Gaming Star Wars: Battlefront (2015) & Battlefront 2 (2017) [Mod Approved]

Instant Action was ruined by this update imo. AI is way too buffed and accurate on Rookie mode. Before the update, you could rake up 20 kills with Anakin if you played your cards right. Now, 1 super battle droid and 5 regular Droids can kill Anakin before he even reaches a Command Post

 

Weird that with the celebration edition the game will let you unlock all the appearances and voice lines and what have you. You’d think they would make more money by just leaving it be.

 

While I’d usually agree I really don’t think this is the case here. This is just to tying into the release of TROS to capitalize on Christmas sales.

They’ve already announced there will be new content coming next year and there’s been no announcement about BF3 development which usually occurs anywhere from 1-2 years before release. That would place it roughly around the time of the next gen consoles. I don’t see another BF on this generation but definitely see the current one continuing.

Given that in the last EA investors call they said they wanted to continue providing BF2 content it’s unlikely that BF3 comes out any sooner than Nov/Dec 2021. They’ve got a wealth of sources here they can pull content from including The Mandalorian, upcoming Kenobi and Cassian shows, rebels and resistance shows. Hell even pulling from Fallen Order or maps they want to create themselves.

As odd as this is I remember the same skepticism when Greedo and Nien Nunb were announced as heroes back in 2015 and they became absolute favourites. I’m optimistic.

 

Battlefront III is almost certainly not coming out next year. I'm pretty sure EA has already said on investor calls that their flagship 2020 shooter is the first next-gen Battlefield.

If Battlefront II is winding down content production, it's because Dice wants hands on deck for that, not Battlefront III. Personally, I think Disney and EA will look at the success of Fallen Order and Mandalorian and make at least two more content dumps before dropping support. That way, the big multi-era videogame is representing as much of Star Wars as it can, giving something to appeal to everyone.

 

yah I would think they'd do some Fallen Order / Mandalorian content at some point. I was hoping for a full on TROS level kind of like the battle of D'Qar is in for Last Jedi. Should give it a spin at least once before TROS arrives.

 

I heard EA wasn’t planning on releasing another Star Wars game until 2021/2022. I do suspect the next one to be Battlefront 3, but it’s sorta weird they are waiting that long to release another game. Seeing as how they could easily make Battlefront 3 for Christmas 2020.

although EA has never been good at releasing Star Wars games in a timely manner to begin with.

they have confirmed no Fallen Order characters or content for Battlefront 2 and I am pretty sure they have said the same thing about The Mandalorian. Chances are if they had a bigger team they would but I doubt the team working on this game isn’t over 20 people.

 

Fairly sure the FO and Mando comments were specifically regarding around launch time and not ruling it out altogether.

 

I think we might be looking at one last year of content at most. All that's really left is getting the original trilogy into Instant Action/Capital Supremacy, maybe giving us one new map for that era to go with it. Possibly a few other heroes across eras. If EA want to focus on next gen, then I suspect the team still working on this game is doing everything they can to support it with the little man power they have, with a focus on offline support.

It's a decent enough two months with the new skins coming and more maps coming to Instant Action, and I'm sure the BB units will provide some unique play styles.

 

Meanwhile I'm still saving my in-game credits in the hope of eventual Ahsoka and Ventress heroes.

 

I am just amazed that they are adding the BB units as a thing in this game.

as for heroes I think there will be two more for the OT and that will be it for heroes.

 

Well there's still the leaked info about Ahsoka's name referenced in the voicelines of a couple standard heroes. I can't even think about who's left in the OT universe that would be a legitimate hero in the game.

Regarding the BB unit, I can't imagine they'll be all that useful in battle; maybe it would be a mission mode like the R2 mode they had in BF 2015.

 

I was going through some dev tweets and it seems they are hinting at the fact that they are done with Prequel era stuff besides skins. Seems like they are turning their focus toward adding more stuff for Co-Op and the sequel trilogy.

also it’s possible that they were just cut voice lines. Rex is mentioned in an Obi Wan line that doesn’t mean we are getting Rex.

 

Whatever. I have the game but I rarely play it now.

 

Just don’t get your hopes up is all.

also yesterday I finally got all four classes of trooper to max star cards. Co-Op makes that way easier. Does anyone else enjoy Co-Op more than any other mode?

 

If I was going to play BF2, I would play Co-op more than the primary multiplayer modes. As a casual gamer, I get more out of playing cooperative than competitive. Even though you're with a few dozen other players on your team in the massive multiplayer modes, it seems everyone's in it for themselves to rack up the most amount of kills as opposed to completing the objective.

 

Just discovered the weirdest bug/glitch

sometimes when playing Co-op you can play against actual players instead of just AI.

for instance I was playing light side Co-op when I was switched to the dark side and later on in the match I saw that I was playing against 3 actual people. The game must have meant to put me on the republic side but got screwed up.

 

I actually played a few rounds of Co-op last night. It was pretty good; stinks that you're limited to PT era heroes only. I managed to gain a few new star cards for Anakin, Yoda, Grievous and Dooku - all of whom I barely use in the main multiplayer modes.

 

You can easily level up anything in Co-Op I once gained 10 levels for my armored class in one game when it was a triple XP weekend. They are adding ST Co-op in a few days I have no clue when they will add OT but I assume spring/summer 2020 as one of the last big updates of the game.

 

Well they're also suggesting new content to tie in with ROS; so it's possible they'll add both OT as well as ST maps and heroes to Co-op.

 

I assumed that content would stop after February after which they add a few more skins and maybe a map or two for the OT and maybe one more set of heroes