If you're playing Star Wars Battlefront 2 this week you'd better be prepared to grind.Īccording to data analysis on Reddit of hours played by fans, on average it will take 40 hours to earn enough credits - 60,000 - to buy a single hero in the game.Īccording to EA that's because it wants you to unlock heroes such as Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker as a sense of accomplishment, but many fans feel that they will have to spend hours grinding or buy into the shady loot box economy.Īs pointed out in our breakdown of Battlefront 2's convoluted rewards system, the most popular heroes in the game can be awarded via Star Cards, but they still need the required credits to unlock and use them.