they are just trying to avoid the gambling acusations,honestly.Watch they reintroduce the exact same MTX model a month or 2 from now.

I'm fully expecting them to re-introduce the same exact model a few months from now with 2 changes:

• On top of relying on luck for getting Star Cards, you can now just buy them using credits (and a lot at that)
• Customization items for characters and guns in loot boxes

I'm betting that loot boxes will still contain Star Cards.

if i were into FPS games... now I would jump in.

On this topic I once said that gamers should talk with their wallets. Supporting the game now will mean that we are in support of an MTX free world.

That shit was getting out of hand.

too bad progression is still insanely slow and it will take you tens of hours to unlock ONE hero. Not to mention they claim that they'll implement stuff 'later' in a vague fashion.

Who's to say they don't just wait a month for everyone to buy the game, then put the microtransactions back in? I don't know. It's fishy to me. They're trying to save face last minute when it's clearly not something the really want to do.

I'd take EA seriously if they had went bold and said "you know, we've listened to the 1 million downvotes and will have NO microtransactions in Battlefront". I mean jesus, they were treating this game like a free-to-play game rather than a $60 purchase. Just disgusting. 

don't fall for it

EA is not going to magically stop trying to push micro-transactions, they're temporarily doing this out of desperation because the game is literally just about to release and has terrible PR going for it.  And there's a huge chance Disney tapped their shoulders and insisted that they do something because obvious Disney is a mega corp and doesn't want the Star Wars named getting tarnished by EA acting in a slimey fashion

the problem here is that they say that the microtransactions will be implemented a little later in some fashion. Until we see exactly WHEN and HOW, this can't be considered a victory.

The majority of a triple A games sales will be in the first few weeks the majority of the time. Who's to say EA doesn't hope that the game will sell blockbusters out of the gate, and then a month later they implement the stuff right back in?

I still wouldn't support Battlefront. All it represents is that a company will refuse to change microtransactions unless there is a giant movement against them online. The reality is that gamers will not be able to do this EVERY time and undoubtedly EA will keep pushing the envelope. They were somewhat stopped this time, but what about next time? do you honestly think EA is really that scared of some bad PR as long as they sell the game? They were voted the worst company in America twice, they don't care.

EA will keep trying this stuff. the only way for them to get the picture of quite how much it bothers gamers is if people talk with their wallets. if Battlefront II does well EA will undoubtedly try to weasel this stuff in more creatively next time.

I say screw em and don't nourish a company that, if up to their own ends, would attempt to sell a $60 game with free-to-play progression features (which are still mostly there regardless of the lack of pay-to-win)

The sad thing is this will get it more sales and better reviews, undeserved.

Still too busy playing cod to get battlefront 2.

How is that sad? They listened to the community and made changes people want.

EA's CEO had a phone conversation with Disney's CEO today lmao https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/16/star-wars-battlefront-ii-microtransactions-go-offline-until-ea-can-make-changes/

Sounds like Disney put a knife on EA's throat.

They didn't make the changes people want at all. Star Cards are still in loot boxes and they disabled Crystal only temporarily, that's what they've done.

No they didn't.  They're doing it temporarily and the microtransactions will be back.