Star Wars: Battlefront II’s soul-sapping progression gets first major tweak

Electronic Arts removed real-money transactions from Star Wars: Battlefront II, but the publisher’s sci-fi online shooter’s multiplayer progression is still a bummer. But now, as part of previously promised changes, developer DICE is updating how matches award in-game currency and how some of the loot boxes work. EA is also promising that more adjustments are still in the works.

Star Wars: Battlefront II was supposed to launch with the option to buy loot boxes with a premium currency that you could purchase with money. EA removed this after fans revolted to what they viewed as a pay-to-win model that leaned to heavily on gambling-like mechanics. The outrage grew so loud that it drew the attention of lawmakers in Belgium and a Hawaiian state legislator. That noise put fear into Lucasfilm and Disney, which called up EA hours before the company removed its real-money options owner Disney, .