Star Wars: Battlefront 2's offline Arcade mode suffers from ridiculous "mobile F2P cooldowns"

Star Wars Battlefront 2 features a ridiculous mobile cooldown in its Arcade mode that prevents/slowdowns players from earning credits.

[Snookies12]

What the hell man, that's so scummy to do in a full priced game...

[fiveby9]

Luckily there are so many other great games to play right now. EA's SW BF2 is surely not one of them.

[xPhearR3dx]

This is the comment that frustrates me the most. Not because you or anyone here is saying it, but because the game itself is actually really damn good. EA unfortunately is forcing their devs to implement loot boxes, thus ruining the game. We see it in Madden, FIFA, Need for Speed, Battlefield, Battlefront, Every single recent EA title launching has loot boxes.

It's a shame. A real damn shame, because like I said. Battlefront 2 is actually a really incredible game that EA has destroyed. Is it as good as the Battlefront from back in the day? No, but it's the closest thing to it we will probably ever get and now this happened. I REALLY hope this loot box wave fades out rather quickly.

[bloop]

Agreed, it is a real shame. This was probably my most anticipated game this year being a huge Star Wars fan. And that's the worst thing about it, it does actually look like a really good game, but there's no way in hell I'm going to support what EA have tried to do here. The only way I could ever see myself buying this game now is if they just completely scrapped loot boxes altogether and lowered the grind for unlockables to something realistic. I'm so disappointed that EA completely ruined what could have been a great game.

[fiveby9]

@xPhearR3dx I don't disagree that SW BF2 has some great aspects. However, this game is a prime example of what EA considers GaaS. Long-term engagement and monetization done all wrong. Obviously, writers, artists, coders, testers, are not to blame here. It's the implementation of a business plan (mostly of EA's design) which most gamers find objectionable. The only way to show displeasure is to avoid purchasing this game.

[Skull521]

I feel like this stuff is blown out of proportion, I had Vader unlocked within 3 hours of play and he’s the most expensive thing...

[chris235]

the majority of gamebuyers doesn‘t care, wwhy should you?

[RememberThe357]

Because we're clearly not the majority of game buyers. And this is just beginning, I'm getting a whiff of Mass Effect Andromeda around this one.

[Nintendew]

Damm scoundrels!

[Chaosdreams]

*Jaw slowly drops*

I once thought I knew the definition of greed but EA is really doing all it can to being a Full Metal Alchemist enemy.

To those who know what i'm talking about, I adore you.

[Veneno]

And to think there were actual idiot journalists and other gamers out there defending EA when they were voted worst company back when. Some people just don't learn.

[EatCrow]

There are still journalists and gamers defending them now....which is incomprehensible to me.
Sometimes I think its actually EA people creating accounts or something.

[Mikelarry]

lol there is even an article right now on the home page suggesting" we grow up" about such shitty practices that EA has displayed here.
I am against death threats the the devs and publisher but other than than that they deserve all the backlash as their greed knows no bounds.

this game is nothing but a mobile game masquerading as a AAA game and yet some many are giving it 9.5 like what the actual fuck. but hey everyone is entitled to their opinion

[Movefasta1993]

Greed?fma?Hmmm

[andrewsquall]

No no no, didn't you hear? YOU are the problem. You need to grow up already and just take this. /s

[rezzah]

imo Activision's planed methods of getting players to buy MTs are worse because its more subtle than in your face. EA's method is easier to target because it is right there for you to see.

All publishers will learn to be more subtle now due to the backlash EA is receiving.

[DarkOcelet]

WTF is this BS? So people pay 60$ to find crap like this in the game? F*** you EA/DICE for making this crap. Don't support this shit.

[UCForce]

I agree. Never trust EA in first place.

[GamerAllTheWay]

This sucks, but the thing I find this news article lacking is a bit of more detail. Arcade might have this rubbish mobile F2P mechanic like Energys and the like, but the author failed to mention you can grind as much as you can through Multiplayer. And if you like, Blast/Strike have shorter match duration than Galactic Assault.

I sense some "motive" here.

[fenome]

But why even include them to begin with? They expect people to pay full price and then have the nerve to tell them they can't progress in a certain manner for hours (or days), why? Well, I guess they could always just pay money for it.

Sure, you can just keep grinding online (for months) against people who have an unfair advantage over you because they paid more money. Or I guess you could just try to balance the game yourself and spend more money..

