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When I Hear about the micro-transactions and paying to win
#EA #battlefront #disney #gaming Edit 1: as much as im bashing ea for this I still feel bad for the devs who made it, its very clear alot of passion and talent went into the game but one higher up or group decided to implement this kind of system into the game I hope ea will respond and come up with a change to the system so that the pay-to-win bullshit is gone which is the only thing holding the game back in my opinion Edit 2: holy crap i went to sleep this had like 10 points and i wake up to this pleasant surprise thanks you guys
picklesandshit
Take out that Super!
SilentReaperDash
Isnt it obviously that sth like this had to happen when a nipple-rubbing company like EA works with a nipple-rubbing company like disney?
bradGozz
I agree that they need to balance some things but regardless, I'm still going to have fun. I feel bad that others are not.
HKStylePanFriedNoodles
What you guys don’t know is this type of monetization is completely normal in China. It’s a pay-to-win environment there.
CatBlaster5000
Wolfensteins pretty good.
grandpappydangus
Both games were good
grifmoney
The only way to prevent good developers from joining awful corporations is to never buy from them after they sell out.
KlaatuVaradaNicto
Man EA just consistently fucks up. They killed Mass Effect and Battlefield, now this. Corporate needs some house cleaning
Bertzkerg
"Millennials are KILLING the game industry!"
GrumpyYoungling
http://store.steampowered.com/app/6060/Star_Wars_Battlefront_2_Classic_2005/
UnitXc
DO NOT BUY THE NEW GAME
RabarberSaft
Almost pre booked this game the other day. Then I started reading about all of this and I'll just skip this version.
tiduszecht
#NotMyBattlefront
rgzmann
okay so Disney licensed the title to ea, ea is the one who put micro transactions into the game.
squirrellbot
CISMaleScumLord
It occurs to me that EA (and others) only do this sort of thing because people still by their crapware.
Incendor
I read somewhere the they made the unlocks cheaper (Vader went from 20.000pts to 5000pts), only to also reduce the point gain by 75%. WTF EA
TheSunless
When you beat the campaign, you got enough to unlock the campaign hero, so when the hero price went down, so did the reward. Nothing else.
SunKingAraman
The point gain they reduced was what you gain from finishing the campaign first time.
tyrunn
In other news, their share price is back where it was five days ago
alticaarden
Is that good or bad
Priortox
Bad.
tr3buchet
FreddyBarnsniffer
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7c6bjm/it_takes_40_hours_to_unlock_a_hero_spreadsheet/?st=J9VXYX2M&sh=bb47e7ae
SaphirePhenux
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ToenailCheeseMan
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cantthinkofaclevernameatm
The responded to the backslash and reduced the number of credits required by 75%. But i dont trust them anymore at this point
LuXz0r
That also reduced credits earned though. So back to scratch.
cantthinkofaclevernameatm
For campaign only, what so i heard.
LagunitasIPA
tekn9ne511
EthanIG
I've created a game as part of a 6 person team for a programming class. It took up the better part of a semester and at one point we (1/?)
EthanIG
Stayed after school until the security system was about to turn on. I can't imagine how bad it would feel to be one of the devs and (2/3)
EthanIG
See all that hard work ruined by greedy corporate overlords. This new game sucks, but don't blame the devs. (3/3)
ProfessionalCanadian
i agree if you ignore the micro transactions the game actually looks worth the price i mean a campaign, free dlc, all 3 eras, good graphics
MisterDeath
Wait, why is it 2 and not 3?
DigitalBang
Its frustrating than seeing a list of good things being rejected, or bad things being implemented during internal development.
DigitalBang
Usually from a financial standpoint, or from someone who no longer games, never gamed. But high enough in the company to push bad ideas.
confirmsthings
Remember when Criterion went pants on head retarded, reskinned Hot Pursuit 2010 and called it Most Wanted?
percivaldanvers
Watch those wrist rockets!
drunktrashpanda
lordfwahfnah
TheRakshaw
I wish this was true. Unfortunately this horse is very much alive and kicking back and had a strange obsession with people's money.
