As much praise as the beta of Star Wars Battlefront 2 receives for its Star Wars feeling, players are heavily disappointed due to the loot box system that apparently promotes Pay2Win.
Currently, criticism is piling up for the online shooter Star Wars Battlefront 2. The reason for this is the loot box system, as players not only purchase cosmetic items through it, but even items that provide them with a advantage in matches. It gets even worse, as leveling up classes is tied to the Star Cards, which can be purchased with loot boxes.
Is it Pay2Win?
You can purchase loot crates for money, but also earn them. Of course, it is faster to get the items if you buy the crates. In the loot boxes, you will find cosmetic items that allow you to further customize your character, as well as Star Cards that grant you special abilities and crafting parts to improve, for example, the cards.
Star Cards are not only important for giving your hero new abilities, they are also tied to the progression system. The more cards you have, the more you can use in matches. Someone who buys many loot boxes and thus gets many Star Cards can use more special abilities per mission. This gives that player better chances against those who have fewer cards.
The Star Cards offer various advantages. Here are some examples:
- The character Boba Fett can become invulnerable for a short time while firing rockets thanks to a rank 4 card boost.
- An X-Wing gains 10 percent more firepower at rank four. This has a significant impact on the course of a match.
Higher chances for rare cards and boosts
Whoever buys loot boxes thereby increases the chances of finding important and rare Star Cards. Additionally, the crafting parts allow improving the cards to higher ranks. This means that someone who buys many crates quickly gets the most powerful cards.
This has led to some criticism in the community,
Role Model FIFA
Electronic Arts announced months ago to intensify the focus on microtransactions in the shooter franchises Battlefront and Battlefield.
In return, the DLC for Star Wars Battlefront 2 will be free – with the first part, EA offered a season pass. The role model for the microtransactions are EA’s sports games like FIFA. The microtransactions in the sports games generate huge sums of money every year.
Even though Star Wars Battlefront 2 is still in beta, this discussion about microtransactions and Pay2Win will likely accompany the game.
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