Ok so here are my impressions after a few hours with the Beta on PS4
-First of all, it runs fantastically. There doesnt appear to be any of the frame rate drops that BF4 has (if there are drops, its not very noticeable to my eyes).
-It looks absolutely gorgeous as well. Tatooine and Sullust look amazing, Hoth a bit less so but thats probably only because its hard to make out texture detail at distance when its just white everywhere.
-The gunplay feels pretty good
-Ive had no problems not only getting into games but full or near full games.
Now the negative:
-Flying feels wonky, and dogs fights do as well since as soon as you hit somebody they go into the panic wiggle-the-sticks erratic mode and since the flight physics are much more arcadey, its actually a pretty effective way of ditching a tail but I am far from the best pilot out there so maybe my skills are just lacking.
-Ive had a few occasions where I just randomly died from one shot of a regular blaster with full health. Someone correct me, but Im pretty sure that even headshots with regular blasters dont kill you in one hit.
-The power ups and vehicle tokens blend into the scenery a bit, not only that but I had several times where I was running to one and it just disappears, which is a bit frustrating since it makes it much more difficult to mount any kind of air support since it seems totally random where they spawn. I know theyre trying to make a more accessible game but it feels a bit too random.
-Lastly, Hoth is pretty skewed towards the Empire. I played about 7 rounds on Hoth and the Rebels didnt win once. The closest out of any of the games my team was able to destroy one of the walkers about 30 seconds before the 2nd walker shot the power generator. And thats with 6 (I think) Y-wings doing bombing runs at almost each point (hard to remember each section) and A LOT of the team shooting at the walkers each time. Which also leads to some more frustration with the random power-ups. I still have not seen a single snowspeeder icon in my playtime.
All in all Im having a lot of fun with the beta though but theres definitely some kinks that need to be ironed out if they want to keep a dedicated fanbase playing for a long time.