Current Events > EA slashes Battlefront 2 unlock hero costs after backlash

(+) Yeah! (+)

amazing.

https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/13/16646374/battlefront-2-40-hours-unlock-luke-vader-prices
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It sure is cOLD in here
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While simultaneously reducing the amount of credits you get from singleplayer.
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SapphireOfChaos posted...

While simultaneously reducing the amount of credits you get from singleplayer.

By an equivalent amount, if I heard right.

I also heard they bottle neck how many credits you can earn within a give period of time, but I don't know the specifics.
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NeonOctopus posted...

It sure is cOLD in here

haha I see that now.

I thought there was still outrage as of yesterday and this was new.

Why are people so mad still?
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People in here pretending that EAs first Battlefront game was not slammed with major criticism, fans complaining, and gamers angry about the bs it pulled.
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Santorin posted...

Why are people so mad still?

Cause the real issue is it takes 4500 hours or $2100 bucks in P2W lootcrates to unlock everything.

http://www.swtorstrategies.com/2017/11/it-will-take-4528-hours-of-gameplay-or-2100-to-unlock-all-base-game-content.html
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So you can't 100% the game in 100 hours.... Why is this a problem?
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SapphireOfChaos posted...

While simultaneously reducing the amount of credits you get from singleplayer.

lmao srsly
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Santorin posted...

So you can't 100% the game in 100 hours.... Why is this a problem?

because progression is tied to your playable character's power. You can buy lootcrates for shit like "40% extra health". Alternatively, you can grind for hundreds of hours while people who payed for them kick your ass.
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They didnt change what affected the material aspect of the complaint. They just changed the digital display. Sure, it costs less, but now you earn less. The amount of time that is needed to invest is still the same.
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So people are mad it takes time to build a powerful character? And more mad that someone can spend their money to buy a more powerful character?
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I like how playing the game is equivalent to working for $0.50/hr

It's more efficient and might even be more fun to unlock stuff with a second job. Heck it's like working full time for 2 years to unlock everything

I just wanna have fun
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Santorin posted...

So people are mad it takes time to build a powerful character? And more mad that someone can spend their money to buy a more powerful character?

They're mad that they have to choose between building up their own character, or waiting until they can unlock a good character. Unless, they pay money which then gives them a huge advantage.
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Santorin posted...

So people are mad it takes time to build a powerful character? And more mad that someone can spend their money to buy a more powerful character?

Basically.

People do not like pay to win mechanics.
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Just play 2005 battlefront 2
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Nomadic View posted...

People do not like pay to win mechanics.

Well obviously the model must work otherwise EA wouldn't do it.

There are lots of games to play why not just move on and not give EA your money if you don't like the business model?
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GOOMFalse posted...

Just play 2005 battlefront 2

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imagine playing AAA games in 2017
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This is a distraction. The hero cost was an example of a larger problem with their loot boxes. There's still the issue with the fact that someone can dump a bunch of money and go into combat day one with perks like 20% bonus health, boosted speed, and IMPROVED AUTO AIM that will require dozens of hours of gameplay to grind up money for loot boxes to unlock those same perks. It's obscenely pay to win, and the fact that you need to spend 80 hours to unlock Luke and Vader are one just symptom of that problem.
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Nomadic View posted...

They didnt change what affected the material aspect of the complaint. They just changed the digital display. Sure, it costs less, but now you earn less. The amount of time that is needed to invest is still the same.

Only for the campaign, which was only ever supposed to get you one character.

Esrac posted...

I also heard they bottle neck how many credits you can earn within a give period of time, but I don't know the specifics.

So you can earn credits in multiplayer forever. The issue you're referring to is the arcade mode, which is a single player scenario style against bots.
The point is, you are earning multiplayer rewards in singleplayer. Not many games, let alone FPSs, even have that as an option.
So the daily limit is really not that big of a deal.

Unsugarized_Foo posted...

I like how playing the game is equivalent to working for $0.50/hr

Only if you ignore the challenges that give you credits and lootboxes.

Sparksfanboy posted...

The campaign isn't complete. The ending is coming later as DLC.

To be fair, the ending of the campaign leads into a spoiler for the next Star Wars film. It's no wonder they haven't gone there yet (to say nothing of the fact that it's free DLC).

mario2000 posted...

imagine playing AAA games in 2017

I'm sure glad I got to experience the golden age of gaming before big publishers realized they could make money hand over fist with cash shops.

Anymore most big AAA games are going to be primarily cash shops for a tacked-on game designed to be shit on purpose to tempt people into paying to bypass the shit aspects. Whether it's with arbitrary wait times or XP bars, because developers are too cheap to make decent content, they trick you into playing the same thing over and over to keep you hooked on the game. These sort of games are also designed to be boring on purpose so you feel the endorphin hit better when you push that lever in the Skinner box.

Santorin posted...

So people are mad it takes time to build a powerful character? And more mad that someone can spend their money to buy a more powerful character?

Yep. If Battlefront 2 was free, this wouldn't be an issue as it followed a freemium model.

But its $60 upfront and follows the freemium model, there the microtransactions make a difference in gameplay, as opposed to cosmetic.
That's the kicker.
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