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[Mob_zter]

The Jakku maps are free, right?

Yep. I think if you pre-ordered the game you'll get it 1 or 2 week early i guess

 

[WadiumArcadium]

The Jakku maps are free, right?

Free to everyone on the 8th, those who pre-ordered would have got a code for early access on the 1st.

I didn't pre-order but I got a code. I suppose it's just the first wave of stock that get it. Or maybe it came with the console anyway.

 

[Ozorov]

Yep. I think if you pre-ordered the game you'll get it 1 or 2 week early i guess

1 week I think. Dec 1 if you pre-orderd and dec 8 if you didnt, I'm not 100% sure but I think so.

 

[shmoglish]

Thank you. Don`t have a code, but I think I can wait a week.

 

[Insane Metal]

AT-STs aren't fun anymore. They're taken down in seconds now that people have advanced and taken more advanced weapons :/

 

[Klyka]

Having had game since launch I only got around to playing yesterday (iron banner in destiny kept me busy). For the first few matches homing shot annoyed the hell out of me. Then I learnt to run and turn lots of corners and hide behind scenery.

I've found I've had to massively change my fps play style for this game. Normally I can just run and gun and outshoot most opponents. I've found i am getting shot in the back a lot and there is so much cover that you never really know where the next shot is coming from.

What is the radar like for an SA tool. It seems really inconsistent for me. As I've had people be right in front of me and not appear on it, whilst those far away are. Is there anywhere that explains how it works? Does crouching remove you from it? Is your position only highlighted whilst firing?

You show up when you sprint or when you fire your weapon.
Unless you have scout equipped,then you don't, lel

 

[Turkoop]

Thank you. Don`t have a code, but I think I can wait a week.

You're sure ? https://youtu.be/7waDN0ukFxw

 

[Agent_Tiro]

You show up when you sprint or when you fire your weapon.
Unless you have scout equipped,then you don't, lel

Thanks for that. Makes a bit more sense

 

[Jobbs]

AT-STs aren't fun anymore. They're taken down in seconds now that people have advanced and taken more advanced weapons :/

have to play sneaky in them, since they're a giant "kill me instantly with all your moves, everyone" target.

 

[Memory]

AT-STs aren't fun anymore. They're taken down in seconds now that people have advanced and taken more advanced weapons :/

This is actually annoying in Walker assault, the amount of people I see wasting orbital strikes, bazookas,ion grenades etc on AT-ST's then only having lasers to shoot the AT-AT's is ridiculous.

I think they will need to buff AT-ST's and AT-AT's in a couple of weeks when most the player base knows how to play and have access to the higher gear.

 

[fritolay]

While I understand the lack of content causing complaints and lower rated scores, I am really excited for this game.
1) Dice has done an excellent job with long term support of their flagship game BF4. They are still updating and releasing maps after over 2 years since game was released
2) The graphics and sound are awesome. The frostbite engine seems outstanding and more content and game adjustments can make the game better

I am excited for this games future. Whether you think the price for the content is in addition to full base game price is another consideration, I do think it will be worth the investment. I can't wait for BF5.

 

[JeffZero]

Well, I had to return the Redbox copy last night, but I made my first ever account with GameFly to take advantage of their trial and rent the game through them. Maybe I'm poor as hell this month, sure, but I'm finding poor-people ways to handle it. I didn't expect to like Battlefront enough to wind up doing something like this, though. Man, it's fun -- and I never play FPS games.

Definitely buying when I can.

 

[Klyka]

have to play sneaky in them, since they're a giant "kill me instantly with all your moves, everyone" target.

Jobbs, I...

 

[Theorry]

I preordered the game on the Xbox Store. Even bought the pre order edition but didnt need to download anything that has something to do with Jakku?

 

[CoLaN]

Still having fun, but i despise the playstyle it takes to be on top of the scoreboard killwise.

 

[shmoglish]

You're sure ? https://youtu.be/7waDN0ukFxw

Ok, lets search for a code.

 

[Rizzi]

I both love and hate this game.

 

[bombshell]

I preordered the game on the Xbox Store. Even bought the pre order edition but didnt need to download anything that has something to do with Jakku?

Nothing before early release on the 1st.

 

[Mob_zter]

You're sure ? https://youtu.be/7waDN0ukFxw

Ok, lets search for a code.

I just saw the trailer. didnt know there was a trailer for that one. So excited. i got my code from Best buy after i preordered the game. Thanks for the link

 

[GRaider81]

I wish they had some of the races unlock between level 25-40

Seems like there is a whole lot of grinding with no reward between those levels.

 

[Klyka]

Still having fun, but i despise the playstyle it takes to be on top of the scoreboard killwise.

Which playstyle is it, I need to know for....reasons.

