This is semi-acceptable for a single player experience, a la Assassins Creed, but I will never pay full retail price for a game that is pay to win. I dont have time to keep up with the players who want an accelerated experience through gameplay nor do I have the money or desire to pay keep up with them. I have no intention of playing or spending money on a game where the playing field is always going to be unequal due to some players having a bigger wallet than me. And its such a shame because I would be so down for Battlefront 2 otherwise.
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EA is keeping the progression systems for those who want an "accelerated experience"
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MilkyJoe
Member
Either you work for EA or you came down in the last shower.
LightofRohan
Member
Just remove permanent health/damage upgrades then I'm fine with it... it's either this or pay for maps/season pass, which I fucking hate.
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Sorry I don't let myself be blinded by hatred. It's a gift, don't be jelly...
Also UPDATE: Reddit labels topic title misleading as it's only speculation. Awwww...
Highway Star
Member
So they didn't listen to their fan base after all. They listen to Disney's CEO
First OT & now here. You're one of the more subtle trolls I've encountered in a while. With GAF's moderation system now being obfuscated, you and your ilk ought to thrive here for a long time.
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STFU with that garbage. Dissenting opinions are not trolling, and I'm glad that all the pretentious kids that couldn't handle that have all left... Well, most of them...
JTCx
Member
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Do you actually believe the irrational views around here come from eyes unclouded? Do you think yourself superior because you now know that EA is scum, something any hardcore gamer knew since 1999? Please...
newtypepilot
Member
You must have a great sense of pride and accomplishment.
LOLCats
Banned
These slow progression systems to encourage purchasing things to advance faster actually causes me to not want to play that game at all.
Ive quit a couple now because of it. I aint buying this bf2 shit. I want to play the campaign, maybe i can rent it.
Ya avalable at all the redboxes. Let me see if i have a free game rental coupon
Redbox 1.50$ off. PE8SB36AKT
Ive quit a couple now because of it. I aint buying this bf2 shit. I want to play the campaign, maybe i can rent it.
Ya avalable at all the redboxes. Let me see if i have a free game rental coupon
Redbox 1.50$ off. PE8SB36AKT
EventHorizon
Member
I'm at this point too, and it is not even a protest. I really don't like grindy progressions systems. I like variety in play styles. I want to be able to jump between multiple classes based on the current needs of the match. P2W progression systems are a detriment to that.
I forget where I heard the analogy, but someone stated that this P2W fad will blow up like the plastic musical instrument one did. Guitar Hero like games were hot for awhile and brought in a lot of easy money, but then publishers got greedy and overdid it. Now it's a dead genre. The fact is that gameplay is now being designed around features that players don't want. Developers are actively making their games worse, and that will have long term negative consequences.
LOLCats
Banned
Yep booster packs piss me off.
Im going to play this campaign tho, just picked up at redbox for 1.50$. It feels like im sticking it to the man, butbits really not lol. Anyway i was going buy the game, i think even in my post history i said i wa going but it at 30$, then 20$, then 5$. Now its Fuck it rent and throw away.
WaterAstro
Member
They can accelerate off my radar lol.
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Since i have little faith they will actually overhaul the entire progression system, i'm just hoping they drop the credit cost of crates down to practically nothing, and just charge crystals for cosmetic stuff. That would be cool with me...
ReBurn
Gold Member
Progression systems in multi-player games generally suck to me. Progression should be achieved through improving skill in playing the game, not through power boosts and access to more powerful weapons as you spend more time playing. Getting better stuff through random loot drops is not progression.
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Oh I agree completely. This is why I prefer games like halo 2 over halo 4...
But since progression is here already, they gotta do something. Or just unlock everything right off the bat, that'd be cool too I guess...
Masonica33
Neo Member
Don't buy this game. They're literally only pushing this as hard because they know that people have a moronic nostalgia for a sub-par sci-fi children's movie from 45 fucking years ago.
They're banking on everyone being less discerning because it has the mythical Star Wars name attached. Don't fall for it. Don't buy this shit.
They're banking on everyone being less discerning because it has the mythical Star Wars name attached. Don't fall for it. Don't buy this shit.
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While I don't completely share your sentiments, you do have a point. Take away the Star Wars skin, and this is just another shooter, and not a very great one. It's decent for sure and has impressive graphics, but gameplay is just... average.
Unknown One
Member
I'll go as far as to say that microtransactions are the natural progression of the progression system popularized by Call of Duty 4. After cod4, we got an adaptation of the level up system in Overwatch, giving you loot crates per level up. Ea just tried to capitalize and evolve that even further. I seen this coming years ago.