Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
Star Warsfans are still not glad with the wayStar Wars Battlefront IIis dealing with player progression - as EA ’s response to player complaints has become Reddit ’s most downvoted post ever .
Battlefront IIwill not officially publish until Friday , November 17 . However , players who pledge to EA Access - the biz studio ’s divine service that set aside users to access full versions of select past game as well as detached visitation of approaching releases - have been playing the game since November 9 . They have discovered that it can take nearly 40 hours to unlock a single torpedo , such as Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker , in the game .
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All Hero can be played in the games offline Arcade Mode and sure heroes will unlock automatically - but to have access to more than half the roster ofStar Warsheroes and scoundrel , players must spend in - game credits , which are unlocked by playing the game . This is an clearly controversial move , coming afterBattlefront Imade all sub right away playable and micro - dealing were offered in the biz . This mean users can pay even more money on top of the leverage of the biz to unlock contentedness . EA is aware of the problem and post the following statement toReddit , address the matter :
Hey all ,
Apologies for not being more active these past week leading up to launch - as you love things get really hectic and you tend to spend whatever scanty freetime you have recovering . I really regret not being here on the subreddit at the beginning of the early access . Hopefully some of these replies will make for some clarity and hope .
Performance during game will affect the amount of credit you get at the close of a match .
Matchmaking will take into account not only actor skill , but also total gametime and rarity of whiz card . This means that you will be matchmade with players with an middling performance similar to you and ( to the largest extent possible ) not against player who are much better than you , whether by having high rarity cards or by show higher science .
Heroes that are lock at launch will only be unlocked with credits , not crystals . The heroes , like to the locked weapons for Troopers , are sidegrades rather of upgrades ( Darth Vader should be on alike office level as Darth Maul , etc ) . The end is to keep you wager for a recollective time and have something cool to look forward to as you earn credits .
Speaking of bring in credits , we ’re constantly judge and tweaking the earn rates versus the cost of crates and heroes . The current rates were based on open beta data , but you should expect us to always evolve these number as we hit launch and onwards . There will also be more milestones that award credit and crafting parts available , as well as wiz calling card only unlockable through those milestones . If all you want to do is wager and grind towards your next unlock that will be fully potential and we ’ll continue to tweak the numbers until the requirements feel fun and doable .
Working on a game with a resilient economy and without a premium subject lineup is a new challenge for us at DICE . We had one progression organization in the closed alpha and heard your feedback back then . We made another iteration for the open beta and heard your feedback then too . For launch , we ’re accept another looping and there will definitely be more iteration as we germinate this game post launch .
Your continous [ sic ] feedback as you play the game is absolutely priceless and I encourage you to keep sending it our means . There is really no grounds to " rebel " against us - we want this game to be as great and pleasurable as it can be - we ’re reading all your feedback and cultivate as tight as we can to align the game to your liking .
The dev team will be around Battlefront II for a farseeing time . I truly go for you ’ll be here with us !
Thanks ,
Dennis
This response has n’t appease fan concerns in the svelte . In fact , almost no one is train the cheeky response to not " rise " in earnest . The stake from theBattlefront IIdevelopers has been met with , if possible , even more hatred and despite than the patterned advance problem itself . The response to EA ’s defense of their game has smashed the down - vote record forReddit . Previously the record was book by a exploiter who jokingly expect for downvotes . The EA " apologia " presently has over 300,000 downvotes and that number is continuing to rise . A graphical record brand byReddituser LouTr0n(see above ) , makes evident how with child the downvotes have become and how much it ruff any previous unpopularRedditpost .
The backlash has also bled over to the front page ofReddit , where there have been posts that have compared the reply tothe explosion of Alderaanand / or howKevin Spacey respondedto his sexual assault allegations .
There was a lot ride onStar Wars : Battlefront II , as fans already had their fair part of problems with the first release of the revived series over lack of content in the base plot and no dedicated single player mode . Even before the game has turn however , the anger overBattlefront IIand the path it is deal with the ever controversial micro - proceedings has eclipsed any scandal over the premature game . EA alreadyadjusted some systems following the public genus Beta , but it might be in their best interest to pull off thing again , before the game properly releases .
It should be mentioned , however , that the biz that has been discharge early on EA Access is not exactly the final edition of the secret plan . While multiplayer is mostly fully - fledged , the single - player campaign has been severely set . In other words , once theactualgame release , there may be even more way to realise credit ( and earn them apace ) that has yet to be uncover in the current early access edition ofBattlefront II(translation : it may no longer take approximately 40 hours to unlock a single hero ) .
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