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Kalyx triaD
06-10-2017, 11:27 PM
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- All eras confirmed
- Space battles at launch
- Set classes return
- That was a remix of Duel of the Fates and I want it
- I didn't think I'd miss the prequel era this much
- Totally fangirling here

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Mode looks like Battlefield's rush which is fine. "We get to be DROIDS in Star Wars!" lol damn noob.

Fignuts
06-10-2017, 11:52 PM
During the behind the scenes part one guy mention how it seems like the skillcap for gunplay is higher, and that the guns feel less floaty. Good news. The "baby's first fps" gameplay had as much to do wih the game getting boring quick as the lack of content.

Kalyx triaD
06-10-2017, 11:56 PM
Even if this is more or less a modern revision of the original Battlefront 2, that was/is my favorite Star Wars game. So even if the gunplay didn't deepen, I like that this is looking like Star Wars-travaganza.

road doggy dogg
06-11-2017, 02:06 PM
Game looks fucking incredible. I never played the first but it sounds like they made an earnest effort to fix all the shortcomings of that title.

#BROKEN Hasney
06-12-2017, 10:07 AM
PC ultra settings first look

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwc0mnb5dw&feature=youtu.be

Goddamn

Kalyx triaD
10-06-2017, 07:44 AM
Beta is out now for the weekend. After three matches I can say this is the droids we're looking for. Still not as freeform as classic Battlefront but certainly more tactical control than the brain dead last entry.

Fignuts
10-09-2017, 05:48 AM
Yeah, feels WAY better.

A little worried about the progression system

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Fignuts
10-09-2017, 05:49 AM
Why can't progression in all games be awesome like Titanfall 2?

Kalyx triaD
10-09-2017, 06:23 AM
Because money is king.

RP
10-16-2017, 12:10 AM
So it's Overwatch but with Star Wars guys and stuffs.

Kalyx triaD
10-16-2017, 12:17 AM
No.

RP
11-15-2017, 03:11 AM
The outrage about Loot Crates is amazing. I cant wait!

Kalyx triaD
11-15-2017, 03:36 AM
Oh I'm ready.

#BROKEN Hasney
11-15-2017, 04:44 AM
Played half a match.

Boy is it pretty on PC

Uninstalled

Fignuts
11-17-2017, 03:11 AM
Microtransactions have been removed.

It's temporary, but EA will be tweaking how they're implemented, possibly making them for cosmetic items only.

BoB Iger apparently spoke with the CEO of EA before the decision was made. Disney head honchos likely not happy about a product they licensed getting so much negative attention right before the new movie drops.

Kalyx triaD
11-17-2017, 05:11 AM
The one time a company actually sacrifices money to make people happy is when jackasses could have funded the return of my fave mode from my fave Star Wars game. Unbelievable.

#BROKEN Hasney
11-17-2017, 05:31 AM
They're not sacrificing shit. It's all coming back, they're just hoping the heat has died down by then.

Kalyx triaD
11-17-2017, 05:55 AM
This will lead to a lot of potential money left on the table in this launch period. Being that their free DLC approach was predicated on kiddies getting those lootboxes, I'm hoping this doesn't interfere with the hinted plans at bringing back the real space battle mode from 2005's BF2.

Fignuts
11-17-2017, 11:52 AM
Honestly it would be great if they added tons of cosmetic customization, expanding on the system in the first game, and lots of skins for the heroes.

That would entice people to buy loot boxes, without enraging others with P2W nonsense.

Kalyx triaD
11-17-2017, 05:18 PM
I think they are going that direction after all this craziness.

#BROKEN Hasney
11-17-2017, 05:27 PM
With the stories I've heard from ex Star Wars games devs, every single costume woukd have to be vetted by Disney and it's not a fast process. I doubt you could go massively cosmetic.

Emperor Smeat
11-17-2017, 06:16 PM
BoB Iger apparently spoke with the CEO of EA before the decision was made. Disney head honchos likely not happy about a product they licensed getting so much negative attention right before the new movie drops.

