Enemies were keeping them on their toes, knocking them out of the air with fire attacks, and forcing them to help each other out a lot. They're currently taking a beating from an Ursix they didn't have much trouble with the first time.
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ANTHEM discussion thread [PSA: VIP Demo Jan 25-27, Open Demo Feb 1-3 | PS4/XB1/PC]
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Weather is playing a part of that. Lightning can strike them out of the sky. The rain cools down the suit slightly and improves flight times. Pretty cool.
Yea it's nice to see the progression of the game from stream to stream.
Also the weather effects are really neat touch, rain to cool boosters and random lightning that attack freelancers.
Yeah, I saw that and wondered. It listed level 2 for the first. I wonder what we start with?
Damn you star icon... what do you mean!? Also I can't tell what element either Sticky Grenade or Spark Beam are... I'm guessing the latter is electric but the former looks electric when he throws it too.
Spark beam is E
Sticky is Q
Weapon amp field is Z
V is the melee
pretty sure the star on the Q denotes it is an detonator or does elemental damage of a certain type
I thought I heard him nention it is a detonator, but will look in the VOD again!
EDIT: Nvm he did not say that in the video, but given that both the colossus high explosive mortar and heavy cannon abilities have their icon changed to that, I am still inclined to say that it is the new icon for the detonators, rather than a separate or "stun" indicator.
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I thought we already knew that you start with an old Ranger model that's obsolete compared to the class models we'll get for the rest of the game? Is this just my headcanon? Could've sworn I saw it somewhere.
I enjoyed having the thing I was thinking repeated by him several times after it was asked.
You can't be serious, I was shocked he didn't know a ton of people play with inverted. I always played games in inverted since I was a child. It just feels natural to me to pull down the mouse in order to look up (just like airplanes work).
It has no icon on the hud:
Melee is a primer
No idea what that Sticky Grenade star means still.
ERA have a spreadsheet or log of what everyone is playing on (console/PC), handle and time zones/play times?
Would love to add people and play along for the demo and beyond.
Would love to add people and play along for the demo and beyond.
I am serious. Not a PC gamer and never knew anyone playing on KBM inverted tbh. This is interesting
Yeah the radar really stood out to me, much needed in this type of game rather than constantly find your self checking behind yourself for other players, worked really well too. Especially combined with Health&Shields.
Even on controller I invert the Y axis on the right stick. :p
It's curious that the texture on Emily's colossus there reverted back to the standard red on the completion screen. I'm pretty sure during the contract her colossus was orange checkered. I wonder if that's a bug.Completing an expedition screen is beautiful
Related to the completion screen, I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of how immediately after finishing the contract you get into the loading screen and completion screen. I guess I get why it's a thing, but it's very abrupt. Also kind of goes against what Ben has been saying how it's fun to pick up all the loot right after since you can't really do that if it loads you into the completion screen. I wonder if that was just a thing for this showcase, or if that's always the case.
I was also serious but yeah I know there are alot of people that do inverted with controller, just never even thought about it with mouse and keyboard.
Guillaume Onyeaghala and Mitsurugi can either of you identify the two colossus abilities with stars next to them here:
I'd like to atleast add those to the chart. Also any news on the element of sticky grenade?
It kinda looks like acid, but ingame it was sparking and electric like.
I'd like to atleast add those to the chart. Also any news on the element of sticky grenade?
It kinda looks like acid, but ingame it was sparking and electric like.
I played counter-strike on lan tournaments for a couple of years and people would always get confused. They would look at my hand and at the screen and go "what a hell". ahah
yeah it was plaid like when they were standing outside the fort
The colossus ability on the left is the high explosive mortar, and the one on the right is the railgun ability. In the gear and progression gameplay stream, they specifically mentioned that the railgun ability was a detonator (around 12:00) and based on arekz's mission videos, the ability on the left is the high explosive mortar which was also a detonator in that build. I previously had the railgun ability confused with the heavy cannon in my last post. hope this helps!Guillaume Onyeaghala and Mitsurugi can either of you identify the two colossus abilities with stars next to them here:
I'd like to atleast add those to the chart. Also any news on the element of sticky grenade?
