DICE outlines next steps for Battlefield 2042, starting with Portal XP changes

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With the new year now in full swing and development resumed on Battlefield 2042, DICE has detailed the first set of updates heading to its beleaguered shooter over the coming weeks, promising the likes of Portal XP changes and a Scoreboard UI overhaul.

DICE detailed its plans in a series of tweets on the Battlefield Direct Communication feed, noting the first of its updates will arrive tomorrow, 20th January. Update 3.2, as it's known, will offer smaller fixes and improvements focussed on stability, plus adjustments to XP in Portal mode that will «enable more servers and game types to progress on Mastery and Weekly Missions».

More specifically, the per minute XP cap across all Portal modes will, from tomorrow, increase to 300 — «Obtaining XP usually comes in bursts, and our intent for this change is to reduce the frequency of XP bursts being capped during gameplay», DICE notes — while items available to earn in Mastery and Weekly missions will now be determined by modifiers used, and whether the Rules Editor, Damage/Health modifiers, or AI are enabled.

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A little further down the line is Update 3.3, currently expected to arrive some time between the middle and end of February, bringing a refreshed Scoreboard UI and a number of other changes DICE has implemented since development resumed following the festive period.

DICE says it plans to keep iterating on its scoreboard over time based on player feedback, but its initial round of tweaks will introduce a new panel showcases «how players are stacking up across the server», as seen in the work-in-progress screenshot below.

Beyond those initial two updates of 2022, DICE also touched upon some of its work to improve