Star Wars Battlefront II Hero Unlock Costs Slashed After Fan Outrage

EA and DICE have said all along that they’re listening and open to feedback on Star Wars Battlefront II, and tonight we have the ultimate proof of that, on the eve of the game’s Early Access release. In a blog post detailing what and why – spoiler: it was the hundreds of thousands of angry people on Reddit – they’ve announced a dramatic reduction in the cost of unlocking heroes in the game so that you can pick them in battle.

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker will now cost 15,000 credits each, while Leia, Chewie and the Emperor are 10,000 credits each, and Battlefront II’s homegrown hero Iden Versio is 5,000 credits. All the other heroes are unlocked from the very beginning, which has not changed.