Overview
- Players received an in-game mail after the June 30 patch saying XP Boosters would count down only during matches, and BattlefieldComm removed the message hours later saying it had been sent in error.
- This is at least the second time in recent weeks that in-game text about booster timers was changed and then reverted, with an earlier June 9 update showing the same mistaken language.
- Battlefield 6 currently uses real-world timers for purchased XP Boosters while older Battlefield titles counted booster time only during matches, and players say real-time timers waste purchased boost time.
- Players celebrated the apparent change before the retraction and then expressed anger and suspicion that keeping real-time timers benefits in-game sales of boosters.
- Battlefield Studios and EA have given only the brief retraction statement and removed the message, leaving questions about the studio's announcement and deployment processes and whether the change will be formally adopted.