Battlefront 2: Crystals removed temporarily, all progression earned through gameplay

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think-man on 17 November 2017

It's nice to see EA listening to the fans for a change.

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Stefan.De.Machtige on 17 November 2017

think-man said:
It's nice to see EA listening to the fans for a change.

This "change" came apparently a couple hours after the Disney CEO called the EA one. So they listened to their alpha.

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bigjon on 17 November 2017

shikamaru317 said:

By the way, rumor has it that Disney stepped in and asked EA to fix this mess because they don't want to see the Star Wars name dragged through the muck by EA any longer xD

Makes sense to me. Disney owns the IP. It is a beloved IP by many people. These is entire mess has caused SW to be associated with a lot of negativity. Disney has a lot more money to make from SW than what a few measly microtransaction will add up to.

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poklane on 17 November 2017

EA has confirmed that you will still be able to progress via Microtransactions once Crystals return: http://www.usgamer.net/amp/ea-star-wars-battlefront-2-changes-will-balance-those-who-want-gameplay-progression-and-those-who-want-an-accelerated-experience

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poklane said:
EA has confirmed that you will still be able to progress via Microtransactions once Crystals return: http://www.usgamer.net/amp/ea-star-wars-battlefront-2-changes-will-balance-those-who-want-gameplay-progression-and-those-who-want-an-accelerated-experience

Ha,i knew it.I wonder how many people they fooled with this one

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Finale said:

poklane said:
EA has confirmed that you will still be able to progress via Microtransactions once Crystals return: http://www.usgamer.net/amp/ea-star-wars-battlefront-2-changes-will-balance-those-who-want-gameplay-progression-and-those-who-want-an-accelerated-experience

Ha,i knew it.I wonder how many people they fooled with this one

They even said it right in their statement that they would be bringing them back.

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poklane on 17 November 2017

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irstupid on 17 November 2017

Watch them make the grind or method of getting stuff super super annoying to the point where people will be begging them to bring back crystals so they can buy stuff.

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VGPolyglot said:

Finale said:

Ha,i knew it.I wonder how many people they fooled with this one

They even said it right in their statement that they would be bringing them back.

Yes,but some people thougt that it would be only in the form of cosmetics.But now it's confirmed that this is just EA being EA, and not doing any progress whatsoever.