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Star Wars Battlefront Beta Open to All

Plus, EA answers frequently asked community questions; Still no word on release date.

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Publisher Electronic Arts is pledging to provide enough server capacity so that anyone who wants to play the Star Wars Battlefront beta will be able to do so.

Mathew Everett, a Battlefront community manager, confirmed on EA's Star Wars blog that the beta would remain open once it is deployed. He also offered new details about what gameplay modes will be available, but was not able to offer more insight into a release date.

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He said the beta "will consist of both our offline and online modes, including co-op and split-screen co-op, and it will take place on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and via Origin for PC."

As well as connecting as many as 40 players together in sprawling multiplayer battles, the beta will serve as a demo for an offline co-op mission mode called Survival. This horde-style mission drops players on Tatooine and throws various waves of Imperial AI opponents in front of them.

Everett also answered some questions that were said to have come from the Battlefront community, which follow:

Q) Will there be any AI bots in multiplayer in addition to other players?

A) Yes! Our Fighter Squadron mode features AI units (10 on each side).

Q) Will there be sidearms or only primary guns?

A) We offer a primary blaster along with a hand of Star Cards. How you customize your Star Card hand will be up to you.

Q) What comes with the various editions, i.e. Deluxe vs. Standard?

A) The Standard Edition of Star Wars Battlefront will include the base game. The Deluxe Edition will include the base game and have the Ion Grenade, Ion Torpedo, and DL-44 unlocked right away along with the exclusive Ion Shock and Victory emotes.

Q) Can I buy the Deluxe Edition on disk in a retail store, or is it just digitally online?

A) The Star Wars Battlefront Deluxe Edition is available as a physical item for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One only.

Q) Can I upgrade my vehicles in Star Wars Battlefront?

A) Vehicles in Star Wars Battlefront come with their own weapons and abilities that make them authentic to the Star Wars universe.

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With nearly 10 solid years of online gaming being the norm, developers still don't know how to setup a reliable environment for their game launch? They tested the crap out of BF4, which I participated in that beta and yet it still crashed and burned at launch.

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@7tizz: I don't think this replier even read OP's comment.

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@liquidation_ily: Oh, they never do.

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@7tizz: I said solid, as in they have it down pat now. jerkoff, of course online gaming's been around longer than that.

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Q: Why did you decide to make an online-centric game where the focus is sci-fi warzones?

A: Because people are idiots and will buy it.

Q: Why not make an awesome Single-Player Action game with a 'create-your-own-jedi' feature?

A: Because we like the money idiots will give us for this one.

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@skyhighgam3r: Q: Why would DICE waste their multiplayer-oriented skills to create a "Single-Player Action game"?

A: Because SkyHighGam3r said it would be awesome.

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@liquidation_ily: lol if only the world were so perfect.

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@skyhighgam3r: Because it's Battlefront and not a single player, story driven game? There are single player, story based Star Wars games being developed, but not this one. Because it's Battlefront. Is it really that hard to comprehend?

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@skyhighgam3r: Totally agree with your comment.

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@skyhighgam3r: you forgot to ask other all imporant questions! like where are the Clone Wars, and Space Battles? why no Instant Action and Galactic Conquest? spot on comment though on other issues.

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@skyhighgam3r: Like+

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@skyhighgam3r: "People are idiots because they have different preferences to me" - an idiot (2015)

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@crashdelete: That ain't the definition of "idiot" :)

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@Shehi: Quotation not definition

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@crashdelete: Well duh, obviously only MY opinion matters guys. lol if the internet has taught me "anything".

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@crashdelete: +1

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@crashdelete: +1

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Can't wait to play this for free and not pay full price for the main game.

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@davillain-: They will likely drop the beta after the game releases. Yes, he said they won't, but this is EA. Who cares what they say?

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@Barighm: EA Does what EA Wants... the rest of us be damned!

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Humm I think this game Will be bad.

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@MotelDiscoVerde: k

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Sucession of events:    1. EA & DICE 
2. Open beta for All.
3. Still no date.
4. Dooubt it will happen properly.
5. All people gets mad!
  6. Eat heavy bag of popcorn

I will buy this game because I like Star Wars and will be fun for some weeks.

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new to battlefront....will their be bot modes for most or all gameplay modes or just a fighter squadron...i simply dont like to play online much....

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@jerger_gs: The single player Missions Mode consists of 4 modes thus far: Survival, Battles, Hero Battles and Trials, and they can all be played solo/co-op online/offline. All of the Missions modes are against Bots/AI.

Survival is a Horde mode (have to survive 15 waves of enemies) against bots

Battles has not been explained thus far

Hero battles has to do with you playing as a Hero/Villain. (against bots)

Trials mode will be a type of training mode for the online modes (against bots).

Additionally you can tailor the difficulty setting of the bots. I dont particularly like Online MP only games either, but from what Ive seen, even the online MP looks very co-op centered (you partner with your buddy and stick with him for the match).

There are 4 planets and at least one map for each planet for each Survival mode. DICE is also toying with day/night cycles of the same level, hence there seems to be hours of content for the Single player enthusiast. Additionally, the replay value for this game will most likely be very high since you can tailor the difficulty to your preference. I think both online and offline folks will be very happy with the game...

edit: Just in, you can also race your speeder bikes against bots...

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@pad242:
Nice summary! Thank you. :)

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@jerger_gs: if it's like the old ones then there would be bots in all modes. I don't think that's the case though.

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I'm glad they will be stress testing the servers right away. We don't want a another Dice debacle.

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@lnception: Not like it will matter come launch. There will still be server problems.

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@NorseLax09: y u jinx it doe?!

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That you need a specific card to spawn a vehicle I find a stupid design choice; it takes away the immersion of being in a battlefield. They call this a reboot, yet they take everything that made the previous games so fun and just ruin it.

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@cboye18: Right....because it's so much better seeing the same 5 teammates camping the vehicle spawn while everyone else plays the match normally? That's so immersive.

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@b00me: lol so true

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Edited By mr_azim

Ugh..... once the Black Ops 3 Beta went open the game got even more erratic and unreliable..... no one can prepare for enough BETA server capacity.

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@mr_azim: that's kind of the point of the open beta - to test how much stress they can take.

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