Probably and hopefully not. I think they can see what other developers are doing with micro-transactions on making your weapons (or what ever else) look unique. They have the stats of all these games showing paid DLC maps splits the player base and they lose good-will because all servers just run vanilla maps.
You might have seen it last week when they released one of the map packs for free then suddenly they have the entire player base actually gaming on those maps (BF4). I have faith they are going to try and not fragment the community this time.
Nothing was announced yet, but most likely, the game will feature ‘Premium’ just like the recent Battlefield titles. Everything will be confirmed soon!
I really like the idea that everybody should be getting the maps, regardless of a season pass or premium edition so as to avoid fracturing the player base. I didn’t have all the DLCs so when the server switched to a map I didn’t have, I would get kicked off (which sucks) and lose contact with my squad (which sucks). They can still monetize on customization tho. Like specific uniforms and variants (the uniforms changed over time), branch patches, badges, elements of camo, hell, even epic facial hairstyles lol.
Oh sorry i thought i also read something about weapons and uniforms. i have a hangover and i read it wrong! uniform and patches will not have that big selling thing…
If this forum is any indication, take a look at all the threads hoping this or that nation to be included. That alone should be an indication of interest. Heck, why do you think DICE has the national flag tags? People want to ‘represent’.
Whilst I usually get premium I may hang fire this time around as there’s supposed be a new Battlefield in 2017 so might get some info on that 1St! That said an extra 15maps maps n weapons n what not ain’t bad for 40quid! I guess the deciding factor will be if I can see me playing this game more than a couple of months, glad I never got premium for battlefront!
Unfortunately yes, I loved the whole star wars world, yet not a star wars fan! There was too many nooby things in that game n the lack of content was disgraceful, I just hope bf1 doesn’t dissapoint. The gunplay was really good in battlefront though well in 3Rd person, wasn’t a fan of fps!
As far as I’m concerned, if I’m paying 80$ USD (it’s really 100$ in Canada) for a game, I’m pretty freaking sure I paid the season pass (or rather Premium Edition) AND extra trimmings. Game developpers and their shareholders are getting extremely greedy, and talking about milking even more out of people?