Yep. My friends and I stopped playing when season 1 ruined portal hosting for this reason. They have casual breakthrough with bots and full xp/ progression.
I don't see the harm in allowing that same system on portal, verified experiences, no altered logic, allowing match time and scoring modifiers/ hardcore, full xp/ progression, full bot backfill.
A verified experience means bots will have guns and will kill players. Select community experiences with custom logic could be trusted, featured, and enable full xp for those.
I just want a server to call home with my friends after work, specific maps, longer games, ability to kick cheaters etc.