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Anthem livestream just started - Loot-focused!
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yeh, you begin as Ranger and then unlock others, I'm going for colossus
I think they will have high level dungeon style events no doubt. We have seen some boss fights, so I can see them having Heroic variations probably. From the video, thhey seem to think they have plenty of content but we won't really know till it comes out.
They said they're talking about end-game in the beginning of the year. Let's wait and see.
To be fair there is no purpose of having a raid at launch tho.
I saw something on the video that made me wonder if you could make a more support focused Javelin. They had an item that helped with shields etc and I wanted to figure out if you could make a Medic Javelin haha.
I totally get the decision, but I hate it. Let the user choose at their whim, have optional tutorial stages / missions they can run through if they're having difficulty with the class. Done.
No PvP doesn't bother me at all. It's all about the combat, which looks pretty bland to me at the moment.
No rerolls is dumb. It will rightfully get criticized over and over again. Bioware needs to add rerolls to the game before launch.
What type of rerolls are you looking for? Just the base stats of the weapons themselves?
That would be awesome, I remember in the previous stream the storm was able to put up a wall too, need to read on the site again on the support gear. I'm happy I got a taunt :)
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Agreed. I remember Destiny 1's Raid coming out after launch and it wasn't a big deal to me.
Yes I have but I'd like to see a little more is all. I understand showing this is important too and does need to be shown and explained, and I don't wish to take away from it. I'm not completely down on this game, I'd just like to see something new from this world before release which I'm sure will happen
You start with ranger, at level 2 you can choose to unlock colossus OR storm OR interceptor, then the other 2 on further levels (i think 12/20) . If you want to play storm just play 1 hour of game and you can choose it.
If you're going to have an RNG based secondary stats in 2018/2019, you need to have an option to reroll those secondary stats. Every other loot based game that uses secondary RNG stats has gotten this right. Destiny 2, Division, and Diablo 3 all have the ability to reroll. WoW used to have the ability to reroll, but they removed RNG secondary stats entirely (so there was no need for rerolls anymore) if memory serves me.
Yeah if the game has plenty of content you won't be able to play the raid for a while anyway so why not wait and give the devs another week or 2 with it.
Same. I prefer having delayed raid launches, it gives everyone time to enjoy the game and get comfortable before the major challenge that is endgame content like that. I hate feeling rushed to get to the end as fast as possible to be "raid ready" the day it launches.
So far as I know, that's the only way to build a loot based RPG that's open to being played into the tens, hundreds, thousands of hours with friends in a PvE envirnoment. It's gonna be one of those.
WoW never had RNG secondary, it had reforging that just enabled you to trade 40% of a weaker secondary for secondary of your choice but then removed it after 1 expansion, it was during mists of pandaria.
Anyway in anthem you can craft stuff with rng rolls and just keep crafting till you get the ones you want.
But it removes any thought into min/maxing. I figure the min/maxers would be the least in favor and everyone else would prefer this.
You build a character that goes into the suits but I don't think you see that outside of the main town, Fort Tarsis. Who wants to really see a boring human instead of a cool Javelin anyway haha.
Destiny 2 doesn't have a reroll system either (unless I missed something during the Black Armory Launch). They had it back in D1.
What other loot coop RPG doesn't do this? Division, Diablo, Borderlands, Destiny, etc., all do this.
I've never heard the term Gear Score prior to this topic. Does that just mean your equipment has an additive number that denotes your level? Or is there more to it than that?
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I expect similar. Honestly, I don't mind it as long as the combat is engaging; I'm having a pretty good time grinding to 600 in D2 at the moment, but I jumped in not too long ago and a lot of the content is still fresh to me.
What I'm looking at in this demo doesn't look inspired. I love the art direction and the world design and I'm willing to give it a shot, but I'll wait for a better discount.
Yes, it's your items score that gives your overall gear level, mainly to inform/gate content. You have pilot ranks and jevelib ranks which are seperate.
Higher rarity items will have scores attached, so building towards a score basically means you an do higher encounters with getting blasted.
I stopped playing about a month or so ago and no there isn't a system to reroll weapons. At one point there was if I remember correctly. But now is back to pure rng with the perks being the things that change from drop to drop, other than base stats being variable obviously. Some things still have static rolls though.
Destiny didn't have a raid at launch, it was like 3-4 weeks after. Expecting similar for Anthem.
Based upon reading comments from those that broke NDA, this opinion is in the minority.
Ah I thought he meant there would be no raid at all, like until DLC or something.
Destiny's raid was opened 1 week after launch though and 3-4 weeks post-launch is too long to get attention for the game, so hopefully this will be similarly timed.
Meh.......world looks ripped from Avatar,characters look ripped from Destiny,gameplay looks ripped from every shooter ever.....I'm being a dick but EA get no benefit of the doubt from me right now.......they need something remarkable to get me onside again and this several years late Destiny knock off won't do it.
Hope everyone who's into it enjoys it though and it does well for Bioware(so we can get Mass Effect back on track).
Hope everyone who's into it enjoys it though and it does well for Bioware(so we can get Mass Effect back on track).
Didn't realise they have been doing live streams. I guess I'll check these out. The combat itself still looks kind strange to me. Very slow. I'm assuming they are holding back?
There was barely anything in the closed alpha for anyone to make any kind of judgement.