I am for the first time since november anxious to play battlefront.

Hmm initial view on a tiny sample of 4 games....

no difference.

Got about the same 3.5k score and third ranking flying an awing, won about 200 to 130

Playing imperials oddly there were hardly any awings in the rebel force, we still lost about 130 to 200

Shied sillyness seems to totally have been fixed though the a wing shield takes a good while to charge up

REVISED

A wings are tons easier to hit, three in a row on my next game as imperials, we still lost but not as badly as normal

I miss Sniping A wings.

Speaking of which - how are the pulse rifle and Tusken now?

YES! http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-star-wars-battlefront-update-out-today-heres-w/1100-6435007/

" You should also get into matches faster with the new Battlefront update, as the pre-round timer has been lowered from 30 seconds to 20 seconds. "

That's not enough time to get another beer!

If it takes you twenty seconds to get a beer, you're either too far or slow as ****.

So I played ice caves survival yesterday. Collectibles easy to find, love the crashed star destroyer in the background. Found it odd using the A280 to kill TIE Fighters, can you actually do that in the game now??? Thought the cutscenes for victory/opening were super meh.

I wanted to do some of the new twilight maps but just wasn't in the mindset for multiplayer, and also only had little time.

I played a little bit last night. Man, I used to rock Blast, but lately I'm solidly in the middle of the pack. I guess people are getting better, or I'm getting worse! I've got some missions that are taking forever to burn through, including head shots with blaster rifles. I would think that's not too hard, but I'm just not getting it lately. Oh, and 25 melee kills is taking forever. I should probably go with the shield upgrade and really try for them, instead of just going for it when I see it.

Only played Squadron for a bit, but did notice a distinct smaller number of A-wings.

Times were improved? Man, I love that.

As for the beer....yeah, I'm far from my fridge. Game room is upstairs and fridge is downstairs. I usually grab two when I go.

I played quite a bit of Fighter Squadrons last night, and I was terrible! Either they messed with the sensitivity and I'm not use to it, or all the great players who refused to play until the A-wing was fixed are back. But man, targeting with the X-wing seemed harder than targeting with the A-wing. It's like the lasers didn't track as well. Weird.

Maybe it's me getting rusty, but it almost seems as if TIE Interceptor accuracy has been decreased....

But A-Wings were definitely easier to hit.

Was rocking the X-Wing more now. It seemed everyone who jumped into an A-Wing when I was Imperials got splashed quickly.

I meant to get some time in, but the wife is actually learning to play videogames so Dawn of War 2 was played a lot. (She cosplays an inquisitor, based on Andrastia-kind of so...)

Yay! I figured it out! All this time I didn't realize the faster or further you move your mouse, the tighter you turn! Now I'm much better at juking and and tracking opposing fighters. I'm also finally getting the hang of using the little yellow arrow on the targeting reticle to lead a moving target. I have a feeling I still have much to learn.

I made 50 this weekend. I did alright most games. Finally got my 25 headshots with blaster rifle. That took longer to get than I would've thought. I also need one more blasted melee kill. I hate doing melee attacks and forget half the time.

I've also got a mission for using detonators. I'm not sure what it is and what I get the points for. Sometimes I use and get kills with the one that goes off when an enemy gets near it (forget the name) and sometimes I use the Thermal Detonators, but I don't seem to get the points every time I use them? Maybe I have to get a kill with them? I need to pay better attention, but I'm at 18/25 and it takes forever. I should probably go as Bounty Hunter to up my upgrades.

I did play some Squadron and found it easier to kill A-wings, which was good. I did find that Rebels won most of the time in Squadron, which is something that didn't always happen before.

This is the first Battlefront besides the second PSP one where the Rebels have they key advantages.

Although nothing beats infinite missile TIE bombers from Rebel Strike.

Yeah I'll have to give it another go now a-wing is less OP.

It's a pleasant surprise to see EA actually doing something post launch to improve a game.

Yeah I'll have to give it another go now a-wing is less OP.

It's a pleasant surprise to see EA actually doing something post launch to improve a game.

I'm gonna try out cynical you here Hobo.

Of course they are post launch supporting it, Star Wars is a major cash cow for them, plus they are still hoping to hawk season passes!

I haven't played this game since before the big update as we just had a baby recently. Hoping to try soon.

Congrats man!

Yeah I'll have to give it another go now a-wing is less OP.

It's a pleasant surprise to see EA actually doing something post launch to improve a game.

I've played all the EA Battlefront games and they always were keen to balance the game. I know the last BF had some issues the first month it came out, but they were quickly fixed and the game only got better. I've never had an issue with EA not balancing their games.

Yeah I'll have to give it another go now a-wing is less OP.

It's a pleasant surprise to see EA actually doing something post launch to improve a game.

I'm gonna try out cynical you here Hobo.

Of course they are post launch supporting it, Star Wars is a major cash cow for them, plus they are still hoping to hawk season passes!

Well I don't think anyone would complain if they want to take our money by providing a great service...

Actually EA has started this year pretty well with publishing Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare launching as a full game . Without microtransactions! When the first part was absolutely full of such nonsense! A sequel that actually improves on the predecessor significantly. Kind of sad that this is what is aplaudable when it comes to AAA games nowadays.

They released more details on the expansions.

"New playable hero characters will have you shooting first with Greedo"

http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/battlefront/outer-rim?sf44861643=1

#EAsaysGreedoShotFirst

Sweet! When is it expected out?

That new game mode sounds suspiciously like payload. I like it, but I am not sure if I will put down money on this as I haven't played in a long while.

My problem is playing too much. I turn it on to play for an hour and three hours later I wonder where the time went.

That new game mode sounds suspiciously like payload. I like it, but I am not sure if I will put down money on this as I haven't played in a long while.

I got the Season Pass for a Xmas gift.

If you plan on buying most, just go with the Season Pass as it is cheaper than getting all alone.

The new maps also tend to be better done and look amazing, as well.