 

[esmith08734]

So this is a little random but for anyone with Halo 5 and this game, which game seemed to hold up better for online play? I had some weird problems with Halo 5 every so often and so did my friends. Our connections are usually okay, too, so it's weird we were getting some bad lag when Halo 5 has dedicated servers.

 

[Arttemis]

So stupid that day 1 purchases are treated differently than preorder purchases.

 

[JumPeRJumPzZ]

So this is a little random but for anyone with Halo 5 and this game, which game seemed to hold up better for online play? I had some weird problems with Halo 5 every so often and so did my friends. Our connections are usually okay, too, so it's weird we were getting some bad lag when Halo 5 has dedicated servers.

Battlefront.

 

[Snkfanatic]

So this is a little random but for anyone with Halo 5 and this game, which game seemed to hold up better for online play? I had some weird problems with Halo 5 every so often and so did my friends. Our connections are usually okay, too, so it's weird we were getting some bad lag when Halo 5 has dedicated servers.

I never had any issues with Halo 5 on my end (NA) both games have run rather well for me.

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

This is actually annoying in Walker assault, the amount of people I see wasting orbital strikes, bazookas,ion grenades etc on AT-ST's then only having lasers to shoot the AT-AT's is ridiculous.

I think they will need to buff AT-ST's and AT-AT's in a couple of weeks when most the player base knows how to play and have access to the higher gear.

lol

I knew this was going to happen when everyone was complaining about how it was impossible to win as the rebels in the beta. Different game entirely when all of the options for taking down AT-ATs are at your disposal.

 

[Machina]

So this is a little random but for anyone with Halo 5 and this game, which game seemed to hold up better for online play? I had some weird problems with Halo 5 every so often and so did my friends. Our connections are usually okay, too, so it's weird we were getting some bad lag when Halo 5 has dedicated servers.

Battlefront has been diamond solid apart from a bit of server lag

 

[Lacix]

This is actually annoying in Walker assault, the amount of people I see wasting orbital strikes, bazookas,ion grenades etc on AT-ST's then only having lasers to shoot the AT-AT's is ridiculous.

I think they will need to buff AT-ST's and AT-AT's in a couple of weeks when most the player base knows how to play and have access to the higher gear.

Maybe they could add shield special ability to AT-STs.

 

[Noisepurge]

Maybe they could add shield special ability to AT-STs.

i think just the Battlefield tanks smokescreen ability would be enough. Would break lockon from missiles for a moment.

 

[Nyx]

So stupid that day 1 purchases are treated differently than preorder purchases.

I bought it without pre-order on day 1 and had the Jakku early access code inside the box?

 

[Woorloog]

I have no idea if i've got Jakku or not. Pre-ordered PC Retail copy... the case has this "Battle of Jakku" leaf inside, with some SWTOR redeemable item on the other side. No code or key or anything i'd imagine is for unlocking Jakku.

EDIT And somewhat ironically, the url on the leaflet gives 404.

 

[heringer]

How many maps will be? Also, any more free maps coming in the future?

 

[JimiNutz]

I bought mine a day before release from the Xbox Online store but never received a code

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Jobbs, I...

You can definitely play them sneakily. Utilize cover areas which is easy on all the maps, especially endor. I got 23 kills in one yesterday.
Waiting for the AT-AT to catch up and provide moving cover is really helpful as well.

So this is a little random but for anyone with Halo 5 and this game, which game seemed to hold up better for online play? I had some weird problems with Halo 5 every so often and so did my friends. Our connections are usually okay, too, so it's weird we were getting some bad lag when Halo 5 has dedicated servers.

BF runs like butta. Ive had some issues every once in a while with H5 but its relatively solid as well.

 

[Woorloog]

You can definitely play them sneakily. Utilize cover areas which is easy on all the maps, especially endor. I got 23 kills in one yesterday.
Waiting for the AT-AT to catch up and provide moving cover is really helpful as well.

One doesn't even have to be sneaky if they're playing against my team, because i'm the only person with the Ion Torpedo, every frigging time. At least until i get bored of carrying it when i can't do anything with it alone and switch to a grenade.

 

[Norwegian_Imposter]

Free to everyone on the 8th, those who pre-ordered would have got a code for early access on the 1st.

I didn't pre-order but I got a code. I suppose it's just the first wave of stock that get it. Or maybe it came with the console anyway.

im assuming if you got it from the psn store you get it automatically?

 

[def sim]

im assuming if you got it from the psn store you get it automatically?

Yeah, you're good to go if you pre-ordered the game digitally.

 

[dripdripsplash]

Is the AT-AT actually controlled by a player ?

 

[Risgroo]

How many maps will be? Also, any more free maps coming in the future?

2 maps IIRC, so it's likely we'll get one large map for Supremacy, Walker Assault and Fighter squadron, as well as a smaller one for the other modes.

Wouldn't count on any more free maps, but you never know!

