DICE representatives have been very responsive to the Star Wars: Battlefront community in the last few months and that's even more true now that the beta is live.
For instance, Lead Multiplayer Designer Dennis Brännvall concurred with a gamer that partners shouldn't be able to spawn during combat, which leads us to believe that this will be fixed before the game goes live.
@Sacriel42 agreed, no partner spawn if in combat
— The Wayfinder (@Dennis_Firewall) October 10, 2015
On the other hand, someone posted on the official subreddit of Star Wars: Battlefront about their sudden encounter with a loading screen of the Endor map, which prompted rumors about this map being added to the rotation during the last beta days. This happened with other games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, but Community Manager Sledgehammer70 extinguished that hope with the following tweets.
@FestivGreenBean No 🙁
— Lethal Camaro (Mat) (@sledgehammer70) October 10, 2015
@FestivGreenBean We will not be adding content into the Beta.
— Lethal Camaro (Mat) (@sledgehammer70) October 10, 2015
However, he did clarify that there will be more modes than just those seen in the beta menu and locked away. Apparently, that's because DICE still didn't reveal that content.
@nintendude60 We hide a few other modes as the content they represent has not been revealed.
— Lethal Camaro (Mat) (@sledgehammer70) October 10, 2015
Finally, many fans have objected to the fact that currently the player who racked the highest kill count gets the spotlight, despite both Drop Zone and Walker Assault being objective-driven modes. Level artist Daniel Cambrand agreed with this feedback and said he'll suggest to change this tomorrow.
@IronFistAA I agree that can be changed and I will suggest that on Monday. Ty for the feedback
— Daniel Cambrand (@TearGasJazz) October 10, 2015
Star Wars: Battlefront is due for release on November 17 in North America and November 20 in Europe for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. We already know that 12 maps will be available at launch, with 2 more coming shortly after that with the Battle of Jakku DLC; if the game turns out to be the success that EA & Dice hope, a lot more content will surely come forth via free and paid DLC, just like it did with Battlefield 4.
In related news, it has just been announced that the beta will last one more day, concluding on October 13th; this will be done in order to conduct further tests to improve infrastructure, with the goal of a smooth launch experience.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.