Yup, I'm definitely sensing some "motive" here.

If they want to transition to free to play tactics then they need to transition to free to play titles. Charging premium prices for mobile game timers, restrictions and progression systems is just dirty tactics.

[GamerAllTheWay]

I did try the game, and we were able to review it. The Star Cards didn't have any huge advantage over players, and getting Credits were quicker than the first Battlefront. I've been getting first place in Blast and Strike a dozen times against players with Rare and Uncommon cards.

It's true, MTs/Loot Boxes are dirty, no doubt about that and I agree with you. And hopefully there will be a day that it's going to be removed from AAA games, but for now, it's there and there's no way yet to remove MTs.

[Nitrowolf2]

The only motive here us EA trying to get people to spend more money on a $60 free to play game

[EatCrow]

Because the newsworthy component is the Arcade mode...not the other modes.

As far as your experience...yea well the game isnt out yet. Lets see what happens when its in the hands of perhaps the people that will spend loads of cash on MTs

And unless they changed the cards and upgrades...I do believe some of these upgrades are hugely impactful like the boba fett invincibility as long as theyre raining down rockets....thats pretty big...but perhaps theyve changed them all to be more reasonable??

[Bobafret]

You are the problem.

[Prince_TFK]

“Motive”? Lmao. The only motive here is to expose EA for the slimy worm mother f*cking piece of dog shit they are.

[Bruneblomst]

"And hopefully there will be a day that it's going to be removed from AAA games, but for now, it's there and there's no way yet to remove MTs". BUT there is a way to remove lootboxes and predatory mt from games. Dont buy and support the game companys that are putting them in games. Its simple, anti consumer companies dont support them, support gaming companys like project red and others who dont prey on their customers.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Hell no don't buy this game people

[Profchaos]

Wow... The news just keeps on getting better please tell me this is a one off horrible experiment and it will be patched

[TheGamez100]

Besides the campaign, they might as well just have made this game free to play...taking so many notes from free mobile games lol

[Phill-Spencer]

Wow ea is leading the charge on how far publisher can go with f2p mechanics in full priced games. Please, please guys don't support this sh!t because stuff like this will become soon standard if there is no push back.

[andrewsquall]

Don't worry, this game will never sell as much as the original after they released an online only game that STILL had very sparse content. Even the donkey masses noticed that with the original game and won't be stung twice. And even though the player console base has nearly doubled since that game came out, the sequel still won't sell anywhere as close.

Unfortunately this won't make a damn difference to EA because only .05% of the player base needs to get addicted to this micro transaction crap and they have already made a huge profit on the game.

[Bobafret]

That's it, tried to give the benefit of a doubt but I will not be spending a dime on ANY EA published title for a damned good while.

[Nintendew]

Personally I was so hopeful of it, then the weeks started to go by and more bad news about it kept coming out, not a good sign.
Another game looking forward to yet now gonna wait a year to see if things change with it.
At least have EP8 coming soon, unless they wanna charge for micros for that to!

Man I'm bumbed😞

[andrewsquall]

I haven't bought anything from them this gen so far and I have been missing out on nothing. Even Dragon Age I never bothered with because I never got round to playing the 2nd one yet.

And there is nothing in the works from them that I am interested in either.

[Nintendew]

What is wrong with EA!
Who thought this was a good idea over at EA?
Just slit my wrist and bleed me dry you F*^~ing vampires.

$60 for part of the game isn't enough?

[zb1ftw777]

Lmfao.

No way am i buying this.

But no way am i buying a third either.

[jcole97]

We must not support this game guys... On xbox or playstation

[Prince_TFK]

Or on PC. I’m boycotting EA games from now on until they stop this shitty and immoral business practice.

[jcole97]

It’s pretty pathetic, and while anthem looks promising, I will not support it unless micro transactions are gone.

[Prince_TFK]

Lmao EA. What the fuck else have you done to this “game”.

[TheEnigma313]

Us as costumers need to not support this. This is getting out of hand. EA is worse than Ubisoft right now.

[DillyDilly]

Even offline is screwed ?

[2cents]

Well, F this game.
I'm sick of all this cr@p surrounding this release.

No buy.

