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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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Nearly blind going into this demo tomorrow. Looking at the support gear for the javelins it's really great that you can play any javelin and still provide support. Am I correct in that once the game is out, you can on a single character play Javelin you want? So I don't have to feel pressured in picking a Javelin off the bat?
You have to fully level up to play all 4 Javs, but yeah, you can do that all on one character.
So many! Lots of abilities to check. They're on a much much more recent version of the game too.
Oh 100%. Icons are the old version seen in live streams from early December. The group UI which seems to have been added in January is missing. Along with lots of other tweaks and changes. Ability names will likely be very different across the board too.
Hearing about the lack of new end game content is concerning. Hopefully they can address this sooner rather than later. Roadmap would also be great.
ok these wyverns shoot fireballs.....that overheat ur suit. So u can't fly.
theres some confirmation that u can't just fly away from everything, which i've seen ppl concerned about....that flying is so OP that ur never in trouble
theres some confirmation that u can't just fly away from everything, which i've seen ppl concerned about....that flying is so OP that ur never in trouble
Agreed. What do we know about end game content? Just harder difficulties?
Strongholds + Legendary Contracts + Free Roam + Replaying Story Missions; all of it @ Harder Difficulty
The Verge just released an interesting article about how BioWare feels Anthem's world will be compelling. Mainly about how easy it is for them to add micro-content constantly and make changes to the game world:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18194445/bioware-anthem-storytelling-interview-ps4-xbox-pc
Without tons of aspirational content to speak of at the beginning, that's definitely one thing that could keep Anthem interesting in between real content drops.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/24/18194445/bioware-anthem-storytelling-interview-ps4-xbox-pc
Without tons of aspirational content to speak of at the beginning, that's definitely one thing that could keep Anthem interesting in between real content drops.
All they need to do is reveal shaper storms, dunno why they dont unless that ain't a thing no more or it's still in progress post launch... sigh. They made a big deal of it in 2017. Bioware must understand that people are looking at this game as a lootshooter aka destiny/2 and division. Those 2 games had rough launches. Now is the time to show your content is there man, wth
Is anyone having trouble loading this on the PS4? My pro seems to hang on the splash screen and eventually powers off the console.
I am not bothered by only three strongholds at launch. As loot is not tied to specific strongholds/activities people will run what is fastest for gear progression anyway. Doesn't matter in that case if there are three, ten or twenty strongholds.
Of course for the players who are more relaxed and are playing mostly for the fun, more variety would be nice. Let's see how fast they can add additional content. Not that there will ever be enough for the hardcore crowd.
Of course for the players who are more relaxed and are playing mostly for the fun, more variety would be nice. Let's see how fast they can add additional content. Not that there will ever be enough for the hardcore crowd.
It's possible in accordance with the article I linked above that they want Shaper Storms to be revealed in-game after launch as a sort of WTF event for players. In which case they'd do best to do that quickly, within a week or two, so that the game doesn't already feel stagnant a month or two in.
I really do recommend people read that article. It's interesting that one of Casey Hudson's inspirations for the ever-changing world of Anthem was following Hurricane Sandy back in the day.
Let me know if you spot anything in the new videos that would be useful, I'm starting to watch them all now.
Yep, preload for the demo has been out for a day already. Go check the Demo Thread: https://www.resetera.com/threads/an...pen-feb-1st-3rd-time-to-fly-freelancera.95459
Download the Demo on your platform:
🞄 PlayStation 4 NA: PlayStation Store NA
🞄 PlayStation 4 EU: PlayStation Store EU
🞄 Xbox: Microsoft Store
🞄 PC: Add to your Origin library by clicking 'Try It First' Anthem store page
This, IMO, is how a GaaS would work and is very clear their approach to the this game's development closely mimics the development pipeline of titles like Warframe vs how Bungie approaches Destiny. Smaller but more rapid ongoing routine content updates/fixes parallel with a few big swing game developments like feature content updates every year.
If they play their cards right and are diligent with their updates enough to sustain a dedicated, and more critically, long term fan base, this alone will sustain the game and the development of the game for a long time just like how Warframe can thrive after 6 whooping years (and still going strong) post launch.
Weird...when I quote the post in that thread to get the discord info, it just says "HIDDEN CONTENT"
They did confirm on Twitter that we'll get a roadmap after release. BioWare Chris also confirmed this on Reddit beforehand.
All about that loot chase and as long as that continues to evolve-sprinkle in new missions (strongholds, contracts, etc.), maybe increase difficulty past Grandmaster 3, it should be interesting.
They spent 6 years developing this thing and you can only imagine that the back-end tools is what took the longest so they can adjust things on the fly.
Yeah which is super exciting. I love knowing what's coming and what to look forward to.
Wasn't planning on preordering but fuckkkkkk I need that vinyl for my intercepter
So far I have watched Datto's, KackisHD's, Ryancentral's. Arekz's and Mtashed's videos so far! I haven't spotted any new abilties, but the video from ryan central has some good footage of the Storm's Blast Seal Living Flame ability. The other neat thing was that they have added primer and detonator icons to all of the javelin's melee abilities, not just the Ranger's shock mace!
I was particularly interested in Arekz's combo guide which he released today, since we know that he also played the latest build, but we didn't find out anything new from that footage either :(
I will go over these videos more attentively tonight (I'm in US central) and I will let you know if I find anything new!
That is wonderful, thanks for sharing!
