In here you'll find power-ups but also be safe from the incoming aerial assaults and high-mounted blasters on the AT-AT and AT-ST. Always use the trenches and make use of the base built in to the mountainside if you're playing as a rebel. It goes without saying you need to stay away from open ground on Hoth. Hoth is huge, stay in cover where possible Unload everything you've got and pray the X-Wing pilots are readying their grapple hooks to take it down. You'll know the time is right when you hear commands to concentrate fire on the AT-AT over your radio channel. Stay out of its way at all costs because you won't stand a chance against it. You can fire away at an AT-AT all you like but you won't do any damage until a Y-Wing bombardment has weakened it. You start with five charges for the Ion Shot, but you can find more littered around the map as pick ups.ĪT-ATs can only be harmed after a Y-Wing attack With faster vehicles use the Ion Shot Star Card, which gives your blaster a more powerful attack for a short amount of time. Use the Ion Grenade on the slower moving AT-AT - you can predict its route as movement isn't player controlled. Using a regular blaster won't do hardly any damage at all. The AT-AT, AT-ST, X-Wings and other vehicles are as tough as a Snowtrooper's boot. Instead, use the Jump Pack to boost from one trench over enemy's heads into another. Don't try and sprint over the top as you'll be a sitting duck. Crouching and moving through the trenches will get you loads of kills. On Hoth's Walker Assault, when the action moves to the trenches make sure you use them. The overhanging rocks and tight ravine is useful for taking on multiple enemies on foot. Survival on Tatooine is multi-layered, with some great high outcrops for taking on the AT-ST, although those positions may leave you exposed to Speeder Bike snipers and Jump Troopers. Use Proximity Bombs near pods to keep enemies at bay. If you get cornered in a corridor you're as good as dead.
It's handy for quick escapes should you get surrounded, and for surprise landings in the trenches on Hoth.īasically, the Jump Pack is more essential than a lot of the weapons in the beta.Īs well as being handy with the Jump Pack, you need to know where you're fighting and how to use the environment to your advantage. It also good for rushing enemies - you'll take them by surprise if you jump directly at them. It can be used to reach higher ground for better shooting spots and to boost over large distances (great when you need to claim the pod and gain extra XP in Drop Zone). The key to traversing the terrain is the Jump Pack. Be aware of the 7 second recharge though: it's not a weapon for campers.Ī lot of Star Wars Battlefront is on-foot combat, which can feel like a slog getting from one part of the map to another. Hoth is a big map but armed with the Cycler you can pick off enemies from afar. It's not a lot of use in the Drop Zone mode, but it's great in Walker Assault. It can take down most enemies with a single headshot from quite a distance.
It doesn't look like much, but the Cycler Rifle is a one shot long-range weapon that is accurate and deadly. Choose them wisely because they can make a big difference depending on which map/mode you're playing. Each has a set number of uses or works on a timer. Try it for 45-60 minutes and you should get over Rank 3 and beyond, ready to get stuck in to the bigger Walker Assault mission.Īs you rank up you'll unlock Star Cards, which basically act as your loadout. It's not the big epic Star Wars experience you're here for, but it's great for ranking up. Here we present a bunch of tips for the three different game modes Walker Assault, Drop Zone and Survival, including weapon and loadout advice, strategies for dealing with each map and some guidance on how to take down those menacing AT-ATs on Hoth.Īs Brenna says, start with the Drop Zone mode. So you've finally downloaded the Star Wars Battlefront beta and you're itching to wield a lightsaber and get behind the controls of a Snowspeeder. Star Wars Battlefront: 13 beginners tips for playing the beta