Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Progression System Overhaul Revealed

DICE and EA have revealed the sweeping changes being made to Star Wars: Battlefront 2's controversial progression system in a new update, coming on Wednesday, March 21.

EA is hoping to put to rest "pay-to-win" concerns by making progression linear. Classes, heroes, and ships you use in multiplayer now individually earn experience points. Experience points help you level up, and each level awards a Skill Point, which can be spent on gameplay-changing Star Cards.

Star Cards and other gameplay-changing unlocks will not be purchaseable with either Credits (currency earned through gameplay) or the returning Crystals (paid currency). Star Cards will also no longer be found in Crates.

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