We appreciate the candid feedback, and the passion the community has put forth around the current topics here on Reddit, our forums and across numerous social media outlets. Among other things, we’re looking at average per-player credit earn rates on a daily basis, and we’ll be making constant adjustments to ensure that players have challenges that are compelling, rewarding, and of course attainable via gameplay. The intent is to provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different heroes.Īs for cost, we selected initial values based upon data from the Open Beta and other adjustments made to milestone rewards before launch. Rather than changing the game to address players’ complaints, though, EA posted a defense of the 40-hour requirement on Reddit. If you think this sounds like a ripoff, you’re not alone: players hate the economics of Battlefront 2.

That’s an entire workweek of playing time, on top of whatever money you spent on the game itself and on in-game “loot crates” that provide power-ups for your ship. To get access to beloved Star Wars characters like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, players will have to put in an estimated 40 hours of multiplayer time. This week, EA stepped in it again with some unpopular decisions about Star Wars Battlefront 2 and ended up with what may be literally the most-downvoted comment in Reddit history.īattlefront 2, a game that costs up to $80 to buy, doesn’t come with every hero unlocked. Even Comcast doesn’t get as much vitriol from commenters. No company is more hated on the “front page of the internet” than EA. Gamers on Reddit have been at war with Electronic Arts ever since the unpopular ending of Mass Effect 3 in 2012.

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