{"id":480812,"date":"2025-11-13T06:36:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-portal-bot-xp-farm-zombies"},"modified":"2025-11-13T06:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:36:51","slug":"dice-accidentally-creates-battlefield-2042-portal-bot-xp-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dice-accidentally-creates-battlefield-2042-portal-bot-xp-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"DICE accidentally creates Battlefield 2042 Portal bot XP farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/dice-accidentally-creates-battlefield-2042-portal-bot-xp-farm.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re only a couple of weeks into the new year, and <strong>Battlefield 2042<\/strong> developers have already found themselves in some hot water.<\/p>\n<p>This week, DICE&#8217;s anticipated return to the office following the holiday break brought us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-january-20-patch-details\">a small new patch<\/a>, and the promise of bigger changes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-scoreboard-february-patch-early-details\">and a new scoreboard design in February<\/a> as part of a larger patch. Portal developer Ripple Effect also debuted a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-portal-xp-earn-new-system\">tiered XP cap system for community-created experiences<\/a> in an attempt to bring back XP earn on those servers, without making it possible for some to create XP farming modes.<\/p>\n<p>The changes were not particularly well received, but players certainly didn&#8217;t expect for official Portal experiences to also get into the bot farming game. Alongside the new Portal rules, Ripple Effect refreshed the available list of official experiences, introducing a new zombie survival mode. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-portal-bot-xp-farm-zombies\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/battlefield-2042-portal-bot-xp-farm-zombies\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re only a couple of weeks into the new year, and Battlefield 2042 developers have already found themselves in some hot water. This week, DICE&#8217;s anticipated return to the office following the holiday break brought us a small new patch, and the promise of bigger changes and a new scoreboard design in February as part of a larger patch. Portal developer Ripple Effect also debuted a new tiered XP cap system for community-created experiences in an attempt to bring back XP earn on those servers, without making it possible for some to create XP farming modes. The changes were not particularly well received, but players certainly didn&#8217;t expect for official Portal experiences to also get into the bot farming game. 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