Overall, the balance would have had to be there, to ensure all the players felt they had a good time, or at least as much of a good time as DICE could make for them. The interesting thing that happened is that it was imbalanced and then people were like ‘it should be – it’s about the Walkers assaulting Hoth!’ That thematic story stuff you don’t expect, but it is such an evocative franchise. When you’re running betas, the feedback you’re looking for is that balance stuff. Still, Keen and the rest of the team at DICE did not overlook how some players actually took to the imbalance: It’s not one specific area, it’s across the board. There have been general balancing tweaks like the damage levels from various weapons, different ion bursts and what they do to the walkers. We’ve got weak points on them now, so it’s not a question of turning them into a bullet sponge. It was fun to see people taking it that way!Īnd so, Keen outlined the changes that DICE has made to make that balance 50/50: It’s interesting, people’s receptiveness that it would be unbalanced. It actually isn’t supposed to be unbalanced! It should be 50/50 in terms of success ratio, that’s what we’re gunning for. Yes, winning Walker Assault was not impossible for the Rebel side, but the odds really were stacked against them too much.

Was Star Wars Battlefront’s Walker Assault unbalanced? Are you still asking this question? DICE has closed the discussion, by confirming what went wrong.

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