July 2019
Before BF2 came out it was promised a continous flow of content but i honestly think it is underwhelming and shameful for a Star Wars game.
1.: Skins, voicelines and other pieces of *: clone and trooper skins were an asked and welcomed feature but honestly already Battlefront 1 had customization options, ot should have been in the game as a start and Dice treating this a great addition is BS. Also treating hero skins as game changing huge additions, when in reality they get you excited for 10 minutes. Also why this live service is about gaining voicelines and poses and other little pieces of *. Shameful for an AAA game, an AAA company, and for such a great franchise.
2.: Weapons: why do we still only have 4 weapons per class after almost two years? New weapons were promised and advertised, and again star wars is such a huge galaxy with limitless amount of arsenal and this is how Dice treats it? Shameful again.
3.: Planets and maps.: A continuous flow of new worlds and battles and what did we get. As a start just the most well-known planet which is great fan service, but again we have seen these every time already, left a lot more well-known planets out, also these maps were already in the first game. And how did their live service went? Crait which is most likely was ready and also the game launched that time so we can treat it as a base map. That's it for the Last Jedi nothing else again there must have been other fights in the galaxy it is unlikely that the whole galaxy just gave up immediately. For Solo a small scale map, it kept me entertained for like 3-4 rounds. After that a lot of waiting again with BS prizes then Geonosis and also a * ton of waiting again for Felucia. This is seriously underwhelming and disappointing, so more missed battles and planets again for the clone wars era.
4.: Capitaly supremacy: a welcomed addition as the player base but again only on already existing maps...
5.: Heroes: i am not that much of a fan of additional heroes or they shouldnt be treated as big updates instead of new maps. heroes is of course is must but when half of the team is not playing the objectives but pushing the hero button in the menu is infuriating.
Honestly if this game wasn't Star Wars but had any otherso we can live for what we love noone would touch this. As a game it is not good at all. Period.
It's so disappointing that EA could basically do nothing with the franchise through all these years. Besides the game looking very nice it feels like it was done by marketing specialist instead of game developers. An empty boring demo fir BF1 for full preorder price+premium which didn't worth it for me, and now this better maps design but then they almost don't delive anything even though this wasn't how it was advertised. And because of that i don't care about Dice's comments about their team is now small, or they didn't earn enough revenue or i should be glad that they even deliver anything after it launched. I don't care about excuses because this is not what was advertised and not what i paid for.
We'll see about about the new Respawn game it is most likely a buy (at * last a single player game too), but then again if we are talking about RPGs? What did you do through all these years dear Electronic Arts through with the franchise? where are the real star war rpgs like Kotor was back in the day?
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July 2019 - last edited July 2019
Hey @TheBazaarMonkey
While in your opinion DICE haven't introduced enough new content in Star Wars Battlefront 2, it doesn't mean that they've done close to nothing to keep the game alive and add new stuff into it. I understand that voice lines and appearances might not be a big deal for you, but a big part of the community thinks differently and voices it all over social media. Same goes for Heroes or Reinforcements (if community didn't care about Droidekas so much, they wouldn't be added into the game).
Of course, it would be great to get more maps, game modes and weapons, but the reality of the game development is that there will never be enough resources to create and add everything what players want. I'm afraid saying that you personally don't care about those things, will not make them suddenly irrelevant in the gaming industry. Once again, you have every right to feel like Battlefront 2 disappointed you when it comes to adding new content, but it's not fair to say that developers are doing a poor job with adding new stuff, just because you would like to see something different being added into the game.
