagerly awaited Battlefield 6 received broad praise, particularly for its flagship multiplayer mode. Just on Steam, simultaneous player numbers surged to nearly 750,000. However, despite its popularity, many players are protesting against a portion of the release's toughest challenges, which are necessary to access certain guns.

Gamers have begun resorting to tailored sessions made via the custom game tool to complete them, highlighting just how demanding these assignments have become.

Grasping Battlefield 6 Assignments

Missions serve as Battlefield 6's ongoing multiplayer objectives, different from the regularly refreshed daily and weekly challenges. The game includes four categories of assignments, but while the majority only reward skins and a few gadgets, achieving the firearm tasks is the only way of obtaining 12 of the 41 primary weapons present in the game.

Several of these locked weapons could shortly make their appearance on rankings for the finest arms in Battlefield 6.

Community Frustration across Reddit

Over on Reddit, players are reasonably expressing their worries about how hard and tedious a number of these challenges are. An individual player highlighted one of the most outrageous examples, mandatory for acquiring the KTS100 MK8 LMG:

• Subdue 300 opponents with LMGs
• Deal 10,000 close-range damage with LMGs

"This challenge is so awful and totally unreasonable, I want to gouge my eyes out," is a quote that summarizes 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 lacks nearly as many benefits in combat as it did in previous games. It only tallies as suppression if you miss multiple shots in a row.

Additionally, firing an LMG without aiming is extremely unreliable and is effective only at extremely close range, which is not usually a position you want to be. The same user also highlighted the irony in the SMG challenge, to unlock the SCW-10, which demands eliminations when scoped in, when that mission would be considerably more fitting to hipfire kills, and vice versa.

Another Ridiculously Tough Challenge

Another Reddit user pointed out another ridiculously tough challenge, within the marksman rifle class to unlock the PSR:

• Achieve 150 headshot eliminations beyond 200 meters with marksman guns

This is tough enough as it is, but there's one more key thing to consider: most Battlefield 6 maps fail to facilitate combat at such a long range.

There is a decent selection of map sizes, but since there are only nine levels in the game currently, it implies you must stick to playing one of the larger locales, another expansive area, and perhaps an additional option if you're lucky if you plan to engage from afar from over 200m away.

The Bypass

Nevertheless, a method exists: the custom game tool. The Battlefield Portal is a feature that enables you to create personalized matches on any map you prefer, featuring computer-controlled players. This allows you can exploit the mechanics… but it doesn't exactly feel like the spirit of the game.

Yet, if completing the missions in a standard match feels like anti-playing, since you are forced to participate in such an unconventional way that doesn't benefit you or your team, is it surprising for finishing these in a personal session so allies are not impaired?

Upcoming Tweaks

It is expected if several of these tasks are toned down in the coming days or weeks, because if they're not, some players simply will never acquire the restricted guns.

At the moment, the player base continues to express their views on these challenging multiplayer missions, expecting a more balanced player experience in coming revisions.