[justsomeoffdude]

waiting for those dumbfucks who have their lips stuck on EA's ass to comment on how gamers are just whiny and need to grow up and EA is not doing anything bad..
and yeah...
#FuckEA

[Nintendew]

EA: Electronic Assholes!

[Redlife2g]

Lmao ok now I've heard it all!! Cool down in a full priced console game??? Ea you have officially lost your fucking minds

[DragonKnight]

EA going for that Worst Company in America trophy hard this year.

[Nintendew]

A platinum trophy!

[wenaldy]

Holy fking shit. I'm done.

[sprinterboy]

People went out and supported this game wow, plus if they did, there still playing it.

[FreddyFazbear]

Thats it EA, you crossed the line. Guys xbox fans, nintendo fans, ps fans and px fans, theres never been a better time than now to unite. Please boycott this game. As much as I love star wars but this has gone too far. If EA can get away with this others will follow. Save the gaming industry!!

[ApocalypseShadow]

I've boycotted their games for a decade and spoke out about them being dirty for their investors and buying up licenses and destroying developers. And still watched as gamers bought and support the company anyway.

Some gamers just don't listen or just don't care. Just like when others and I spoke about not supporting paying for online. Sill happened anyway. Paying for horse armor lead to things like micro transactions being prevalent. They didn't care. And watched some gamers try to tear down single player games and single player story moving like MGS4 being a movie when there was plenty of gameplay to go along with it. Single player is still one of the best options for gaming no matter what some say.

Until gamers wake up to what they're buying before buying it, it will just get worse like it has.

[FreddyFazbear]

Yup I fullt agree!!, Single player games is what made the gaming industry!! The Atari had single players with split screen, NES, Gameboy, SNES, Sega genesis N64, PSone etc. Some gamers who dont care should rethink. Im glad Single players still reign supreme like the game awards nomination, Mario odyssey, legend of zelda breath of the wild, persona 5 and horizon zero dawn. but 1 game on the list concerns me. PUBG. im not saying its a bad game. But its a beta and somehow similar to a MOD and it borrowed heavily from ARMA. a multiplayer only game. I do hope there will be a balance between single player offline games vs. multiplayer. I will not.pay 60 dollars for a multiplayer only game since multiplayer games in the past was just a mode or a part of the single player experience and now the separated it into a single entity for more profits!!. If the day comes that there is more multiplayer games with loot boxes and MT, while SP are rare to find, will be the day I will sadly stop gaming and maybe just replay my old consoles from my super nes to PS4.

[lio_convoy]

Just another reason to blacklist EA. I'm having fun following these Battlefront threads just seeing how much of a disaster this game is and how EA is doing their best to fleece the gaming community. After hearing about loot boxes in the latest NFS game and everything going on with this one, I'm seriously laughing my head off at just how horrible this situation has become. Seriously, watching EA right now is just like slowing down to watch a wreck as you pass it by. I've already made up my mind I won't get this game and I'm done with EA for life, but I gotta say I'm curious about what bomb will drop next on this disaster of a game!

[TargusX]

Right. That's it. I'm going back to playing Starwars battlefront 1 until these sort this mess out. Wait months and months for a game only to find its been fubard. Great :(

[coreyweb]

I mean I think loot boxes and "cards" and RNG, etc. are retarded. Also breaks immersion. Like....they should make it so you have to do something special.....or play a specific mission in order to unlock stuff.....OR you can buy it. But anyway....as far as I know, they basically just made it take a really long time to unlock stuff? And that's why everyone's flipping out? I'm not sure why stuff like this matters? Just......play the game and earn the stuff....and if people buy it, they buy it. And the fact that it takes a really long time to unlock stuff? It seems like a fair trade off in my book.....especially with all free DLC in the future.

But I haven't kept up on all the drama. I'm not sure I understand why people are going nuts about it though....doesn't seem like that big a deal to me....is there more to it other than everyone whining about it taking a long time to unlock stuff?

[ABBAJESUS]

If some review sites give this game 8 or even 9/10 they have been paid by ea.

[Atticus_finch]

I won't even rent this game. I rather not have more publishers adopt this practices

[Yi-Long]

Great game, ruined by shitty shady practices forced upon it by their overlord EA.

Oh well, more than enough other great games out there still to enjoy.

Goodbye DICE. Hope you folks end up at some better publishers once EA shuts you down and kicks you out when they blame this whole mess on you instead of their own greed...

[BlackDoomAx]

O.M.G.