Turns out it was a different person who contacted EA according to the Wall Street Journal. The part of Disney's CEO being really upset at the backlash online is still true though.

With Battlefront II now available without microtransactions, EA's stock price has taken a hit, dropping 2.49% to $108.82 on launch day. A report from the Wall Street Journal states that Disney CEO Robert Iger did not, in fact, speak with EA, though he is described as being "alarmed" by the anger online. However, Disney head of consumer products and interactive media Jimmy Pitaro did contact EA to let the publisher know about Disney's concerns.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/just-before-star-wars-battlefront-2s-release-ea-dr/1100-6455042/

Fignuts
11-17-2017, 07:05 PM
In other news, I'm having quite a lot of fun with this.

Kalyx triaD
11-17-2017, 08:14 PM
I'll hop in soon. It's Deadwingz turn to get a game between our boxes.

If Disney dropped the hammer from on high it's very interesting. Seeing EA at the mercy if a much larger beast.

Fignuts
11-17-2017, 11:49 PM
The space battles are really cool. Makes me wish we could have gotten the simultaneous ground/space battles that were in the prototype Battlefront 3.

Kalyx triaD
11-18-2017, 12:43 AM
Still pissed that tech got burried. Two console generations later the closest we see that realized is an overly hyped space exploration game and a massively promised indy space mmo that might not even work. Much as BF2 improves on the last we may not see anything like that til BF3.

Still pissed Dice didn't consider what Pandemic and Free Radical was testing as a baseline. Probably get some shitty excuse why the Frost engine can't do it, when we seen leaked videos of it ready to run on a fucking PS2.

'Dat 4k tho'.

Fignuts
11-18-2017, 02:16 AM
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Emperor Smeat
11-20-2017, 05:28 PM
At least for the UK and disc-based versions, launch week for this game was roughly 60% lower than the first Battlefront game by EA and DICE.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-20-star-wars-battlefront-2-physical-sales-down-60-per-cent-on-battlefront-1

#BROKEN Hasney
11-21-2017, 07:33 AM
https://i.redd.it/ztoznumfp7zz.jpg

Kalyx triaD
11-21-2017, 01:53 PM
Or buy the game and that's it?

I laugh at those 'add everything up' memes.

RP
11-21-2017, 01:56 PM
https://i.redd.it/ztoznumfp7zz.jpg

If the hookers are good. Then ya.. i take the hookers.

#BROKEN Hasney
11-21-2017, 02:56 PM
Or buy the game and that's it?

I laugh at those 'add everything up' memes.

Or get $60 of coke.

Win-win

RP
11-21-2017, 03:07 PM
60$ of coke and a night with two premium hookers that will do everything?? I'd take over this Star Wars money grab

Kalyx triaD
11-21-2017, 04:09 PM
Coke is done eventually.

Fignuts
11-21-2017, 08:36 PM
I like Battlefront 2 and I don't care who knows.

Kalyx triaD
11-21-2017, 11:07 PM
This whole controversy illuminates for me the distinction between gameplay oriented guys and the 'content vs value' guys. Been interesting to watch, especially with the FGC.

SlickyTrickyDamon
11-21-2017, 11:26 PM
Where does story come into play in that argument?

Kalyx triaD
11-22-2017, 02:48 AM
Lol nowhere.

#BROKEN Hasney
11-22-2017, 02:55 AM
Well the gameplay was pretty dull too. If you want to make generalisations, I think it shows more of a distinction between people who enjoy gameplay and people who enjoy the accurate PEW PEW noise of Star Wars.

Kalyx triaD
11-22-2017, 03:05 AM
BF2 is many steps above BF1 in the gameplay department. It's mechanically reasonable with a sense of skill gap and the dogfighting found a happy medium between the scrubby arcade shit from last time and more rewarding flight control. It accomplishes the 'arcadey FPS' angle that ended up so vapid last time.

