Star Wars Battlefront II has been receiving huge fan uproar, for good reason. The progression system encourages too much grinding as well as encouraging micro-transactions. And it uses loot boxes to boot.
EA has now turned off micro-transactions within the game at the moment while they figure out how to make the progression work better and fairer. The ability to buy crystals will be coming back later.
We are not sure if this is just a temporary fix or a genuine change of plans. It’s easy to see them disabling it and wait out until all the rage dies down and enabling them back without drastic changes, but we will have to wait and see.
At least for now, no one can pay to win. But everyone has to put in time grinding to get Darth Vader or the many other heroes and villains.