Why the CS2 XP Nerf Won't Stop Bot Farms.

Added: 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]What's up everyone? I'm Sendo and over the last few days, there's been a lot of talk about a recent change V made. They heavily nerfed the total XP you can earn per match in deathmatch mode. On paper, this is a heavy blow to both farms, making it less profitable to run these operations. But the reality is completely different. This measure is nothing more than a tiny band-aid on a system that is entirely on the verge of collapse. Because in any casual game mode, these aimboting bots are completely ruining the experience for everyone else. Today, we're going to talk about this situation in detail because this measure will ultimately prove to be completely ineffective.

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[00:02:55]Right now, with these changes, the only thing they've achieved is punishing normal players. In fact, this change isn't even working that well. Aside from still finding the exact same boat farms in Deathmatch, bot owners are already starting to migrate their accounts to take over casual servers and other game modes to keep farming without restrictions. I don't know what Valve expected with this change, but the solution definitely isn't just nerfing XP until no game mode gives you points.

[00:03:22]The situation feels a bit surreal. I think nerfing a game mode's XP because it's plagued with bots is pretty useless because bots are still bots. They don't care about taking more time. Truly, the only effective way to end this plague is with something called an antiche. A system that detects something as extremely rudimentary as a bot scanning the screen to aimbot players. I mean it very seriously. What sense does it make that an antiche can't detect these movements and realize it's a bot? It's laughable that the solution is nerfing experience points instead of detecting something so basic. It's great that every few months they do manual ban waves, but once again it's useless because the very next day they have new accounts ready. The only real way to wipe out the bot plague is by banning them mid-match, not months later after they've spent a ton of money on passes, which obviously heavily benefits Valve.

[00:04:13]Honestly, the change doesn't even affect me because I usually only play competitive or premier. But it is extremely frustrating to always have to resort to community servers to play deathmatch because both servers are infested with bots or not even being able to complete a weekly mission because sometimes they ask you to get 150 kills with a P90, but you join a server and those same bots prevent you from getting a single kill by aimboting you from across the map. This time, I think Valve made a huge mistake with this change. The only thing it causes is bots moving to other game modes to keep annoying real players who earn their passes legitimately and grind for their service medal by putting in the hours, not with an automated program. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the video. Maybe I was a bit harsh today, but I think when both messes up, it needs to be said. As always, you'll find any game news right here on the channel, so don't forget to subscribe. I'm Sendo signing off for now. See you.