On November 15th, Redditor MightyTeaRex submitted a photoshopped Electronic Arts logo with a lock added to the circle along with the slogan "EA Games / Go Fuck Yourself" (shown below, left). Also on November 13th, Redditor TheMadPuma submitted a post titled "Can we please boycott Star Wars Battlefront 2" to /r/ gaming, where it gained upwards of 14,800 points (89% upvoted) and 1,400 comments in three hours. The same day, Redditor HitlerDabsOnJews posted a "Who Would Win?" image macro pitting Reddit against the EA logo labeled as "one greedy boi" (shown below, right). Over the next 11 hours, the post garnered more than 31,100 points (92% upvoted) and 550 comments on /r/dankmemes.
On November 13th, Redditor Unwanted_Commentary submitted a screenshot of the comment along with a faked followup post in which EACommunityTeam says "edit: We also now choose to live as gay men," parodying Kevin Spacey's response to a sexual assault allegation (shown below, left).
#Star wars battlefront 2 ea update#
Our team will continue to make changes and monitor community feedback and update everyone as soon and as often as we can." 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. Over the next day, the comment received a score of negative 394,000, becoming the most down-voted comment in Reddit history. In the comments section, the EACommunityTeam Reddit account responded to the complaint (shown below).
Within 24 hours, the post gained over 69,100 points (88% upvoted) and 2,900 comments. In response to the post, the official EACommunityTeam Reddit account replied that acquiring heroes through credits was intended to "provide players with a sense of pride and accomplishment." On November 12th, 2017, Redditor MBMMaverick submitted a post to /r/StarWarsBattlefront titled "Seriously? I paid 80$ to have Vader locked?". On November 11th, Redditor TheHotterPotato submitted a spreadsheet revealing it would take 40 hours to unlock various heros in the upcoming game Star Wars Battlefront II. Star Wars Battlefront II Unlockable Heroes Controversy refers to a massive online backlash to Electronic Arts' decision to require players to grind for up to 40 hours in order to collect enough in-game currency to unlock certain heroes in the game Star Wars Battlefront II. So that’s 80 hours of gameplay as generic stormtroopers and Rebels before you get the privilege of playing as Luke or his dad.Electronic arts, star wars battlefront 2, pay to win, star wars, hero costs controversy Buying your way there could cost any amount of money considering Credits are not a guaranteed reward. Players have two options: Play the game and “grind” dozens of hours for the Credits needed to unlock the cool characters or you can spend real money on virtual “loot crates” that give you a chance at earning the currency.įans estimate that unlocking Luke or Vader would take up to 40 hours of playing. But when you start playing later this week, very few of the franchise’s coolest characters will be available to you. Star Wars: Battlefront II promises epic confrontations between Yoda and Kylo Ren or between Rey and Darth Maul in non-canon competitions. How much would you pay to slaughter Rebel scum as Darth Vader? What if you already paid $60 or even $80 for a game that promises just this? As it turns out, if you want to be Darth Vader in Star Wars: Battlefront II, you have to spend either a lot of time or money.
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