STAR WARS Battlefront II

UPDATE 5/29/18 this achievement is now officially fixed. It is being reported that it will pop when you enter a match. HOWEVER.....even if you hit 50 after this patch, it still may not pop immediately. You will have to go into a new server/lobby for it to register. Thanks to UnlikeKaiju for the tip.




You will need a total of 7,000,000 XP to reach 50. Heroes Vs Villains is currently the "fastest" (in the loosest sense of the word) way to earn XP, as depending on how good you are, you could get anywhere between 10,000-25000 per match. Any way you slice it, this will be a grind.

Best characters to use for points (imo) are Chewy, Rey, Vader, and Bossk. Chewy in particular can get you a ton of points each match.

UPDATE: As of the 2/19/18 1.2 patch, Chewie has been nerfed pretty hard, but he's still good for points in HvV. Just don't expect the Shock/Echo Roar combo to be nearly as devastating as it used to be. Also, Yoda has gotten a major buff to his lightsaber damage and his Unleash ability. He's a great choice for HvV now, as well. I'm going to recommend Phasma too, as her Staff Strike just got a fantastic upgrade and if you combo that with your Shock Sentry, you can end up really tearing shit up.

Yoda:
- Enduring Presence
- Master Of The Force
- Opposing The Dark Side

Chewy:
Bonus Health
Echoing Roar
Shocked And Vulnerable

Rey:
Strong Mind
Opportunist
Deep Mind

Vader:
Furious Resilience
Last Gasp
Bonus Health

Bossk:
Spreading The Disease
Trap Arming Speed
Multi Traps

Phasma:
- Not Hard Enough
- Finish Them Off
- The More The Better

By now pretty much everybody knows that co-op is the easiest and fastest way to level up quickly.
This is just a strategy to get as much XP as possible and a quick time calculation to let you know how long you'll be grinding to rank 50.
When you reach level 50, the achievement pops when you join a new/different server.

Tips that got me to a max of 63,000XP/round (188,000XP/15min on triple XP day):
- Only play the First Order co-op missions because you will be able to use Phasma. As of the current update, she is an absolute beast!
- Try to get your 4000 battle points as quickly as you can and then choose "respawn" from the start menu and select her so that no one gets the chance to use her before you.
- Upgrade her Blaster Inspection and Easy Shot boost cards. This will allow you to almost continuously use your rifle without ever cooling it down.
- Make good use of your Survivor feature and use Not Hard Enough. This will get you out of difficult situations and gives you virtually unlimited health.
- Stay out of the thick of it. Snipe enemies from a medium distance.
- Avoid enemy heroes. They take too long to kill because Phasma causes very little damage against them. Focus on the other enemies. This way you'll rack up your XP really quickly and don't get light-sabered by Rey. (So annoying)
- With this strategy I get around 120 to 150 kills every round.



Time Required:
- You'll need around 7,000,000XP to get to rank 50.
- The first 25 ranks are only around 10% of your way to rank 50.
- Starting at level 25, every rank will require you to get exactly 245,400XP
- Once you get good at co-op and have leveled up your units, you should be able to at least get 40,000XP every round (I reliably get between 45,000 and 60,000XP per round). [but you can insert any XP average you like to calculate your time to grind. For this example, I will use an average of 45,000XP]
- One round takes around 15min, if you are attacking and win, or if you're defending and let the attackers reach the last point.
- Therefore, you should get the following XP:
- Single XP days: 180,000XP/h and it will take you 39h to reach rank 50.
- Double XP days (Weekends): 360,000XP/h and it will take you 19h
- Triple XP days (Wednesdays): 540,000XP/h and it will take you 13h.

One more tip to see how much XP you already have:
- There is no good way in-game that I can find to tell how much XP you've earned. But there's a great way on TA...
- Go to the SW:BF2 TA game page and click on "compare [with friend]" and the total XP will be listed in the top section of the table.
- One little caveat: It seems the TA site does not count double or triple XP. It will only record the base XP you get in the game.

So I followed Dr Marty's suggestion of using Phasma, and while she is definitely good, I found that everyone wanted to pick her and it made it a little frustrating, so I experimented with other selections.

The best one I found was Galactic Empire. Iden Versio is brutally underrated. Spray at groups of enemies then fire her alternate explosive bolt to finish them off. It's also insanely useful against those heavies that use the portable shield, fire the explosive at their feet.
You can also fire the explosive at the ground to kill enemies taking cover.

Something else I think is important; When defending, let enemies capture all points as fast as possible and hold out at the last flag . A few minutes is added every time an objective is captured, and seeing as the last capture point has only 1 flag, enemies bottle neck to your position, making it very easy to get a ton of kills fast. I managed to reach 98,000 with 300 kills.
That was on the map Tatooine: Jabba's Palace.

For that last flag on that map specifically, you can stand in the cap point by the tunnel entrance as you kill enemies, you'll gain "playing the objective" points and "Objective Kill" bonuses.