As you have no undoubtedly heard, the latest EA release, Battlefront 2, is rife with issues before it's even been released to the public. The main culprit is their loot box system, where users must either spend cash on crystals or spend an ungodly amount of time earning credits to unlock heroes or purchase loot boxes, which allow players to "improve their characters". The response to this basically pay-to-win scenario has been overwhelmingly negative, with a post with EA's response to the criticisms receiving the most downvoted posts ever on Reddit which is currently at 676,000+.

In response to this, EA has decided to completely disable all in-game purchases for the Battlefront 2 just before it's release. EA's statement is below:

Thank you to everyone in our community for being the passionate fans that you are.

Our goal has always been to create the best possible game for all of you – devoted Star Wars fans and game players alike. We’ve also had an ongoing commitment to constantly listen, tune and evolve the experience as it grows. You’ve seen this with both the major adjustments, and polish, we have made over the past several weeks.

But as we approach the worldwide launch, it's clear that many of you feel there are still challenges in the design. We’ve heard the concerns about potentially giving players unfair advantages. And we’ve heard that this is overshadowing an otherwise great game. This was never our intention. Sorry we didn’t get this right.

We hear you loud and clear, so we’re turning off all in-game purchases. We will now spend more time listening, adjusting, balancing and tuning. This means that the option to purchase crystals in the game is now offline, and all progression will be earned through gameplay. The ability to purchase crystals in-game will become available at a later date, only after we’ve made changes to the game. We’ll share more details as we work through this.

We have created a game that is built on your input, and it will continue to evolve and grow. Star Wars Battlefront II is three times the size of the previous game, bringing to life a brand new Star Wars story, space battles, epic new multiplayer experiences across all three Star Wars eras, with more free content to come. We want you to enjoy it, so please keep your thoughts coming. And we will keep you updated on our progress.

While that's at least a step in the right direction regarding Battlefront 2's pay-to-win loot box system, and while EA has slashed the prices on heroes already, it's still unclear how long exactly it'll take users to unlock popular heroes through normal gameplay.

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[Yil]

I hope Disney take down EA one day.
In that case at least we have one less piece of s. (Not that we need disney)

 

[YeezusWalks]

Does this post give you a sense of pride and accomplishment?

 

[the_randomizer]

Does this post give you a sense of pride and accomplishment?

Does defending EA give you a sense of pride?

 

[dAVID_]

Well, you know the EA motto:

Buy once, ruin forever.

 

[Ethevion]

The fact that people still buy EA games is baffling

 

[Bladexdsl]

ea took them out but lootbox be sayin

 

[fedehda]

The sad thing is that the game looked promising. I tried the beta and didn't like it. And all of this p2w thing... I'm glad I'm not buying it. And I was going to give it a chance after BF1. Well, it seems I'll be buying the original BF2 on Steam one of these days!

 

[Xzi]

No, they don't. Rocket League failed hard once they locked new cars in lootboxes. If it was just cosmetics fine, but cars shouldn't be locked behind a gambling mechanic.

Lol, I've never heard the words "Rocket League" and "failed" in the same sentence before. You realize the car bodies are cosmetics too, right? Also I got all of them for like $10. All but a few can be bought individually for $2 each. Every bit worth supporting them, especially with a base price of $20.

 

[Molina]

EA has slashed the prices on heroes already

Slash 75% on the heroes's price. Tell everyone.
Slash 75% on rewards's amount. Tell no one and let them discover the pot aux roses themselve.
EA style

 

[YeezusWalks]

Does defending EA give you a sense of pride?

? I'm not defending EA...
I thought it was pretty obvious it's a joke...
Do you have a sense of pride and accomplishment thinking you got me good?

 

[slaphappygamer]

This is the exact reason I don’t game on my phone.

 

[hobbledehoy899]

Even hey know that having one of their comments be the most downvoted comment in Reddit history is a pretty bad feat.

 

[Tallion]

Yeah, easy credits in your first few hours, just like ANY freemium mobile game. Give you enough to get gud quick, then syphon you off till you either stop playing, or feel the need to progress to keep up, so you drop some cash. What will it hurt? It's only $5 here or there, oh wait before you know it you're $500 into the game and too far into the sand trap to justify getting out.

Update us after you have 20 hours into the game, and then tell us how well you're "progressing". Also, please tell us of your sense of "accomplishment".

