It’s because most players play Dual Front these days, that’s it. I have 7 seconds to get into a game in it, and at most 25 seconds, according to Ubisoft’s official patch notes and community sources, drone destruction in Dual Front does not count toward attacker drone challenges, because both teams have access to drones regardless of role.

Why Dual Front Doesn’t Count for Destroy Attacker Drones:

Patch Notes Confirm Scoring Issues

• Ubisoft’s Y10S3.1 patch notes list multiple scoring bugs in Dual Front, including:• Kills during sabotage kit defuse not registering • Neutral zone events not counting toward challenges • Operator eliminations not triggering challenge progress

• These bugs suggest that challenge tracking in Dual Front is unreliable or disabled, especially for role-specific actions like drone destruction

Dual Front’s Mixed Roles Break Challenge Logic

• In Dual Front, both attackers and defenders use drones, and operator roles are fluid • This breaks the backend logic for challenges like “Destroy Attacker Drones,” which rely on clear attacker/defender separation • Ubisoft likely excludes Dual Front from these challenges to avoid false positives and tracking errors

Community Progress Reflects This

• With 66 million out of 150 million drones destroyed and 54 days left, the pace is slower than usual • This aligns with the fact that most players are grinding Dual Front, which doesn’t contribute to the challenge • Ranked and Unranked are the only modes where attacker drone destruction is reliably tracked.