It kinda looks like acid, but ingame it was sparking and electric like.
That star symbol HAS to mean AoE detonator then doesn't it? I mean then the other symbol is single target detonator? It just makes the most sense.
I do that in Ace Combat and nothing else :p play how you're comfortable bruv I was just surprised that people invert with mouse
I tried to concentrate so hard on whenever they used the skill with the star icon and what I figured is it's somehow a stunGuillaume Onyeaghala and Mitsurugi can either of you identify the two colossus abilities with stars next to them here:
I'd like to atleast add those to the chart. Also any news on the element of sticky grenade?
It kinda looks like acid, but ingame it was sparking and electric like.
That's not uncommon and they even said they have the option for controllers. Like most everyone else here I didn't know inverted y-axis was a thing on M+KB (though I think Destiny 2 offers it as an option on PC). I remember a few FPS games on N64 having inverted on by default. It makes sense on a controller and joystick. 100% awkward shenanigans on a mouse.
That's what I was thinking. Some sort of concussion/impact ability that stuns. Makes sense for the colossus to have that on a lot of abilities.
I couldn't see it stun but maybe it could AoE detonate enemies around it? That's just my current thinking of what that star means.
We know that star is currently visible on Explosive Mortar, Railgun and Sticky Grenade. We've seen the other (usual) Detonator ability icon appear on abilities like Spark Dash and Seeking Missile in the gameplay video earlier.
Or that yeah. What I saw is that everytime a skill with star icon is used the enemy froze for like a second or two. This damn star is messing with all of us ;p
For my antipodean friends, here are the start times for the VIP and Open demos:
VIP Demo (for people who've pre-ordered):
NZDT (NZ): Sat 26/1/19 @ 6:00am
AEDT (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS): Sat 26/1/19 @ 4:00am
ACDT (SA): Sat 26/1/19 @ 3:30 am
AEST (QLD): Sat 26/1/19 @ 3:00am
ACST (NT): Sat 26/1/19 @ 2:30am
AWST (WA): Sat 26/1/19 @ 1:00am
Open Demo:
NZDT (NZ): Sat 2/2/19 @ 6:00am
AEDT (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS): Sat 2/2/19 @ 4:00am
ACDT (SA): Sat 2/2/19 @ 3:30am
AEST (QLD): Sat 2/2/19 @ 3:00am
ACST (NT): Sat 2/2/19 @ 2:30am
AWST (WA): Sat 2/2/19 @ 1:00am
This is based on the starting time being 17:00 UTC, as reported here:
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/anthem/anthem/anthem-pre-launch-demo-info/
VIP Demo (for people who've pre-ordered):
NZDT (NZ): Sat 26/1/19 @ 6:00am
AEDT (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS): Sat 26/1/19 @ 4:00am
ACDT (SA): Sat 26/1/19 @ 3:30 am
AEST (QLD): Sat 26/1/19 @ 3:00am
ACST (NT): Sat 26/1/19 @ 2:30am
AWST (WA): Sat 26/1/19 @ 1:00am
Open Demo:
NZDT (NZ): Sat 2/2/19 @ 6:00am
AEDT (NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS): Sat 2/2/19 @ 4:00am
ACDT (SA): Sat 2/2/19 @ 3:30am
AEST (QLD): Sat 2/2/19 @ 3:00am
ACST (NT): Sat 2/2/19 @ 2:30am
AWST (WA): Sat 2/2/19 @ 1:00am
This is based on the starting time being 17:00 UTC, as reported here:
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/anthem/anthem/anthem-pre-launch-demo-info/
And for the people that have EA Access/Origin sub. Thanks for the timing! Now gotta convert it to my timing
Quoting Ben at 25mins in on the stream regarding the Sticky Grenade: "When I throw it, it will stick to the creature, enemy, whatever and then blow up for a small AoE but its pretty high damage"
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