“There is a grand total of 324 cards. Upgrading these will require a total of 155,520 crafting parts,” according to Soeren Kamper of fan site SWTOR Strategies. “This requires opening a grand total of 3,111 loot crates which will require 4,528 hours of gameplay.”

Those numbers could be underestimated, according to Kamper. The calculations don’t include how long it takes to upgrade Star Cards to their maximum level, which are unattainable through loot crates; those who want the best abilities offered by these collectibles might have to spend more time than the 4,500 hours, according to users.

The AMA marks the most recent major instance of DICE acknowledging players’ concerns about Battlefront 2’s paid content.

Frustrations continue to brew on Star Wars Battlefront 2’s subreddit, where members of EA DICE, the game’s developer, took part in a heated Ask Me Anything session today. Chief among the concerns: How long does it take to unlock all of the game’s content? But DICE’s answers, meant to assuage concerns, don’t seem to have satisfied those wary of Battlefront 2’s microtransactions.

The site where Kamper’s math lives is currently down for maintenance, although the full text is available on Pastebin. He continues with a breakdown of how much money all those loot crates could cost if they choose to spend real-life funds: $2,100, a number derived from the cost of the paid currency, crystals, used to open all of those loot crates.

Earlier this week, an EA representative posted what went on to be Reddit’s most downvoted comment ever, in which they defended the costs of unlocking new playable characters. Shortly thereafter, the company announced in a blog post that it would lower the number of credits required to earn these new heroes.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 launches this Friday, Nov. 17. We’ve reached out to EA for further details on the unlock time and cost estimations and will update with more.

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