EA reportedly rejected a Battlefront 3 pitch in 2021, partly due to licensing costs. Now we're hearing rumors about DICE and Respawn potentially bringing the franchise back.

So what changed? And what's the catch?

With all the layoffs, studio closures and cancelled projects across the industry, I can't imagine EA considering another Battlefront without a solid business case.

A few possibilities come to mind:

- Monetization: Paid expansions (BF 2015), free updates + cosmetics (BFII 2017), Battle Passes, or something entirely new?

- Development costs: Smaller teams, AI-assisted development, cheaper content production?

- Live-service strategy: One game supported for 5–10 years, or multiple sequels like 04/05 and 15/17.

- Licensing: A more favorable deal between EA and Lucasfilm?

As someone who's played Battlefront since 2004, this is easily my all-time favorite franchise. I'm incredibly hyped about these rumors and genuinely hope they're true.

But we've seen Battlefront III cancelled, BFII's controversial launch and live-service support ending earlier than many of us hoped.

What if the very thing that makes Battlefront 3 possible is also what we should be most worried about?

I'm not questioning whether the developers can make an incredible game. I'm wondering what business decisions are being made behind the scenes.

What do you think has changed since 2021, and what kind of long-term strategy is EA betting on?

The 3rd best class in my opinion is the assault. It’s a solid class but to me it’s just not as good as the other two I have above it. Besides that I hope your having a good day. And may the force be with you.

The fact that Battlefront II launched without heroes like Obi Wan and Anakin, or maps like Geonosis was ridiculous.

And it's because of this drip feed model that support got cut and we never got content like Coruscant or Mustafar!

When Battlefront III eventually begins development, I hope that the base game contains all the staples you'd expect when you think Star Wars game.

Focus on the original 6 movies for the base game.

Heroes and locations from those movies.

I love me some Disney Star wars here and there, but it should not take precedent over more iconic Heroes/Maps.

Create a solid base game that feels content complete and you'll naturally pull in a larger player base.

Save the expanded lore stuff for updates.

I haven't played the recent Star wars pod racing or strategy games because I don't care about the Glup Shitto characters or locations.

Algunas ideas que se me ocurrieron para el próximo Battlefront.

I've done my heroes and planets, now i'm gonna list all the reinforcement classes I hope to see in Battlefront 3! It will be semi-realistic, with a couple out there options. Let me know what you wanna see!

PREQUEL TRILOGY ERA

ARC-Trooper - Droideka
Clone Commando - Commando Droid
Jedi Temple Guard - Magnaguard
Senate Guard - B2 Super Battledroid
Jump Trooper - B2 Rocket Droid

ORIGINAL TRILOGY ERA

Rebel Honor Guard - Imperial Royal Guard
Bothin Spy - Death Trooper
Jedi Knight - Inquisitor
Mon Cala Commander - Purge Trooper
Rebel Commando (Rebel Friend) - ISB Agent

SEQUEL TRILOGY ERA

Ovissian Gunner - Sith Trooper
Caphex Spy - First Order Flametrooper
Quarren Commander - Pratorean Guard
Sullistan Commando - Knight of Ren
Twi-Lek Spy - Dark Trooper

MAP SPECIFIC REINFORCEMENTS

These reinforcements would be specific to one map, which in large scale game-modes would be for either the light or the dark side (i'll clarify), as well as being the main troop unit for my map specific hunt mode (which i'll detail in another post). If I don't specify a side, it is because they are only in their designated hunt mode.

Gungan Warrior - Naboo - Light Side - Gungan Hunt
Jawa - Tatooine - Light Side
Tusken Raider - Tatooine - Dark Side
Rancor - Tatooine - Rancor Hunt
Geonosian - Geonosis - Dark Side - Geonosian Hunt
Wookie - Kashyyyk - Light Side - Wookie Hunt
Wampa - Hoth - Wampa Hunt
Ewok - Endor - Light Side - Ewok Hunt
Acklay - Felucia - Acklay Hunt

Here are some other random reinforcement ideas:

Mandalorian - Death Watch Mandalorian
Clone Paratrooper - Nightsister
Umbaran

With the news of BF3 (still not 100% convinced it will happen) I made a roster concept anyways consisting of 34 characters. Each hero having a counterpart villain for a “rival”. What other characters should be in BF3 if it ever happens?

I’ve been seeing a lot of criticism about EA and how people think they’re going to screw up BF3 like they did 1&2. They are also pushing a lot of AI usage and are without question one of the most hated companies in the industry. These are completely fair and valid criticisms.

That said, who else would you rather have make this game?!!? There are no other companies remotely capable of creating a BF3 in a way that would satisfy fans outside of Activision, Ubisoft, Bungie, Embark, and Bulkhead. Embark and Bulkhead have their hands full and lack the manpower required to pull off BF3. Activision and Ubisoft are no better than EA and honestly might be even MORE greedy. And Bungie lacks the manpower, is on the brink of collapse, and is greedy as hell in addition to having never worked on such a large scale shooter.

