There Are No Squads Or Player Classes In Star Wars Battlefront Reveal DICE

Contrary to previous Star Wars Battlefront titles, and DICE’s own Battlefield series, the upcoming third title in the Star Wars Battlefront series will not feature player classes or squads.

Squads have become a mainstay of Battlefield, allowing small groups of players to form sub-teams for performance-related perks and targeted objectives. This has been scrapped in favour of a buddy system; two players can team up together, with a spawn point available on their partner. As part of the buddy system the two players will actually share unlocks and XP gain. Any weapon the first player has unlocked will be available to the second, and vice versa.

Classes have also been done away with entirely, instead Star Wars Battlefront offers full player loadout customisation, in a similar to the Call of Duty series. Weapons and gadgets will be unlockable via experience points, with a full progression and unlock system.

"We allow you to create your own loadout," said Craig Mcleod, Star Wars Battlefront producer. Players can their tailor their equipment to their playing style, whether that’s running and gunning, long-distance sniping, or defending your teammates.

Whatever your thoughts on this, it certainly appears as if we aren’t just getting a reskinned Battlefield game. We already know third-person camera will be the standard, and there will be no opportunities to aim down sights of weapons.

What do you make of the direction DICE is heading with Star Wars Battlefront? Are you a fan of dropping squads and classes? Let us know!