I hope they don't follow the Battlefield formula for post release content on this cause If they are, then we will get a big patch to fix a lot of issues around March, and the next season of content in the summer lol.
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Star Wars Battlefront II |OT| The Circle is Now Complete
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I loaded up Starfighter Assault last night and the first map was D'Qar! FINALLY!!! After days and days of trying, D'Qar finally appeared.
And the game froze on the map loading screen.
So, I played What Remains of Edith Finch last night instead.
And the game froze on the map loading screen.
So, I played What Remains of Edith Finch last night instead.
I mean I'm glad they've clarified some details of what and when, but fuck me, just details of changes to progression in March? This game must be bleeding its player base already.
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-Progression changes - I think the current progression is bad but is relatively easy to mitigate (I've had rare or epic versions of all the cards I want and all of the gun mod unlocks for like 6+ weeks) so while I'm kinda shrugging at getting news about in March it also seems bonkers it's going to take that long. I'm almost curious at this point if they're going to completely burn it down to the ground and rebuild it in a drastically different way or what.
-Jetpack Cargo - Sure?
-New Season coming soon is great and getting confirmation of that will shut naysayers who said the game was completely done after Season 1 ended up, but hard to get too excited until we have timeframes and more info on this. I'm still 110% positive we're going to get a Season tied around the Solo movie because why on earth would they let that free promotion pass by? So the question is are we not getting anything until then and they can't talk about it at all because we don't even have a goddamn teaser trailer out for the Solo movie (which is still completely bonkers to me), or if we're still going to get the rumored prequel season (obiwan/grevious) is that going to come before or after etc?
So really this is a lot of nothing OTHER than confirming they're still very actively working on and supporting the game, which outside of some seemingly ridiculous timeframes is good to know. More than any new content (as much as I want it) my top concerns are game balance (HI PALPATINE!) so I'm more interested in seeing when we're getting a next balance patch than anything else right now.
-Jetpack Cargo - Sure?
-New Season coming soon is great and getting confirmation of that will shut naysayers who said the game was completely done after Season 1 ended up, but hard to get too excited until we have timeframes and more info on this. I'm still 110% positive we're going to get a Season tied around the Solo movie because why on earth would they let that free promotion pass by? So the question is are we not getting anything until then and they can't talk about it at all because we don't even have a goddamn teaser trailer out for the Solo movie (which is still completely bonkers to me), or if we're still going to get the rumored prequel season (obiwan/grevious) is that going to come before or after etc?
So really this is a lot of nothing OTHER than confirming they're still very actively working on and supporting the game, which outside of some seemingly ridiculous timeframes is good to know. More than any new content (as much as I want it) my top concerns are game balance (HI PALPATINE!) so I'm more interested in seeing when we're getting a next balance patch than anything else right now.
Only buy hero crates.
Use crafting parts to buy cards you want.
Jet pack cargo sounds like it could be fun. That was a pretty vague statement coming from DICE though. Hopefully we get something a bit more concrete in their next one. Like when more actual content is gonna hit the game.
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Progression and Career first... which isn't coming until March... so no season 2 until at least March.
Thank god DBFZ is out on Friday.
Lmfao they better drop another balance patch before March then. Game cannot survive another 2 months of unchecked Palpatine and Wookies, roll spam, and shitty lightsaber heroes.
Fuck I may just uninstall the game and maybe consider coming back after the next patch if there's really nothing planned til March. Right now it's just eating SSD space.
Fuck I may just uninstall the game and maybe consider coming back after the next patch if there's really nothing planned til March. Right now it's just eating SSD space.
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Progression changes eh? What's that mean? Class crates instead of Trooper/hero/starfighter?
If they make sweeping changes does that mean they'll refund crafting parts?
I can see how they came up with the system that they did. All the whining about classes and unlocks in BF2015? Well we got classes and they had common abilities unlocked, with extra abilities unlocked for only 40 parts (1 crate) each, but peeps gotta have their 'progression' too.
So they're left with stat boosts and cosmetics, except there's barely any cosmetics and people don't like stat boosts locked behind RNG and/or MTX (who would've thought?)
At the heart of it, lootcrates aside, I just don't like the stat boosts. They won't make you a more skilful player but, to me, it's the equivalent of going into an RTS match and one player has all the unit upgrades from the start and the other doesn't. Plus it's shitty for balance, since you either balance for the best cards or the worst cards, or the almost infinite combinations of cards and tiers in between.
So, do they go back to a more traditional progression system with cosmetics in crates and scrap stat boosts? I'd be ok with that.
Whatever they come up with at least it probably couldn't be worse. ;)
If they make sweeping changes does that mean they'll refund crafting parts?
I can see how they came up with the system that they did. All the whining about classes and unlocks in BF2015? Well we got classes and they had common abilities unlocked, with extra abilities unlocked for only 40 parts (1 crate) each, but peeps gotta have their 'progression' too.
So they're left with stat boosts and cosmetics, except there's barely any cosmetics and people don't like stat boosts locked behind RNG and/or MTX (who would've thought?)
At the heart of it, lootcrates aside, I just don't like the stat boosts. They won't make you a more skilful player but, to me, it's the equivalent of going into an RTS match and one player has all the unit upgrades from the start and the other doesn't. Plus it's shitty for balance, since you either balance for the best cards or the worst cards, or the almost infinite combinations of cards and tiers in between.
So, do they go back to a more traditional progression system with cosmetics in crates and scrap stat boosts? I'd be ok with that.
Whatever they come up with at least it probably couldn't be worse. ;)
Not very happy that this is just an announcement of an announcement. And I hope this doesn't mean the next season isn't until May for the Solo movie. Was hoping for the Obi-Wan/Grievous season in between like February or March, but that seems unlikely now. Haven't been playing as much lately, and with this "announcement" I can't imagine playing all that much for the forseeable future. To its credit though, even if I go a week two without playing, hopping on and jumping in for a few quick matches is always fun.