There are no good options! The only reason EA is the best choice is because they already have the assets and scans from the last two games which will hopefully speed production up a bit. So instead of just saying boooo EA I hate EA, I wish they chose another developer. Just know it could be worse and there are NO better options. Imagine if Microsoft/activision got the rights… that game would spend 10 years in production hell and then get canceled before ever launching.

I've been seeing a lot of discussions about what heroes people want to see added to the potential BF3, but honestly, I've always had the most fun playing as the special units. I've wanted Bothan spies as a Rebel Infiltrator pretty much ever since the class was introduced and was pretty disappointed when the Ewoks ended up taking that spot instead.

What special units would you guys like to see added?

I wanted to share this dialogue if enough people were interested.

I feel like the hero system in battlefront 3 needs a big overhaul. I think heroes should be much harder to get in the next game. In 2 I think it’s far too easy and the ease of getting them makes every game feel like a race to get 4k, die, pick hero(or afk till available). I think the less common heroes are, the more you dedicate to enjoying the soldier and objective aspect of the game.

I also think one of the big complaints in 2 was that non force heroes in popular modes like heroes vs villains were incredibly hard to balance. They were quite weak while also being incredibly annoying. You could never make either player side (lightsaber or non lightsaber) happy. I think a good alternative would be to have specific tiers of heroes that dictate the overall power level(health, damage, dodges, ability strength). Heroes vs villains could be broken up into queues for tiers of heroes or maybe just splitting low tiers and high tiers. I think that could also add more variety to the regular trooper modes. Lower tier heroes are cheaper so you can buy them earlier but you don’t last as long, and higher tier ones showing up later in games and providing more of a final boss feeling

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Recentemente vi que o jogo Star Wars Battlefront II tinha voltado no hype de multiplayer, fiquei animado porque sempre joguei muito o I e II, mas com o tempo parei porque achava o multiplayer muito vazio (jogando na nuvem até que ficava ok), baixei pra jogar e demorou 10 minutos pra começar uma partida e só tinha 2 pessoas, o que será que fiz de errado? Existe algum jeito de ter multiplayer cheio? Ou era mentira o hype?

I really hope they get BF3 right.

Like no star cards or loot boxes.

No sequel trilogy crap.

I implement a custom commando avatar in place of classes because I think the player should be playing as rank and file soldiers.

The player should be some sort of special forces commando and regular soldiers like Stormtroopers should be NPCs that you can command. That way you can play how you want to play but still have options for quick switch loadouts.

I'd bring in the old Republic as a playable Era, the white armor Republic soldiers vs the dark armored sith troopers.

Have a third independent faction with Mandalorians who can fight any other faction, even themselves. Mandalorians wouldn't have rank and file soldiers.

Certain factions shouldn't have tanks, like the rebel alliance and the Mandalorians. In the pandemic BF2 the rebels had this weird heavy speeder with these big boxy rocket pods, logically I don't think rebels would use tanks as they are pretty much a civilian army and would rely more on cultivating air power and more mobile weapons like personal anti tank launchers.

If they did bring in the old Republic as a playable Era, I don't want this to canonise any of the story elements in the mmo old Republic game but I would be cool to see what vehicles, weapons and Heroes they bring from that Era.

Exar Kun, Bastilla Shan, Revan, Darth Malek, Odan-Urr, Freedon Mass! So many good heroes characters from that time period.

AND most of all a galactic conquest mode that can be played solo or with friends. Get put in charge of a battlegroup that you can increase with more Victories you win, create other battle groups to cover more territory. You have limited number of soldiers and starfighters that you need to be aware of that you have to purchase with victory points to replenish.

Or you can still play the basic galactic Conquest mode like how it was I'm Pandemics BF2 if you just want a more casual play.

Even participate in a live galactic conquest that all players can participate in that has a seasonal run, battlegroups become like clans, form up your fleets together and take territory against opposing players but only if an opposing battlegroup in present.

14 was chosen to match with BF2 2017's count.

Most I picked are what you expect outside of three.

• Coruscant Underworld: I think this would be such a sick urban map that provides a unique perspective to the planet with neon lights contrasting a much more depressing atmosphere and a relatively claustrophobic layout similar to Siege of Cairo in Battlefield 6.
• Siege of Mandalore: This just feels like the right kind of large scale Star Wars Battle that these games were made for and I'm biased with my love for TCW.
• Exegol Starship: I think Exegol Starship it's such an out-there kind of map where we're all infantry fighting on the outside of a starship while the backdrop is this massive battle that really makes us feel like one soldier in the greater Star Wars battle.

How about y'all?

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I imagine it as a way to live through some of Star Wars best large scale battles like imagine playing though the battle of umbara or the siege of mandalore

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Recently when trying to play offline on my Steam Deck, I keep getting stuck on this even though I’ve been able to play offline with no issues up until the last few days. Anyone know a way to fix this and get back offline play?