Bioware's Anthem

labbby · 6 Mar 2019 at 22:03

Glad they have acknowledged this but they need to patch this out ASAP.

Like many others on reddit it now feels pointless grinding for the better gear when there are players running around GM3 strongholds with their level 1 weapons and abilities equipped

Glanza · 7 Mar 2019 at 12:00

Tuesday is going to make or break people sticking with Anthem especially with Div 2 out for some.

I haven't touched it since the weekend as drops are none existent and quick play is still bugged so I can't progress that challenge.

Emlyn_Dewar · 7 Mar 2019 at 14:19

This game is giving FO76 a run for it's money,l for shambolic launches.

Cully · 7 Mar 2019 at 14:23

Glanza said:
Tuesday is going to make or break people sticking with Anthem especially with Div 2 out for some.

I haven't touched it since the weekend as drops are none existent and quick play is still bugged so I can't progress that challenge.

Plenty of drops for me the last few days,2 legendaries and countless masterworks the last two days 2 hours played each day.
I enjoy the endgame loot grind despite the issues,gameplay and combat are great fun but i wont be keeping my origin access sub, just got it to try anthem out.

AStaley · 7 Mar 2019 at 14:26

Cully said:
Plenty of drops for me the last few days,2 legendaries and countless masterworks the last two days 2 hours played each day.
I enjoy the endgame loot grind despite the issues,gameplay and combat are great fun but i wont be keeping my origin access sub, just got it to try anthem out.

What activities are you running? Still need to lvl up, currently 23 but looking for better guns/abilities.

Cully · 7 Mar 2019 at 14:30

GM2 freeplay , join the /r/AnthemTheGame discord, LFG EU section to find groups quickly.
No loading screens just plenty of world events , great fun.

Glanza · 7 Mar 2019 at 14:49

Cully said:
Plenty of drops for me the last few days,2 legendaries and countless masterworks the last two days 2 hours played each day.
I enjoy the endgame loot grind despite the issues,gameplay and combat are great fun but i wont be keeping my origin access sub, just got it to try anthem out.

I was like that last week when we put 100 hours in but once we got decked out in masterworks the drops suddenly stopped, didn't get an upgrade in 3 days and so far I've had 2 legendaries drop. I miss playing as the combat is fun and the combo system is satisfying when you trigger it.

I hope they manage to turn this around and do a diablo v2 on it so to speak.

V F · 7 Mar 2019 at 17:36

What level are people taking Titans on until GM unlocks?

Drei · 7 Mar 2019 at 17:41

V F said:
What level are people taking Titans on until GM unlocks?

I did my first Titan at level 10

I might have had my Level 1 gear on, can't remember, which according to the statements above should melt everything.

V F · 7 Mar 2019 at 17:53

Luckily I didn't get disabled from it but a Colossus took a nasty hit and I had to swoop in to save them so they could finish it off. I was severely under powered at level 8, only my disc stars were doing 165 damage to it but had to keep my distance to save others incase they got disabled.

It was my first time seeing a Titan, it was during a night scene. Was a pretty bad ass light show like something straight out of the 2008 Hulk movie, or Man of Steel.

I decided to check out the Bane area that looked like a swamp once I saw the light show. Then wondered what the huge armed monster was. What a range it covers.

Wucked · 7 Mar 2019 at 19:46

53 hours in and I've uninstalled it. Grinding the same stronghold over and over for loot got too much for me, especially when the loot I need only seems to drop once every 100 runs. And then the disconnects, CTD's, etc. Maybe if they keep developing it I'll come back for another look in about 6 months.

Cantankerous · 7 Mar 2019 at 20:09

Flying around freeplay for crafting nodes and then crafting masterworks has been the way to gear for me; boring though. It's annoying as I enjoy the game and will still be playing it, just not every night.

There is now official info on what all the Inscriptions do. https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheG...ou_need_to_know_about_inscriptions_in_anthem/

Drei · 8 Mar 2019 at 02:00

Wucked said:
53 hours in and I've uninstalled it. Grinding the same stronghold over and over for loot got too much for me, especially when the loot I need only seems to drop once every 100 runs. And then the disconnects, CTD's, etc. Maybe if they keep developing it I'll come back for another look in about 6 months.

Cantankerous said:
Flying around freeplay for crafting nodes and then crafting masterworks has been the way to gear for me; boring though. It's annoying as I enjoy the game and will still be playing it, just not every night.

There is now official info on what all the Inscriptions do. https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheG...ou_need_to_know_about_inscriptions_in_anthem/

Alright, so there is a much easier way to farm for good items, guaranteed at least 1 Masterwork per run without taking in the loot drops. This is via Legendary Contracts in a full team. The idea is that each person in the team takes 3 legendary contracts, the other 3 don't. Each contract guarantees 1 MW Drop. AFter the 3 contracts are done, next person gets the next 3 and so forth. This means 12 MW Guaranteed Drops in about 30 to 45 minutes. Beats the **** out of farming the same Stronghold. The catch is that you only get 3 Legendary Contracts per Day, hence why it is better that each person takes them at a time, avoid doing the same contract together.

https://segmentnext.com/2019/02/28/anthem-legendary-contracts-guide-how-to-unlock/

Happy to do this with anyone. 1 hour a day and 12 drops. Sure for casual play

So pick a time and lets get on.

P.S. I actually need to unlock these contracts first

craigyhay · 8 Mar 2019 at 05:08

was so looking forward to this game when saw last E3 ,but its so dull and grindy.

Rroff · 8 Mar 2019 at 05:12

Glad to see the game didn't end up anything like I said it would... oh wait...

Malevolence · 8 Mar 2019 at 05:21

craigyhay said:
was so looking forward to this game when saw last E3 ,but its so dull and grindy.

Of course it's 'grindy', it's a looter shooter - that's how they work! How many hours did you have invested before you thought it dull?

Rroff · 8 Mar 2019 at 05:30

Malevolence said:
Of course it's 'grindy', it's a looter shooter - that's how they work! How many hours did you have invested before you thought it dull?

There is interesting grind and boring grind though - some games I can play the grindy sections over and over without getting completely sick of them others you never want to replay a level or zone, etc. again.

Drollic · 8 Mar 2019 at 10:06

Supposedly around 300 changes coming on March 12th and by month end things should be more promising. This could quite easily have been a decent game from launch with just another 2-3 months before release and some altered decisions on how the Fort works. Instead, it's as if the community has beta tested it for them in huge numbers having already paid the price of a big title.

One or two of the smaller decisions behind the mechanics are idiotic though. Increases to blast damage, that don't actually alter the blast ability equip and instead buff only explosive damage as one example.

Karathez · 9 Mar 2019 at 01:49

Patch has been brought forward to tomorrow at 7-9am their time, think thats 3-5pm uk, didnt say how long patch would be though.

Darujhistan · 9 Mar 2019 at 10:55

Lots of people have really enjoyed it it seems, but it is a new Industry-norm of 'Half arsed, unfinished, as-little-effort-and-content-as-we-think-we-can-get-away-with' game. And to think they were talking about a 10 year life-span, it'll be dead in 10 months.

So 6 years of dev wasted (not that I believe for a minute they spent 6 years on it).