I'm going to shamelessly use one of F8RGE's replies on reddit to compile some of the things, which have been added to SWB2 so far:
New location: Crait
New hero: Finn
New hero: Phasma
New Progression system
New mode: Ewok Hunt
8 new hero appearances
Forty new trooper appearances
New mode: Hero Showdown
Starfighter Custom Arcade
New location: Jabba's Palace
Leia Legendary Appearance
Lando Epic Appearance
Menu QoL Changes
New menu visual style
New milestones for troopers, hero and specials
New location: Kessel
New mode: Extraction
Two legendary appearances for Han
Two legendary appearances for Lando
Chewbacca epic appearance
Lando's Falcon
Removal of hologram menu from spawn and mvp screen
Timer to Jetpack cargo
Added timed challenges on front end
New mode: Hero Starfighters
Improvements to lightsaber combat
Allowed lightsabers to be ignited manually
Ability to swap appearances pre-round
Hero Showdown QoL improvements
Menu QoL changes
41st Clone Trooper Appearances
327th Clone Trooper Appearances
Emotes & Victory Poses purchasable with Crystals
Naboo Palace Hangar added to Blast and Custom Arcade
End of Round screen improvements
Squad System
Ping site improvements
Matchmaking improvements
New Hero: General Grievous
Squad System improvements (spawn rules)
Squad System improvements (squad widget next to minimap)
Hero health cards added
N-1 Starfighter in Hero Starfighters
New Hero: Obi-Wan Kenobi
212th Attack Battalion clones
New location: Geonosis
New vehicles
Legendary appearance for Grievous
Epic appearance for Kenobi
New hero: Count Dooku
Geonosis on HvV, Blast and Custom Arcade
Clone Trooper appearance rework
New Hero: Anakin Skywalker
501st Clone Battalion
Epic appearance for Anakin Skywalker
New mode: Capital Supremacy
New reinforcement: ARC Trooper
New reinforcement: BX Commando Droid
Lightsaber combat improvements
New location: Geonosis Pipeline Junction West
New interior location: Republic Attack Cruiser
New interior location: Separatist Dreadnought
New AI system for online play
New appearance: Count Dooku
Geonosis added to Hero Showdown
Collection menu QoL
Location: Kashyyyk on Capital Supremacy
Blocking system for Maul and Yoda
New appearance: Leia
Location: Kamino on Capital Supremacy
HvV Target System removal
Increased level cap
VO wheel addition
Location: Naboo on Capital Supremacy
New Reinforcement: Droideka
New Armour: TX-130
Lightsaber VFK improvements
Hero QoL animation change (can now block)
New appearance: General Skywalker
New Heroes
Finn
Phasma
Obi-Wan Kenobi
General Grievous
Count Dooku
Anakin Skywalker
New Reinforcements
ARC Trooper
BX Commando Droid
Droideka
TX-130
New Locations
Crait
Kessel
Jabba's Palace
Geonosis
Geonosis Pipeline West
Republic Attack Cruiser
Separatist Dreadnought
Bespin
D'Qar
Felucia (to be released)
Locations
Kashyyyk on Capital Supremay
Theed on Capital Supremacy
Naboo on Capital Supremacy
Naboo Palace Hangar added to Blast and Custom Arcade
Geonosis on HvV, Blast and Custom Arcade
New Modes
Ewok Hunt
Extraction
Hero Showdown
Hero Starfighters
Capital Supremacy
New PvE experiences (to be released)
New Vehicles
STAP
BARC speeeder
AT-TE
Lando's Falcon
Iden's Tie Fighter
Appearances
Wounded Chewbacca, with Arm Patch
Scarred Kylo Ren, Patch over Scar
Administrator Lando, Bespin
Commander Iden, no Helmet
Hooded Yoda, pulled up Hood
Endor Leia
Endor Han
Ahch-To Rey
Forty Trooper appearances
Legendary Han
Legendary Han
Legendary Lando
Legendary Lando
Epic Lando
Legendary Leia
Chewbacca epic
Rare Grievous
Legendary Grievous
Epic Kenobi
Epic Kenobi
Epic Dooku
Epic Dooku
Epic Anakin Skywalker
Epic Anakin Skywalker
Clone Trooper Legions
Default "Shinies"
501st Battalion
327th Star Corps
91st Recon Corps
104th Wolf Pack
212th Attack Battalion
Coruscant Guard
41st Elite Corps
181st Armor Division
41st Ranger Platoon
87th Sentinel Corps
Navy Officer
41st Scout Battalion
212th Recon Division
And this list will only get longer. Hopefully, future content updates for Battlefront 2 will turn out to be more to your liking.