Edit: Whoa, you can craft up to masterwork rank javelin gear!! granted you need to get the resources and plans for the items you like, but it is really nice to see them giving players multiple ways to gear up!
Sweet thanks. So in WiLLiSGaming's Crafting video he shows Pulse Blast. It's a Detonator... but looks to be either Blast or Kinetic in nature. The problem here continues to be that abilities don't seem to have any sort of differentiation on their damage bar to say if they're blast or kinetic - they either have 1 of the 4 elemental icons or the diamond shape. So it looks like all non-elemental damage is been lumped into the diamond shape - so no idea what I'm going to do with the damage chart with that knowledge.
BIG follow up from that reply... I HAVE CLOSURE ON THE BLAST THING!
Both from WiLLiSGaming's videos. Pulse Blast is a Detonating Kinetic Ability. Cluster Mine is a Damage Only Blast Ability (we already knew this).
Why is this earth shatteringly awesome? Because the Cluster Mine specifically says "Blast Damage 373" and the Pulse Blast just says "Damage 296" - that one extra word changes everything.
SO.... the chart... does this mean both Blast and Kinetic abilities should now be displayed as Diamond Icon or do I keep the Kinetic abilities as a different icon, even though ingame they're all diamond. The colour of the ability would obviously still be Yellow = Blast, Light Grey = Kinetic.
In short... it seems like the diamond icon is being used to show "Non-Elemental Damage" while Fire, Frost, Lightning and Acid all have unique icons for their specific abilities. The only thing that shows a difference between Kinetic and Blast is the wording of "Damage" vs. "Blast Damage" on the Loot/Equip screens.
Yeah i am watching the Willisgaming videos right now and saw the pulse blast description! When reading the description, it says that it causes an impact combo, but I am guessing this refers to the fact that it is the Ranger specific combo type (Bonus impact damage = single target damage). I guess in this version of the build, they are referring to "kinetic" abilities as "impact damage".
I agree that the lack of distinctions for non-elemental damage types is confusing, the only way I can make sense of it is that the abilities do not inflict any status effect (independent of primer or detonator status) so they are all lumped in that category. I have my fingers crossed that this will be updated in the final release of the game!
Yeah Impact/Kinetic seems to be the same thing and blast is an AoE version of that damage type or something. But they're all the diamond shape icon in the damage bar so they're catagorised similarly for sure. Plus read the post above your reply there... proof of a Kinetic Ability Vs a Blast Ability thanks to one word.
WOAH HOLD THE PHONE...
SPARK BEAM IS FIRE DAMAGE?! WHAT! We've thought this was Lightning/Electric for the longest time. It's also pure damage (as we previously knew)
Do we know what time the demo is going live??? Wanna know if I should sleep as soon as I get home to be up at 12 to play.
Go check out the big Demo thread that was posted earlier https://www.resetera.com/threads/an...en-feb-1st-3rd-time-to-fly-freelancera.95459/ It has a countdown and shows you times for the demo launch.
BIG follow up from that reply... I HAVE CLOSURE ON THE BLAST THING!
Both from WiLLiSGaming's videos. Pulse Blast is a Detonating Kinetic Ability. Cluster Mine is a Damage Only Blast Ability (we already knew this).
Why is this earth shatteringly awesome? Because the Cluster Mine specifically says "Blast Damage 373" and the Pulse Blast just says "Damage 296" - that one extra word changes everything.
SO.... the chart... does this mean both Blast and Kinetic abilities should now be displayed as Diamond Icon or do I keep the Kinetic abilities as a different icon, even though ingame they're all diamond. The colour of the ability would obviously still be Yellow = Blast, Light Grey = Kinetic.
In short... it seems like the diamond icon is being used to show "Non-Elemental Damage" while Fire, Frost, Lightning and Acid all have unique icons for their specific abilities. The only thing that shows a difference between Kinetic and Blast is the wording of "Damage" vs. "Blast Damage" on the Loot/Equip screens.
I like using yellow = blast and light grey = kinetic /impact as a color scheme! I think that one way to to address it in the chart would be to write blast damage and impact damage under the ability themselves, while keeping the icon in the legend and changing it from blast to non-elemental (I am going off of V0.2.1)
So for example, the ranger's frag grenade would keep the diamond icon, blast damage as a subheading to the ability, and yellow background, while the ranger's ener... ahem pulse blast would also keep the diamond icon, list impact damage as a subheading to the ability, and have a light grey background.
Let me know what you think!
SPOILERS! Haha I love how you are a few minutes ahead of me in that stronghold video, and we are going back and forth on each little nugget of info!Yeah Impact/Kinetic seems to be the same thing and blast is an AoE version of that damage type or something. But they're all the diamond shape icon in the damage bar so they're catagorised similarly for sure. Plus read the post above your reply there... proof of a Kinetic Ability Vs a Blast Ability thanks to one word.
WOAH HOLD THE PHONE...
SPARK BEAM IS FIRE DAMAGE?! WHAT! We've thought this was Lightning/Electric for the longest time. It's also pure damage (as we previously knew)
I had to go back to the crafting video and wow! Spark beam not being electric is so trippy, both based on the name and the visual effect! Well played Bioware :)
Thank YOU! Looks like it's 12PM here so I can go to work and maybe leave early to play some more.
Additional information on Elder Game content is still under embargo.
I can see them adding Glacial Titans etc as time goes on.
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