I'd actually estimate it at about 10 hours, since they - #166639133 added by twishine at MRW it takes 40 hours to get one hero

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(11/13/2017)[-]

They reduced the time it takes to grind a new hero because of the massive backlash and now EA is being praised on twitter

#63 to #3 - anon id: d1229c60

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(11/14/2017)[-]

They also reduced the amount of credits you get lol

www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2...

#46 to #3 - captinchikin

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(11/14/2017)[-]

It's a step in the right direction to save a game with amazing gameplay (played the Alpha, Beta, and Trial, it's great) from it's ****** lootbox progression system. I really hope they keep taking these steps because I like Star Wars and I like games, which means while I love this action they took, we shouldn't all be like "alright EA you fixed it all up I guess you're the best now"

#47 to #46 - dutchfag

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(11/14/2017)[-]

They might take more steps after milking the whales so they can start to milk the rest of the players as well, seems like the most typical move for EA

#48 to #47 - captinchikin

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Yeah. I just wish the progression system were done by DICE themselves without EA saying "hey make us some extra money with this one" because all of the DICE devs really seem like they poured their soul into this one just to have a fantastic game **** on by their boss.

#49 to #48 - dutchfag

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(11/14/2017)[-]

DICE is owned by EA, so that'd never happen sadly

#38 to #3 - anon id: da10c1bd

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(11/14/2017)[-]

They don't deserve the praise and consumers need to actually shape up into what the big minds behind capitalism wanted consumers to be like.

#33 to #3 - thebaseballexpert

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(11/14/2017)[-]

everything i see on twitter is negative. what are you talking about? people are still made you have to grind at all, and they're mad they made the decision to lower it only after backlash, AND they're mad they had the grinding concept at all.

#44 to #33 - dutchfag

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(11/14/2017)[-]

I was on Twitter a couple hours ago and i saw tweets praising EA for listening to their costumers

#6 to #3 - Sterski#52 on commentsRank#52

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(11/13/2017)[-]

Now it's only 39 hours!

#21 to #6 - twishine

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(11/13/2017)[-]

I'd actually estimate it at about 10 hours, since they reduced the costs by 75%

That doesn't change the fact it's still p2w in nature, and by all accounts Darth Vader and Luke shouldn't have to be unlocked in the first place

EA needs to make a wealth of changes before they "get it right"

#109 to #21 - anon id: 9b4c441b

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(11/14/2017)[-]

**anonymous used "*roll picture*"**
**anonymous rolled image**Even that is unforgivable. 90% of people who buy this game wont be playing this game longer than 100 hours and even then you havent unlocked all the heroes yet, not to mention all other card/vehicle upgrades.

#101 to #21 - diemaske

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(11/14/2017)[-]

In most games there is unlockable content.
It was like that in all Battlefield titles from Battlefield 3 onwards, and nobody complained.
40 hours is too much, especially when you can alternatively just pay for it, but everybody crying about not being able to just play luke or vader right after installing the game needs a reality check.

#104 to #101 - guillem

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Agreed.

#96 to #21 - banditowolf

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(11/14/2017)[-]

they also forgot to mention they also reduced the amount of credits you earn by 75% too

#74 to #21 - nathanbiggs

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(11/14/2017)[-]

:^)

#76 to #74 - twishine

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(11/14/2017)[-]

I've heard about that, EA's reasoning was that the 20k credits was "intended to for the player to use to unlock Iden one of the new heroes created for the game "

Which begs the question why Iden wasn't unlockable for beating the story to begin with

#59 to #21 - timoyr

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(11/14/2017)[-]

I think they should've done something like with Brainiac in Injustice. Completing the story unlocks a hero.

#72 to #59 - anon id: 1bfb3fa6

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Finishing the campaign gives you 5k credits, which is enough to unlock one of the low tier characters... I forget what his name is.

Thing is... it used to be 20k credits. So at least one reward got reduced by 75% as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see this happen on a wider scale.

#65 to #59 - twishine

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(11/14/2017)[-]

I wish we'd get back more unlockables like that dude

#20 to #6 - sketchE

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(11/13/2017)[-]

75 percent drop from what it was before

#24 to #20 - mooghens

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(11/13/2017)[-]

still doesnt change the fact that they originally went with a 40 hour grind and thought it was a good idea. And even 10 i would say is pushing it.

#103 to #24 - greendroid

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(11/14/2017)[-]

Since release I've played the game for around 7-8 hours, alot of that time was spent playing campaign mode and I've already gotten Darth Vader. Not nearly as bad as it sounds anymore.

#25 to #24 - sketchE

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(11/13/2017)[-]

to unlock the best character in the game? and the game isnt even out yet. the people that are complaining are those with EA access and bought the deluxe edition to get bonus content. thats right the people who are giving you this information are giving EA the most moneyand complaining they didnt get the best characters the moment the game turned on

#51 to #25 - throwawaynumbers

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(11/14/2017)[-]

40 hours wasnt the main problem though, nor does reducing it to 10 fix that. The problem is that its still behind a paywall and all of this is a ****** grab for money.

#66 to #51 - sketchE

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(11/14/2017)[-]

an in game paywall you dont have to pay real money to get it

#29 to #25 - iwillrulenorway#193 on commentsRank#193

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(11/13/2017)[-]

To unlock any hero, you still have to spend close to a hundred hours to get them all.

#30 to #29 - sketchE

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(11/13/2017)[-]

the 40 hour mark was specificly for darth vader and luke. the best characters in the game

#31 to #30 - anon id: 3f471e3b

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(11/13/2017)[-]

Why do I have to unlock characters in a ******* premium game?

#32 to #31 - sketchE

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(11/14/2017)[-]

did you hate having to unlock mewtwo and marth in melee? now your just being childish and the kind of person that probably uses real money to not have to actually play the game

#120 to #32 - anon id: df04f225

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(11/14/2017)[-]

>play for roughing 20 mins for a rando encounter to unlock the character
This is exactly like grinding hours for a base character of the franchise

#126 to #120 - sketchE

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(11/14/2017)[-]

vader isnt a base character. hes the best character in the game