/Ataashi
July 2019 - last edited July 2019
Hey @TheBazaarMonkey
While in your opinion DICE haven't introduced enough new content in Star Wars Battlefront 2, it doesn't mean that they've done close to nothing to keep the game alive and add new stuff into it. I understand that voice lines and appearances might not be a big deal for you, but a big part of the community thinks differently and voices it all over social media. Same goes for Heroes or Reinforcements (if community didn't care about Droidekas so much, they wouldn't be added into the game).
Of course, it would be great to get more maps, game modes and weapons, but the reality of the game development is that there will never be enough resources to create and add everything what players want. I'm afraid saying that you personally don't care about those things, will not make them suddenly irrelevant in the gaming industry. Once again, you have every right to feel like Battlefront 2 disappointed you when it comes to adding new content, but it's not fair to say that developers are doing a poor job with adding new stuff, just because you would like to see something different being added into the game.
I'm going to shamelessly use one of F8RGE's replies on reddit to compile some of the things, which have been added to SWB2 so far:
New location: Crait
New hero: Finn
New hero: Phasma
New Progression system
New mode: Ewok Hunt
8 new hero appearances
Forty new trooper appearances
New mode: Hero Showdown
Starfighter Custom Arcade
New location: Jabba's Palace
Leia Legendary Appearance
Lando Epic Appearance
Menu QoL Changes
New menu visual style
New milestones for troopers, hero and specials
New location: Kessel
New mode: Extraction
Two legendary appearances for Han
Two legendary appearances for Lando
Chewbacca epic appearance
Lando's Falcon
Removal of hologram menu from spawn and mvp screen
Timer to Jetpack cargo
Added timed challenges on front end
New mode: Hero Starfighters
Improvements to lightsaber combat
Allowed lightsabers to be ignited manually
Ability to swap appearances pre-round
Hero Showdown QoL improvements
Menu QoL changes
41st Clone Trooper Appearances
327th Clone Trooper Appearances
Emotes & Victory Poses purchasable with Crystals
Naboo Palace Hangar added to Blast and Custom Arcade
End of Round screen improvements
Squad System
Ping site improvements
Matchmaking improvements
New Hero: General Grievous
Squad System improvements (spawn rules)
Squad System improvements (squad widget next to minimap)
Hero health cards added
N-1 Starfighter in Hero Starfighters
New Hero: Obi-Wan Kenobi
212th Attack Battalion clones
New location: Geonosis
New vehicles
Legendary appearance for Grievous
Epic appearance for Kenobi
New hero: Count Dooku
Geonosis on HvV, Blast and Custom Arcade
Clone Trooper appearance rework
New Hero: Anakin Skywalker
501st Clone Battalion
Epic appearance for Anakin Skywalker
New mode: Capital Supremacy
New reinforcement: ARC Trooper
New reinforcement: BX Commando Droid
Lightsaber combat improvements
New location: Geonosis Pipeline Junction West
New interior location: Republic Attack Cruiser
New interior location: Separatist Dreadnought
New AI system for online play
New appearance: Count Dooku
Geonosis added to Hero Showdown
Collection menu QoL
Location: Kashyyyk on Capital Supremacy
Blocking system for Maul and Yoda
New appearance: Leia
Location: Kamino on Capital Supremacy
HvV Target System removal
Increased level cap
VO wheel addition
Location: Naboo on Capital Supremacy
New Reinforcement: Droideka
New Armour: TX-130
Lightsaber VFK improvements
Hero QoL animation change (can now block)
New appearance: General Skywalker
New Heroes
Finn
Phasma
Obi-Wan Kenobi
General Grievous
Count Dooku
Anakin Skywalker
New Reinforcements
ARC Trooper
BX Commando Droid
Droideka
TX-130
New Locations
Crait
Kessel
Jabba's Palace
Geonosis
Geonosis Pipeline West
Republic Attack Cruiser
Separatist Dreadnought
Bespin
D'Qar
Felucia (to be released)
Locations
Kashyyyk on Capital Supremay
Theed on Capital Supremacy
Naboo on Capital Supremacy
Naboo Palace Hangar added to Blast and Custom Arcade
Geonosis on HvV, Blast and Custom Arcade
New Modes
Ewok Hunt
Extraction
Hero Showdown
Hero Starfighters
Capital Supremacy
New PvE experiences (to be released)
New Vehicles
STAP
BARC speeeder
AT-TE
Lando's Falcon
Iden's Tie Fighter
Appearances
Wounded Chewbacca, with Arm Patch
Scarred Kylo Ren, Patch over Scar
Administrator Lando, Bespin
Commander Iden, no Helmet
Hooded Yoda, pulled up Hood
Endor Leia
Endor Han
Ahch-To Rey
Forty Trooper appearances
Legendary Han
Legendary Han
Legendary Lando
Legendary Lando
Epic Lando
Legendary Leia
Chewbacca epic
Rare Grievous
Legendary Grievous
Epic Kenobi
Epic Kenobi
Epic Dooku
Epic Dooku
Epic Anakin Skywalker
Epic Anakin Skywalker
Clone Trooper Legions
Default "Shinies"
501st Battalion
327th Star Corps
91st Recon Corps
104th Wolf Pack
212th Attack Battalion
Coruscant Guard
41st Elite Corps
181st Armor Division
41st Ranger Platoon
87th Sentinel Corps
Navy Officer
41st Scout Battalion
212th Recon Division
And this list will only get longer. Hopefully, future content updates for Battlefront 2 will turn out to be more to your liking.