Downside is the way reduced freedom of the sandbox compared to 2005 BF2. The big battle modes have these scripted phases that infuriate me as a trend, and again I miss those old space battles with the bording and such.

So no I'm not talking about PEW PEW. I'm on point when I'm talking game mechanics especially with FPS and fighters. However you feel about the overal package, this is a better playing game than before. Much better.

Tom Guycott
11-22-2017, 04:29 AM
BF2 is many steps above BF1 in the gameplay department.

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So no I'm not talking about PEW PEW. I'm on point when I'm talking game mechanics especially with FPS and fighters. However you feel about the overal package, this is a better playing game than before. Much better.

And all of that would have been praised and, coupled with the property AND the timing, this would have had all the hallmarks of a smattering of "GotY" awards and a guaranteed sales success... had it not been overshadowed by higer-ups more concerned with deep-dicking the bank accounts of the peons playing than just, you know, making a great game- or at the very least, one mostly improved over the last- and being done with it.

I wish I remember where the phrase came from, but: "not everything worthwhile is profitable, not everything profitable is worthwhile". I do agree that it is interesting to see EA having another corporation to answer to on this one.

Fignuts
11-22-2017, 05:27 AM
While would enjpy a straight up conquest mode, I actually really enjoy the phases as well.

Kalyx triaD
11-22-2017, 06:44 AM
Note that I'm not advocating the loot box system they went with, only that it doesn't supercede my interest in the gameplay improvements. Nor am I ever interested in whatever industry accolades and GotY nonsense a game may or may not get. That's not even a thing in my posting history, what websites rate a game or metascores and profits and such. Not my concern. I still play Fall of Cybertron, ffs.

Fignuts
11-23-2017, 04:07 AM
Boy howdy is the starting sniper rifle trash. 3 headshots to take someone down at just above medium range.

Fignuts
11-30-2017, 05:10 AM
Holy shit, EA needs a new PR team.

"We pulled off on the MTX, because the real issue the consumer had was they felt it was a pay-to-win mechanic," he continued. "The reality is there are different types of players in games. Some people have more time than money, and some people have more money than time. You want to always balance those two."

(on loot boxes being cosmetic items)
Jorgensen was asked why that isn't the route EA and DICE pursued, and he claimed it comes down to issues of working with an IP that EA does not own. "The one thing we're very focused on and they're extremely focused on is not violating the canon of Star Wars," Jorgensen said. "It's an amazing brand that's been built over many, many years. So if you did a bunch of cosmetic things, you might start to violate the canon. Darth Vader in white probably doesn't make sense, versus in black. Not to mention you probably don't want Darth Vader in pink. No offense to pink, but I don't think that's right in the canon."

Like, jesus Christ, man.

Fignuts
11-30-2017, 05:11 AM
It's our fault guys. We don't have enough money.

Fignuts
11-30-2017, 05:13 AM
Cosmetics could disrupt the canon in the game where Darth Maul can fight on Hoth, and Rey can fight on Kamino.

Fignuts
11-30-2017, 05:15 AM
also,

https://swechobase.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/darth-vader-white-armor-star-wars-fan-art-asks-what-if-darth-vader-was-a-hero.jpeg

Kalyx triaD
11-30-2017, 06:26 AM
Darth Vader was in SoulCalibur 4.

Destor
12-04-2017, 03:23 PM
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Kalyx triaD
12-04-2017, 03:26 PM
Neither. It's the controversy. Game itself is an improvement over the last game.

Love the idea of South Asians in space, tho.

Fignuts
12-07-2017, 05:58 AM
Latest patch has increased the amount of credits given out, making progression quicker and more rewarding.

Kalyx triaD
12-07-2017, 09:03 AM
Also hearing microtransactions may not even come back.

Hope they like DLC packs making a return, because that's what EA will do to make up.

Kalyx triaD
12-07-2017, 04:40 PM
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Kalyx triaD
03-21-2018, 06:25 PM
All Heroes and Villains unlocked, progression overhauled. Pay 2 Win progression is out the door.