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Star Wars Battlefront Beta Thread: He’s holding a thermal detonator!

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biteren

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JumPeRJumPzZ said:
No...

Do we really have to ask this every site? Preload is only available for PC.

And 7GB really doesnt take that long.
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well im sorry if diddnt see where it said it doesnt

pretty much every other BETA i played on PS4 allowed me to download the BETA before the start date, it be safe to asume this might aswell.

geez

EDIT: also who knows how long that 7GB is gonna be bogged down tomorrow
 
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Crackbone

Member
Anyone having any reservations about PC performance shouldn't worry any more.

Wow this plays incredible. Really having a blast with it.
 
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Pastry

Banned
So we have access to 7 star cards for our hand in the beta. I doubt they would blow their load and include most of them here so there is probably considerably more available for release. Maybe those extra star cards will help even out the fight on Walker Assault?
 
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WadiumArcadium

Member
Well I'm loving it so far. Drop Zone was a cool mode to start off with and Walker Assault is brilliant but ridiculously overwhelming. There's so much going on. The audio is incredible.
 
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nib95

Banned
Eggbok said:
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I love playing with the HUD off because you get to see stuff like this without the ugly icons!!!
Here it is with sound.
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Wow. So GAF, is this worth a buy based on what you've played? I'll test it myself naturally, but interested to hear your thoughts.
 
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bombshell

Member
Pastry said:
So we have access to 7 star cards for our hand in the beta. I doubt they would blow their load and include most of them here so there is probably considerably more available for release. Maybe those extra star cards will help even out the fight on Walker Assault?
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Yeah, there's going to be a lot more cards. There's even a card in the Survival mission pre-made hand that isn't available in the MP in the beta.

Edit: Just went into the mission. 2 cards actually, barrage and ion torpedo.
 
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todahawk

Member
WadiumArcadium said:
Well I'm loving it so far. Drop Zone was a cool mode to start off with and Walker Assault is brilliant but ridiculously overwhelming. There's so much going on. The audio is incredible.
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I did one round on Tatooine, then a few on drop zone before finishing my evening with a bunch of Hoth. Really digging it so far. AT-STs were a blast.
I hope I can change the flight controls though, feels really weird controlling throttle with left stick and movement/pitch with the right.
 
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Pastry

Banned
bombshell said:
Yeah, there's going to be a lot more cards. There's even a card in the Survival mission pre-made hand that isn't available in the MP in the beta.

Edit: Just went into the mission. 2 cards actually, barrage and ion torpedo.
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Is that the anti-vehicle one that locks on? It was pretty powerful.
 
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WadiumArcadium

Member
todahawk said:
I did one round on Tatooine, then a few on drop zone before finishing my evening with a bunch of Hoth. Really digging it so far. AT-STs were a blast.
I hope I can change the flight controls though, feels really weird controlling throttle with left stick and movement/pitch with the right.
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I had a brief go in a snowspeeder. It didn't end well. I might need to change the controls - definitely the sensitivity at least.
 
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bombshell

Member
ElzarTheBam said:
Anyone collect all five diamonds on the survival mission?

Wonder what happens if you do.
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Yeah, I did yesterday. 4 are easy to find, the last took some time.

Nothing happens, it actually didn't even give me the star for finding all collectibles. Maybe because we're only playing 6/15 waves.
 
VincentMatts

VincentMatts

Member
So i played more yesterday and i have to say, even though its arcady and i would have preferred having vehicles on the ground that you just hop into, it is super fun. Dice did a great job with this.

My only gripes are:

- heroes very hard to control to the point where i don't even wanna use them
- vehicles are power-ups and not on the ground (takes away from authenticity a bit)

Otherwise, great game. Super fun, graphics are nice too (playing on ps4)
 
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WadiumArcadium

Member
VincentMatts said:
So i played more yesterday and i have to say, even though its arcady and i would have preferred having vehicles on the ground that you just hop into, it is super fun. Dice did a great job with this.

My only gripes are:

- heroes very hard to control to the point where i don't even wanna use them
- vehicles are power-ups and not on the ground (takes away from authenticity a bit)

Otherwise, great game. Super fun, graphics are nice too (playing on ps4)
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I can see why they made the vehicles power ups but yeah, it was nice to just jump into a TIE fighter and fly off in the old ones.
 
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Machina

Banned
Perhaps best Star Wars game since KOTOR but lets just wait and see how the final game pans out before we leap that gap.
 
JetBlackPanda

JetBlackPanda

Member
WadiumArcadium said:
I can see why they made the vehicles power ups but yeah, it was nice to just jump into a TIE fighter and fly off in the old ones.
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At least they show your character calling in the support so it feels like your character is calling in the vehicle. You control it then it pops back to your character.
 
VincentMatts

VincentMatts

Member
WadiumArcadium said:
I can see why they made the vehicles power ups but yeah, it was nice to just jump into a TIE fighter and fly off in the old ones.
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Yeah, the rest i can live with honestly but that, i feel like it would have benefited greatly just leaving it as it was in BF4.

Would have been so cool to run out of the rebel base on Hoth at the beginning of a match while seeing all these snow speeders (not sure on the name) fly over you. That would have been epic.
 
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Xater

Member
nib95 said:
Wow. So GAF, is this worth a buy based on what you've played? I'll test it myself naturally, but interested to hear your thoughts.
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I am really enjoying it. It's just pure fun. Considering how this beta performance it seems to even be a safe launch pick up.

I also really liked the Fighter Squadron stuff I played at Gamescom, so yea I will buy it I think.
 
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UpDownLeftRight

Banned
Anyone know what the earliest time zone to activate public beta is? Planning on using a VPN to jump in early. I've done it before with the Battlefield Beta and hit a dead end, but then EA support just took 5 minutes to work something out and bingo, I was in. Hoping for the same nice approach from them.
 
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todahawk

Member
WadiumArcadium said:
I had a brief go in a snowspeeder. It didn't end well. I might need to change the controls - definitely the sensitivity at least.
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Same here, felt like very slow and sluggish compared to the TIEs and x/a wings but I suppose it should. I died quickly trying a tow-cable run.


and for those that haven't seen it yet:
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