E3 2017: Star Wars Battlefront 2's DLC Is Free, But There Are Things To Spend Money On

Ah, the catch has revealed itself to the Jedi. Initiate Order 66.

People will complain about anything. The devs announce free DLC for everyone and people get upset over them using micro-transactions instead. Folks have actually come on here and promised that they will no longer purchase the game because of this (which is their own loss). The devs seem to really be working hard and listening to the community with regard to this game and I think they should be rewarded for their efforts.

I play this and other games for fun; an hour of my time per day (maybe) and that includes all my other games, hence I don't have all day to work toward unlocking my favorite type weapon. Does that weapon then make me a master over the competition? Of-course not! All it does is suit my style of play which makes the game more fun for me while I'm playing. The weapons may be different, but the devs spend allot of effort making them balanced. So its not about buying the 'best' weapon, but more about buying the weapon that you like the best.

If I use a weapon in the campaign that suits my gameplay, then by all means I might go ahead and buy it for multiplayer and co-op Skirmish. If that upsets folks then they can boycott the game, and while at it, they can also boycott all games that include micros (and good luck with that)...

Sigh...I was excited for this until "Pay to speed up progression." Oh well, that saved me 70 bucks.

I'm personally not a fan of micro transactions either but to me, getting all the major DLC free is def. a welcomed trade-off.

Aside from the obvious sizable monetary savings, it also essentially saves time. I waited a yr. to get into Battlefront because I knew EA would release a complete edition at that time. Ended up saving almost $100 that way but at the same time, having to play catch-up obviously has its downsides.

So while I may not get BF2 right at launch, I look forward to jumping in much, much earlier this time.

Microtransactions of any kind in a full priced game are freaking gross, and a cancer of gaming that needs to go away.

I already paid full price to get into the ride, get your cash shop out of my face.

I think over time people have lost the meaning of "pay to win". I always understood it as meaning you could purchase something from the shop and have an advantage that nobody else would ever be able to compete with unless they, too, purchased that exact same item. An example of this would be spending $10 on an ability that Kreia used in KOTOR 2. She could use the Force to wield 4 or more lightsabers in the air, without ever physically approaching her opponent(s).

Or you could think of it as spending money to buy a gun that is extremely powerful (say an EE-3 with the same fire power as Boba Fett's), and the only way to obtain that specific version of the EE-3 is through the cash shop. That's what "pay to win" means when I hear it. It has to be something you cannot obtain without spending money, thus putting you on a pedestal and creating a glass ceiling for everyone else.

It does not mean, from my understanding, paying for extra experience boosts, cosmetics, or even auto-unlocks (unlocking all the guns and attachments), as experience can still be earned for free, cosmetics change nothing about the actual game or your standing with other players, and all the guns and attachments can be earned in the game without ever spending real money.

Its most likely similar to Halo 5s reqs. Yes you can buy Gold reqs with a higher chance of legendary one time use items, but I would argue that the team that actually plays like a team and not randoms will dominate even if the randoms have superior weaponry.

I like the free DLC and the ability to acquire items or whatever using in game currency if one is willing to take the time and cash if you can't wait is fair and I can live with it even though I frown on those that compete with those who worked hard for it. Imho, I do see any glory in paying to get ahead even if one does not have the time being before this pay to win trend started almost everybody was on an equal playing field so if you did not have the time that was your problem. If you want to pay to win and you are playing SP that is okay but when you play with others that earned it the hard way the one paying to win cannot claim no climb to fame or even bragging rights. It is like having an asterisk by your name.

whta a bias! if someone doesn't have the time to play, shouldn't be at the same level with people who play it hardcore, with paying real money! that's not fair! that's bull! i was happy about free maps buy paid progress is an insult to true gamers!

I am still not to sure if I'll get it or not but I love hearing battle droids screaming. So will order it and try out the beta coming up.
Free DLC definitely gives it a big tick

Wow first comment is already someone complaining. I think ea has done a really good thing here. Free dlc and all weapons can be earned in game is perfect

"No, it's not about buying the winning item," he said. "That's not how it works. No one can say, 'I'm going to spend my zillion dollars and then I'm going to dominate.' That's not how it works."

Does this mean there will be caps on what you can buy? How frequently you can buy? Because "If you want to accelerate that, if you can't play for a week, you can purchase that." sounds an awful lot like pay to win. The details are too vague to assure people that it's not pay to win. What can we buy? XP, weapons, boosts, skills, skins, or other stuff? If that's the case, paid DLC would probably be better.

Sure the people with skill can to a point win out, but when it takes a lot of grind to get somewhere and you watch people just shoot by on cash, it makes you feel like what's the point? Takes a lot of the fun out of the game.

Yup, knew it.