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The launch of the highly anticipated Battlefield 6 was met with significant enthusiasm, especially for its premier multiplayer mode. On Steam alone, live player figures surged to nearly 750,000. Yet, in spite of its success, many players are expressing frustration over some of the game's toughest challenges, which are required to obtain particular firearms.

Gamers have begun resorting to custom matches created through the custom game tool to complete them, highlighting just how demanding these assignments have become.

Comprehending BF6 Assignments

Missions serve as Battlefield 6's fixed in-game challenges, as opposed to the regularly refreshed everyday and weekly missions. There are four classes of assignments, but although many only reward skins and a few gadgets, finishing the gun missions is the exclusive means of getting a dozen out of forty-one main guns present in the game.

A number of these restricted firearms may soon find their way on lists of the top weapons in Battlefield 6.

Community Frustration via Reddit

On Reddit, players are understandably expressing their worries about how hard and tedious a number of these challenges are. One user highlighted one of the most outrageous examples, needed to obtain the KTS100 MK8 LMG:

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

"This challenge is so awful and entirely ill-conceived, I want to tear my hair out," is a quote that summarizes just how excessively challenging these tasks are.

Suppression in Battlefield is weaker than it's ever been in the series, so it has significantly fewer benefits in combat as it used to in previous games. It only tallies as suppression if you fail to hit several consecutive shots.

At the same time, using an LMG from the hip is extremely unreliable and only works at point-blank proximity, which is seldom the location you aim to be. That player also pointed out the paradox in the SMG challenge, required for the SCW-10, which demands eliminations when scoped in, when that task would be far more appropriate to hipfire kills, and vice versa.

Another Extremely Difficult Task

One more community participant brought attention to an additional excessively hard challenge, now in the sniper rifle category to unlock the PSR:

• Secure 150 precision takedowns from more than 200 meters away with marksman guns

This is difficult enough by itself, but there's another important point to consider: most Battlefield 6 maps don't even support combat at that kind of range.

There is a decent selection of map sizes, but since there are only nine maps in the game at present, it means you're limited to playing New Sobek City, Mirak Valley, and possibly an additional option at a push if you plan to engage from afar from beyond 200 meters.

The Bypass

There is a workaround though: the custom game tool. The custom game creator is a system that permits you to design tailored experiences on the battleground of your choice, including AI opponents. This implies you can cheese the system… but it doesn't really seem like the spirit of the game.

But when completing the missions in a proper game appears to work against fun, since you must engage in such an unorthodox manner that offers no advantage to anyone, who can fault a player for grinding them out in a custom game so squad members are not disadvantaged?

Potential Changes

It should not be shocking if several of these tasks are made easier in the next few updates, because if they're not, a portion of the user base simply won't get their hands on the restricted guns.

For now, the community continues to share their thoughts on these strenuous battlefield assignments, anticipating a fairer gaming experience in future updates.