Sorry, I just can't justify anyone supporting EA by purchasing or playing this game, or any game they offer anymore.

I'm not justifying the weird progression system they have. I am just saying that they did listen and make very generous adjustments so far. I'm giving the progression system time to develop since the gameplay and visuals are beyond expectations. The fact that they are disabling all in game purchases for now, is a step in the right direction, and I hope they make further adjustments to the game as well.

 

[linuxares]

Lol, I've never heard the words "Rocket League" and "failed" in the same sentence before. You realize the car bodies are cosmetics too, right? Also I got all of them for like $10. All but a few can be bought individually for $2 each. Every bit worth supporting them, especially with a base price of $20.

So what car is "Jäger" a skin of?

 

[Xzi]

So what car is "Jäger" a skin of?

Now you're moving the goalposts from "cosmetics" to "skins." All the loot box car bodies are cooler than most of the others IMO, but your odds of getting them are pretty good too. $20 got me everything I wanted from loot boxes, and after about $10 I had all the loot box bodies, some of them painted even.

Blanket statements are almost never true, there are some devs who actually give the player what they want, even when it comes to loot boxes.

 

[linuxares]

Now you're moving the goalposts from "cosmetics" to "skins." All the loot box car bodies are cooler than most of the others IMO, but your odds of getting them are pretty good too. $20 got me everything I wanted from loot boxes, and after about $10 I had all the loot box bodies, some of them painted even.

Blanket statements are almost never true, there are some devs who actually give the player what they want, even when it comes to loot boxes.

Still doesn't change my statement, a skin is a cosmetic no? The new "skins" of the car does give them a different appeal. The breaking straw was "Jäger" for me. It's a unique car that I can't get a hold of without gambling. Can people stop defending this piece of shit market so we can get it killed already?

 

[Xabring]

Looks great. Plays great. Battlefront 1 was super fun. BF2 has several improvements.
The microtransactions are a problem but have absolutely nothing to do with the overall quality of the game.

THIS

Why is almost everyone saying they turned it off while they clearly state that they will come back at a later time ! Not talking about the comment section here but news outlets in general. I just don't get it how most game websites, youtubers can miss that line in the text

there's no worst blind that the one who doesn't want to see. That's why.

The worst thing of this, and I feel the worst casualty is that this game *ACTUALLY* looked good. I mean the combat looked improved, the campaign looked facinating and most of all it looks like the nailed it on the head. But as with EA, the more they get right, the more they WILL get wrong.

Agreed, EA had some amazing games in the past. Mass Effect (the original trilogy) comes to mind.

Lol, I've never heard the words "Rocket League" and "failed" in the same sentence before. You realize the car bodies are cosmetics too, right? Also I got all of them for like $10. All but a few can be bought individually for $2 each. Every bit worth supporting them, especially with a base price of $20.

That's the kind of game we all should be endorsing. but we fail to educate ourselves in the first place.

 

[Xzi]

Still doesn't change my statement, a skin is a cosmetic no? The new "skins" of the car does give them a different appeal. The breaking straw was "Jäger" for me. It's a unique car that I can't get a hold of without gambling. Can people stop defending this piece of shit market so we can get it killed already?

Sorry no, we need to highlight when devs/publishers do things right, because there are thousands of examples of doing it wrong. Cosmetics only with most of them acquirable for free is a very generous model. Doubly so when the base price is $20. EA is being infinitely more greedy and it's a full $60 AAA game.

 

[Molina]

Why is almost everyone saying they turned it off while they clearly state that they will come back at a later time ! Not talking about the comment section here but news outlets in general. I just don't get it how most game websites, youtubers can miss that line in the text

I saw your comment then I saw that while casually browsing.

I lol'ed.

People need to understand that as long they will fall into the trap, they'll keep doing it.

Sorry no, we need to highlight when devs/publishers do things right, because there are thousands of examples of doing it wrong. Cosmetics only with most of them acquirable for free is a very generous model. Doubly so when the base price is $20. EA is being infinitely more greedy and it's a full $60 AAA game.

Grinding Gear Games did it right. F2P with supporter pack and skin shop, with no influence in game.
Actually it's not hard to find devs/publishers who did it right but on the other hand, the big publishers have way more audience so the betrayal feels bigger.

 

[NPNL_PRO]

I couldn't be more disappointed with EA as a game publisher.