Hmm, I was hoping they'd be a bit swifter with new content. I really like the game but nothing new till March or later is a long time so I'll probably end up back on Rainbow Six.
Which is a shame, because I've started playing as the flame trooper and actually love playing him. He's the ultimate anti-wookie and he's also really good in unique ways, like being able to shoot straight through the Heavy, Officer and Leia's shield. Damage from his incinerator cannot be blocked by lightsabers or Yoda's ability and the field of fire is ridiculously effective against grouped enemies where any other class would have to focus on individual targets with their primary weapon.
Which is a shame, because I've started playing as the flame trooper and actually love playing him. He's the ultimate anti-wookie and he's also really good in unique ways, like being able to shoot straight through the Heavy, Officer and Leia's shield. Damage from his incinerator cannot be blocked by lightsabers or Yoda's ability and the field of fire is ridiculously effective against grouped enemies where any other class would have to focus on individual targets with their primary weapon.
I have played online for like 50 hours and have yet to use the flametrooper :P I think I'll try him out next time I get some battlepoints.
Flame Trooper is a lot of fun to use.
I was thinking it would be rad if they added a arm-ripping animation to the wookie warriors. But then I guess they would have to change the rating of the game. :p
I was thinking it would be rad if they added a arm-ripping animation to the wookie warriors. But then I guess they would have to change the rating of the game. :p
Flame trooper is situationally sometimes very good. Defending the last point in Starkiller, for example
Really? I find this guy totally useless. I dont see how anyone could consider him the anti-wookie either. Maybe if you snuck up from behind and killed him before he could turn around and blast you. His grenade is fairly useful for keeping the other team away from objectives though.
Flame Trooper is indeed under-powered. Especially if you compare him to his counterpart, the wookie warrior. Still fun to play as though.
You can definitely be successful with him as Ive watched other players do so but it seems like you have to be sneakier than the wookie. Sneak up on people and hose them down before they have a chance to return fire.
Jetpack Cargo. For those nostalgic for BF2015 haha.
March is pretty far away. I expected action much faster. Strike while the iron is hot and all.
March is pretty far away. I expected action much faster. Strike while the iron is hot and all.
Team balancing in GA definitely works.
I've been moved teams a couple of times.
This helps make GA matches be more evenly matched.
Unfortunately, it's still a mode that gets pretty stale quickly.
I've been moved teams a couple of times.
This helps make GA matches be more evenly matched.
Unfortunately, it's still a mode that gets pretty stale quickly.
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I'm 90% sure the Flame Trooper actually has better base HP stats than the Wookie Warrior. Its just that 9 times out 10 the Wookie you're up against has been buffed by an Officer or Yoda or Finn.
Or blasts you from well outside of the Flame Troopers range.
Or that, lol. Which is why you need to be careful when you play the FT so you're not constantly out ranged and getting shot at. Within his range though, the FT is better than the other Enforcers at taking them out, its just about creating the situation where you have the HIGH GROUND
To prevent splitting the playerbase down the line? I like the idea of wacky game modes rotating in and out.
Yikes, so nothing substantial till March is pretty crazy, the community for this is already becoming toxic cause of the lack of fixing the broken crap. They really need to turn things around but doubt it, and the game continues to be sold at a major discount even past the holidays, its clear the game is under performing. Please focus on turning things around with balance updates to at least keep this game's current player base cause I doubt it's going to maintain till March
Not really, he's shit. But sometimes you get lucky and it feels amazing, lol.
That moment when a Death Trooper can't 1v1 a Wookie Warrior
I used the Flame Trooper on the second phase of Starkiller Phase. A bunch of the Resistance Members were just behind the cover shooting butt not within the capture zone. I flanked them and just ran through their ranks with the flamethrower blazing. I killed a good portion of them, including a Han Solo before I ran back.
Did a second run but I died thanks to an A-wing flyby
I used the Flame Trooper on the second phase of Starkiller Phase. A bunch of the Resistance Members were just behind the cover shooting butt not within the capture zone. I flanked them and just ran through their ranks with the flamethrower blazing. I killed a good portion of them, including a Han Solo before I ran back.
Did a second run but I died thanks to an A-wing flyby
The new team rebalancing thing has a bit of an issue that BF2015 didn't have; in BF2015 you could only Partner up with one person into matchmaking, so you didn't really see the total deathsquads you see in this game. Since this game allows larger parties (up to 4?) I'm already frequently seeing the same 3-4 people who are all fucking monsters in the same squad and the game doesn't (rightly) break them up its leading to these ridiculous roller coaster lobbies where whatever team they are on just completely crushes the other team and the other team gets totally shit on. Before if you got on a really bad team you could just at least quit out, here it's a constant 50/50 which I'm not sure is better or worse? It's honestly probably worse for me because if we're gonna be real I'm pretty much always top 3 BUT I'm either playing solo or with one friend who is frankly not very good, so the game pretty consistently puts me on the team opposite the hardcore squad. Like, after playing with these changes yesterday and today I may be done for a while because my skill level is actually kind of fucking me in a weird way?
Also real talk population has to be an issue. I played a LOT of BF2015 (470ish hours) and the last 8-12 months of that game's life in most lobbies I would definitely recognize at least a couple of names. I'm already having that happen here in most lobbies. That...is not good.
Also real talk population has to be an issue. I played a LOT of BF2015 (470ish hours) and the last 8-12 months of that game's life in most lobbies I would definitely recognize at least a couple of names. I'm already having that happen here in most lobbies. That...is not good.
