Star Wars Battlefront: 5 Amazing Facts From EA’s E3 Press Conference: Page 3 of 5

Battlefront 3 is coming!
At long last!


3. Heroes, weapons and vehicles are deployed based upon a power up system

Rocket Launcher
Who leaves a fully loaded rocket launcher in the middle of a battlefield?

As Craig McLeod has also said:
 

@1f01ba6667db4cc Heroes are unlocked by finding Power ups that are scattered randomly across maps in select game modes.

— EAStarWars (@EAStarWars) June 16, 2015

@System9509 We have different types of pickups around the maps that include Heroes and Villains, vehicles, weapons and gadgets.

— EAStarWars (@EAStarWars) June 15, 2015

Previous Battlefront games had the best player of each team upgraded to hero units. Players could then accept or reject their promotion into a lightsaber wielding demigod. If they chose to reject it, then the second best player on the team would have the option of accepting this promotion. In regards to weapons and vehicles, players used weapons that were practically glued to their classes, and empty vehicles were strewn about the map for players to hop in and pilot.

Previous Battlefront games had the best player of each team upgraded to hero units. Players could then accept or reject their promotion into a lightsaber wielding demigod. If they chose to reject it, then the second best player on the team would have the option of accepting this promotion. In regards to weapons and vehicles, players used weapons that were practically glued to their classes, and empty vehicles were strewn about the map for players to hop in and pilot.

Having these three systems tied to pick-ups on the battlefield cuts down on how over-specialized some of the classes used to be. However, this creates the question of whether the spawn points for these power-ups will be randomized or fixed. If it’s randomized then players will need to have a way of knowing where each power up is and be allowed to plan accordingly. On the other hand, if power-ups were always in fixed locations, then we could see the rise of firefights breaking out over key upgrades that will immediately swing a battle into the winner’s side while the loser is trapped in an eternal uphill struggle.

More information will hopefully be released soon to help clear up how this predicament will be handled. However, one thing that can help alleviate this is being able to play online with your friends.

You can do that in this game right?



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