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The launch of the eagerly awaited Battlefield 6 garnered broad praise, notably for its premier multiplayer mode. Just on Steam, simultaneous player numbers reached a high of nearly 750,000. Nevertheless, regardless of its fanfare, a growing number of players are expressing frustration over some of the game's toughest challenges, which are required to access certain guns.

Users have commenced resorting to personalized games set up using the custom game tool to complete them, emphasizing just how demanding these missions have become.

Understanding Battlefield 6 Objectives

Missions serve as Battlefield 6's permanent multiplayer tasks, as opposed to the frequently updated day-to-day and weekly tasks. It features four types of assignments, but while the majority merely grant skins and a few gadgets, finishing the gun missions is the only way of obtaining twelve from the forty-one primary weapons available in the game.

Several of these gated guns could shortly earn a place on rankings for the finest arms in Battlefield 6.

Gamer Backlash on Reddit

Within Reddit, players are justifiably voicing their concerns about how difficult and grindy a number of these challenges are. An individual player pointed out one of the most outrageous examples, mandatory for acquiring the KTS100 MK8 LMG:

• Suppress 300 enemies with LMGs
• Inflict 10,000 hipfire damage with LMGs

"This task is so terrible and totally unreasonable, I want to tear my hair out," is a statement that captures just how frustratingly difficult these tasks are.

The suppression feature in the game is less effective than in previous titles in the series, so it has significantly fewer advantages in battle as it did in previous games. It only counts as suppression if you fail to hit several consecutive shots.

Meanwhile, firing an LMG without aiming is wildly inaccurate and only works at extremely close range, which is not usually a position you want to be. The same user also noted the contradiction in the SMG challenge, needed to obtain the SCW-10, which needs takedowns using ADS, when that mission would be considerably more fitting to hipfire kills, and conversely.

Another Ridiculously Tough Mission

A different forum member pointed out a further incredibly demanding challenge, now in the sniper rifle category to unlock the PSR:

• Achieve 150 headshot eliminations beyond 200 meters with sniper rifles

This is tough enough as it is, but there's one more key thing to consider: many Battlefield 6 maps don't even support combat at those extended distances.

There exists a reasonable assortment of map sizes, but given there are merely nine maps in the game right now, it implies you must stick to playing New Sobek City, another expansive area, and maybe Operation Firestorm in a best-case scenario if you plan to engage from afar from over 200m away.

The Bypass

There is a workaround though: the custom game tool. The custom game creator is a system that permits you to make custom game modes on the battleground of your choice, complete with bots. This implies you can bypass the intended method… but it doesn't really seem like the intended gameplay experience.

But when completing the missions in a proper game seems counterproductive, since you must engage in such an unorthodox manner that doesn't benefit you or your team, is it surprising for finishing these in a personal session so teammates aren't hindered?

Potential Changes

It is expected if several of these tasks are adjusted to be less difficult in the next few updates, because unless they are modified, a portion of the user base simply will never acquire the gated weapons.

At the moment, the player base continues to express their views on these challenging in-game tasks, hoping for a less arduous gaming experience in subsequent patches.