/Ataashi
July 2019
@TheBazaarMonkey wrote:
2.: Weapons: why do we still only have 4 weapons per class after almost two years? New weapons were promised and advertised, and again star wars is such a huge galaxy with limitless amount of arsenal and this is how Dice treats it? Shameful again.
Nope, if you ever saw Star Wars series, star wars games, star wars movies you will notice there wasn't so much different weapons. Actually we have more than 16 different weapons (it must be over 20) so new weapons aren't needed.
Of the map thing I hope Dice got resources to use some assets for new maps, it doesn't always need to be that AAA class maps with new models, new textures, new effects...
Some maps like the Tantive 4 map with assets of the single player campaign and the rebell start point on Death Star 2 would be nice, or a new old game mode... supremacy without the space ship part, some recycled swbf1 maps...
but how the EA Community Manager said, it needs resources (time, money, staff, planning, someone who checks the plan...).
One other thing, maybe I am alone with that opinion but...
if DICE would say we have plans for a new map and say they need an amount of money, I would pay for it because I want to support them and I can't want something for free when it needs resources and a big amount of time and work on something like a new map but on the other site I don't think if I buy crystals it would support DICE at all.
July 2019
Well the reality of game development is that lately EA can only disappoint and advertise something and then don't keep your word.
And yeah you can shamelessly write me down all the small gimmicks you have added to save face somehow, as if they were huge updates in themselves, while in reality as i have said in my opinion 90 percent of these should have been there at the start or if they weren't treated as extra updates for the playerbase to make them happy, while they get the real content like maps and weapons and new battles. I did customization before, a skin takes me a few hours, and you have a whole studio, you could do better that's for sure. This just shows what a cashgrab this game was designed to be. Because even though you can acquire now everything with ingame money which is great and how it should be 👍, this basically is the only thing you can create for this product instead of new worlds etc. With your next game please list game breaking bug fixes and optimisation to me too as part of live service and new content, and list them also like this taken apart , this is how you just do already with Battlefield V for the last 9 months since release.
July 2019
As someoneone who has seen all star wars movies and series, played most of the games and read pretty sure at least 90% of books and comics released, and still reads and buy them too i am telling you there is hundreds if not more weapons to choose from. I completely disagree with you in that regard, although i kind of agree in the others.
August 2019
At least let us use all the weapons from every era no matter which era I'm playing in or which ever team I'm on. If I am a clone trooper and want the standard empire heavy blaster I can or if I'm a droid I can use the e11 or the rebel blaster that's not burst if we could do that I would be alright
August 2019 - last edited August 2019
I think they should focus on battlefront 3 at this point taking everything from here for starters
January 2020
Thats not true,Imperial Guards,New CO-OP mission on Hoth,Chewbacca & if my guess is accurate then theres Possibly "Honoury Rebel Guards for the rebels,Possibly more Sith outfits/Skins,Thanks to leaks on the internet about OT content.
January 2020