 

[skynidas]

Is the AT-AT actually controlled by a player ?

not the movement, but someone can get it and shoot. you have to pick a power up on the ground that lets you get in there

 

[MoonsaultSlayer]

AT-STs aren't fun anymore. They're taken down in seconds now that people have advanced and taken more advanced weapons :/

This is why these types of games annoy me. Warhawk this game is not.

 

[bosseye]

Urgh, some people. I had a go at playing Cargo, and its a really fun mode with some nice maps, however I played a couple of games on the Tatooine map last night where the opposing team made no attempt to get the cargo; they just boosted up onto the Millenium Falcon and from there up onto the outer ring above the map and just sat there grenade spamming and sniping. Obviously we won easily each time, but it was seriously annoying to keep getting blown up by people flatly and bizarrely refusing to play the mode.

I genuinely don't understand. Are they trying to get their k/d ratio up or something? Who gives a fuck about that!

 

[Klyka]

Urgh, some people. I had a go at playing Cargo, and its a really fun mode with some nice maps, however I played a couple of games on the Tatooine map last night where the opposing team made no attempt to get the cargo; they just boosted up onto the Millenium Falcon and from there up onto the outer ring above the map and just sat there grenade spamming and sniping. Obviously we won easily each time, but it was seriously annoying to keep getting blown up by people flatly and bizarrely refusing to play the mode.

I genuinely don't understand. Are they trying to get their k/d ratio up or something? Who gives a fuck about that!

This, yes.

 

[Forerunner]

So after mainly just playing Walker Assault and Supremacy; I decided to check out some of the other game modes. First, I tried Fighter Squadron and I don’t plan on touching it again. I don’t know if it’s the keyboard/mouse controls, but it controls terribly. I might try it at a later date with a controller to see if that helps. After that I tried some Droid Run and I actually had a really good time with that and played it for around an hour and enjoyed it. Last one I tried was Heroes vs Villains; again this was a lot of fun.

Also I regret getting this game for pc, I did have to search multiple times in order to find people for these smaller game modes; WA and Supremacy I don’t have problems finding people. But for the smaller games modes I do.

 

[FullMetaltech]

I have to admit i had a great WA game this morning. On Hoth as Rebels we were losing with 2 ATAT almost full health. We had still 2 uplinks to take in the third push. Man i thought we were gonna lose but one player took out one with a tow cable and the last one we gave it all we could and finally destroyed it on the final push. I jumped out of my seat. Its close games like this that make me like it more as i play it.

 

[deoee]

Fucking dammit, lol...

I went 68 and 5 K/D without a hero or a vehicle, and I had seven uplink shutdowns. My team still lost. I slammed my mouse and was swiftly reminded I have (had) a glass trackpad :-/

Did the mouse / your hand survive?

 

[LoveCake]

I have noticed people quitting now when playing as The Empire as the balance seems to have shifted on Walker Assault mode.

It seems to me from what i have played the easiest win for the Rebels is Endor, followed by Hoth which is now about Empire 45% - 65% Rebels, then Jundland Wastes where it seems to be Empire 75% - 25% Rebels the only location i have never won playing as a Rebel is Sorosuub Centroplex which seems to be 100% Empire win.

Loving this so far, i just need to learn to be able to fly the ships better.

First game of the day & i was Empire on Sorosuub Centroplex & the rebels won, took one AT-AT with a cable & finished the other off with a orbital strike.

 

[Danneee]

While I understand the lack of content causing complaints and lower rated scores, I am really excited for this game.
1) Dice has done an excellent job with long term support of their flagship game BF4. They are still updating and releasing maps after over 2 years since game was released

BF4 had an OK spinoff in Hardline but nothing to take over its userbase. Star Wars is going to get milked for all it's worth a with games and I'm sure this won't see any support after the first year when they've announced a sequel.

 

[KillerDark]

BF4 had an OK spinoff in Hardline but nothing to take over its userbase. Star Wars is going to get milked for all it's worth a with games and I'm sure this won't see any support after the first year when they've announced a sequel.

Hardline has nothing to do with BF4. Based on DICE's track record battlefront will be supported for quite awhile.

 

[Memory]

So after mainly just playing Walker Assault and Supremacy; I decided to check out some of the other game modes. First, I tried Fighter Squadron and I don’t plan on touching it again. I don’t know if it’s the keyboard/mouse controls, but it controls terribly. I might try it at a later date with a controller to see if that helps. After that I tried some Droid Run and I actually had a really good time with that and played it for around an hour and enjoyed it. Last one I tried was Heroes vs Villains; again this was a lot of fun.

Also I regret getting this game for pc, I did have to search multiple times in order to find people for these smaller game modes; WA and Supremacy I don’t have problems finding people. But for the smaller games modes I do.

Seriously though, hook up a gamepad for that mode if the M/KB controls suck, its legit the best mode in the damn game. Playing on PS4 and the controls are awesome.