Alright, I'm starting to get hyped now. *shakes fist at EA*

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017- … -dark-side

"Four Trooper classes have been introduced for Battlefront 2, each with its own customisation and progression systems, plus a number of cosmetic character types the Rebel Fighter, Imperial Officer, Stormtrooper and Federation Droid. The classes are based on relatively conventional differentiating factors, like range or firepower."

Sounds good to me. If there are classes, then there is no real need for pickup items everywhere it would seem! If there are classes, that means each class should have specialized gadgets. Good. This doesn't confirm repairs, heals, or resupplies, but it certainly would make sense.

"While EA remained tight lipped about the specifics, the way you acquire heroes and vehicles will no longer rely on randomly spawning pickups. Instead, the ability to change into a hero or board a vehicle will revolve around some kind of resource-based system."

This also sounds much better---though details are slim. Please give us crewed vehicles (where vehicle design allows) and the ability to enter/exit them at will! The latter part being likely if they are giving us rideable animals like Taun Tauns (which they were sure to show a Rebel firing his pistol while riding---They will no doubt play a lot like the horses from Battlefield 1). You have to be able to jump off them when the need arises.

"Like the Trooper classes and hero characters, vehicles can also be customised with new abilities, gadgets and modifications available to unlock through the aforementioned resource system."

This part sounds a little strange and I wonder if Eurogamer got this right.

Confirmed locations:
-Hoth (at dawn or dusk---I hope they include a version that has the classic time of day)
-Theed
-Yavin
-Mos Eisley (most likely SP, but why not use those assets for a MP map too?)
-Kamino (probably featuring ObiWan and Jango Fett given that both their ships appear)
-Starkiller Base
-Vardos (SP for sure, MP?)
-Takodana
-Endor
-One scene with Luke Skywalker shows a strange looking planet with glassy hardened lava flows. Maybe Sullust but I don't think so. This is clearly taken from the SP campaign but perhaps there will be a MP map as well.
-Jakku
-Space maps (an imperial shipyard appears to be one, we can expect some from the clone war era as well)

So, overall, lots of content, some good changes made, rumors that there may not be a season pass at all, what looks to be a decent little single player element, and each era represented... Here's hoping it plays well and they just might get my ~$90 Canadian dollars (ouch) on Nov 17. I imagine they will have an open beta a month or more before release.

More:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0jyK6QnvH8

You cant land or take off in vehicles. They "didn't see the point." Really? What about for Republic gunships?

Apparently you will spawn in to a vehicle and remain in it until you die. So no entering/exiting vehicles at will from the sounds of it, just as expected.

Also it is confirmed the 1 2 3 button ability system is still in the game. I found that intensely awkward to use. I had to let go of one or more WASD keys in order to throw a grenade for example. I would prefer pressing the number to select an ability, then using mouse 1 or whatever to use it. Not a huge deal though.

ADS and hip fire will be different so that should serve to slow the gunfights down a little bit which sounds good. The shooting is still meant to be "accessible" and "easy to learn" but "more difficult to master." You know, for all of the dumbing down they did so children could play the first one, there sure are a lot of rolling, shielded, one-shotting players around. Speaking of rolling, that is back too.

No partner system or squad system...what in the world? They have something "new" instead.

So far this is reminding me of how it happened with the last game. First they wowed me with some initial details that sound great, then as the days/weeks/months roll by more and more awful game design choices come to light.

So far the pros are:
-A single player story campaign
-All 3 eras represented
-No more pickups
-Class system
-Lots of maps
-Space Battles
-More land vehicles (apparently)
-No double price season pass (but what are they replacing it with?)

The cons:
-No squads
-No entering/exiting vehicles (aside from maybe a few cases here and there)
-Rolling (when I think of Star Wars I definitely think of Han, Luke, and Leia rolling all over the place)
-If there are crewed vehicles it will be really limited. I expect things like the gunships to behave like the U-Wings from the Scarif DLC or the AC130 gunship from BF4...basically a pre-programmed flight path and turrets you can spawn into)
-No landing or taking off (this means no space boarding in the space maps)

Trying not to be too pessimistic though, negative guy that I tend to be. I'll give the beta a shot.