GadenKerensky
And this is partly why they keep getting away with it; it becomes 'a dead horse' too soon, and then we all forget. We can't forget so easily
DangerTrain
People want those upvotes, so they jump on the bandwagon.
spacecatts
Fucking seriously I'm so sick of hearing about this
kamkor1
AeonQuasars
Illsaysomethingjusttomakeyoumad
Or it's a current event that is being discussed by interested parties. This is all happening in a matter of days.
PrimarchLionElJohnson
Oh and they'll keep beating it!
timwilliamsr2
SlightlyRelatedToThePost
If people are still buying the game, clearly the horse isn't dead.
Thethingfromtheshadows
That's a very good way to describe it.
drunktrashpanda
Beating the dead horse refers to all the complaining, not the game or EA.
SlightlyRelatedToThePost
We're not just complaining because we want to bitch. We're complaining because we want it to change. It's not going to change if people buy.
ToyotaCelica
What's worse is that they aren't even up to date with the events while beating that horse.
Rayxzerox
Its hard to keep up when EA keeps 'fixing' things while simultaneously making backdoor changes that negate said fix.
ToyotaCelica
I remember people saying the 40 hours thing when hours after they stated they lowered the prices. Almost everything on imgur was about
ToyotaCelica
2 hours later than every other community interested. Also, I must ask about the backdoor changes, because they lowered the reward for
ToyotaCelica
Completing the campaign, and that's confirmed by sources, but I have found no source about the lowering of the earnings by 75%
NatesSauceLab
I'm not even a gamer and I'm genuinely impressed by the potential downfall this will create. I am so hungry for EA's response, it's absurd.
swils
Their response was to slash the prices on crates (to some pre-calculated margin that they only exceeded to create a false sense of goodwill)
danny24414
Old shit is the shit, new shit is complete shit
ProfessionalCanadian
poetically put couldn’t have said it better myself
Itaane
Complete isn't entirely accurate when half of the game is locked behind DLC.
danny24414
That's fair ea can't complete anything
yoshiko3
Also, old shit still has active community run servers.
GerberLegalTeam
I'm confused are they both called star wars battlefront II?
CharmingBearChummy
I think so, however the old one was renamed to Star wars battlefront ll (classic, 2005) on Steam at least.
TheLogoliner
Yup but EA bought the rights to Star Wars games.
theadamabrams
Technically it's "Star Wars: Battlefront II" in 2005 (with a colon) and "Star Wars Battlefront II" in 2017. But they should've used III, IV.
kalinroar
None of this matters if people still buy the game. DO NOT BUY THE GAME.
LamarTheHeadhumper
In other posts like this people are saying they usually pre order and hope EA fixes it later. There's a reason EA keeps doing this shit
Eonymia
I think that will just end up with them not making anymore SW games instead of cutting microtransactions. Case in point Deus Ex.
GodLikeButHumble
They most likely paid out the ass for those rights, better believe they are gonna try to make that back.
mountdoom
I'm still upset because of the shit ME Andromeda got. They just put an end to the series instead of improving it... MEA wasnt that bad :(
spacecatts
I'm still gonna buy it and play it but I'm not doing any of the pay to win BS
PorneliusHubertII
The damage is already done. Enough people already bought the game.
MJC000088
So, bud, bought the game played for 4 hours and unlocked Darth Vader. What's this bandwagon craziness about again?
Rayxzerox
Congratz, you rode the new player credit bump (neat little trick that, hooks 'em), your progress will only get slower and slower from here.
RayMC
I'll be honest: I really want to buy the game. I don't want to support this microtransaction BS, but I don't care about ending it enough (1)
PorneliusHubertII
Buy the game but don't buy the currency.
RayMC
to deprive myself of an otherwise incredible game. (2/2)
Rayxzerox
Its also worth mentioning that if it doesn't end it's just gonna keep getting worse.
Rayxzerox
Its a very standard battlefield-esque game with nice graphics and a familar setting, but it WILL get boring, assuming they even 1/
Rayxzerox
Support the game long enough for it to get old, (which you will be paying another 60 to get the maybe four more maps and 'new' characters)
MJC000088
Then don't buy the micro transactions. Game is fun as shit
RayMC
That's the plan.
cyno01
Is it tho?
RayMC
Yeah, I think so.
Skeletun
Much better then the 1st one on Xbox one imo.