Using the force is seemingly not enough to obtain rewards from "Star Wars Battlefront II," as numerous players are now improvising with life hacks in order to ease loot box acquisition efforts.

Despite Electronic Arts, the developers, scrapping the microtransaction payment method for the "Star Wars" game's loot boxes, the game still requires in-game Credits in order to make progress and be competitive. The simplest method for circumventing this in-game grind was revealed by Reddit user and gamer Lowberg, who discovered that using rubber bands tied to analog sticks of a controller could help.

This do-it-yourself (DIY) method will make the player character walk or run in-game, which tricks the artificial intelligence of the game into thinking that they are active players. As gamers know, the title will expel inactive and stationary players out of a multiplayer session.

The rubber bands keep the left analog stick of a controller from returning to its original static position which will stop player movement. Another rubber band tied to the right analog stick which controls the view is held in such a way that the in-game view will just keep spinning, making the player character go in circles.

Using this clever method will ensure that the players will get rewarded in a match despite their performance, though with the state they'll be leaving their characters in-game, they will be easy kills for other active players. After a game session ends, players can repeat the process again, with the rewards adding up each session, giving them Credits regardless of their team's victory or defeat.

With the popularity of this simple DIY hack, the multiplayer sessions of the game may now get flooded with the so-called "Credit Farmers" who do nothing in-game but circle in place. Also, this might draw the attention of the developers enough to rework how Credits are rewarded in-game, so the controller cheat may be short-lived.

At the moment, Electronic Arts (EA) and DICE have not yet commented on the matter or addressed the rampant cheating mechanic, but may do so soon. Players are advised though that this method will require either an Xbox controller or a PlayStation 4 (PS4) controller, with the former being compatible with the PC.