Sure. If it takes an hour or two of playing to get a skin that would be fine. Probably more like 150 but I guess we'll see
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Anthem |OT| GaaS Effect
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Sure. If it takes an hour or two of playing to get a skin that would be fine. Probably more like 150 but I guess we'll see
By default all colours can be applied to your Javelin. You can also get skins/armor styles and such from some missions and they aren't purchasable at all. The purchasable cosmetics (with both ingame currency and purchasable currency) - we have no idea about cost on yet. But there are lots of ways to get A LOT of ingame currency fast, especially with the alliance system with rewards you with coin based on how much others on your friends list have done; so if you have a bunch of people on your friends list playing you'll get a bonus amount of ingame currency. Devs also said they start you with a good amount of this ingame currency too.
Currently all we can do is speculate on the cost of the shards and how many shards may be needed per cosmetic or cosmetic set. If the MTX do launch with the game tomorrow then I'm sure that these will be a part of the discussion - probably a very vocal part of the discussion. I can see a full cosmetic armor set being $10 and then maybe each part is $3 separately - meaning you'd save $2 if you bought it in the pack rather than separate. The shader materials and vinyls I can see being anywhere from $1 to $5 each depending on the rarity, looks and such. What is good is that you can preview and see what the things you buying look like before you commit too.
And like I said, the ingame currency seems plentiful, especially in the endgame so the shards/$ are just an option for people who want the cosmetics quickly to style their javelin a certain way.
Btw do we know what the banner preorder thing is? I don't remember that being in the demo?
I believe when you get the legion of dawn edition you get the founder banner.
I believe when you get the legion of dawn edition you get the founder banner.
Well to whoever thought of the title, it was effective!
I think the combination of a currency grind along with timed store items will push people to pay. While we don't know what the cost vs time investment will be at the moment I'm sure EA does and I have little faith in them taking a fair approach to the issue.
There are rusted/worn options to customize your Javelin in the Forge.
I intend to spend the vast majority either solo or with matchmade groups of randos who I'll neither talk or listen to. That's how I love playing looter shooters. Put on a podcast/youtube/audiobook and go into zen mode. My brother and some of his chums will be playing come the 22nd as well, so I'll play with them when the opportunity presents itself.
The great news, folks? The inspectors we were expecting to show up tomorrow aren't coming at all so I'm turning this into a 3 day weekend (Oh wait, I mean I'm "working from home" tomorrow!)
You hold down Y (xbox controller) over your name on the lobby/exhibition screen and you can choose a banner/background to appear behind your name. It was in the Demo too but I didn't see people use it really. I always had mine set though.
Let me see if I took a screenshot of it or not... Nope doesn't look like I took one, if I find an image showing it I'll make sure to post it.
Hmmm I had no idea you could even do this. I'm guessing not many others did either.
What stops me from buying the game at launch, (apart from technical issues and lack of content) is whether or not I can make the same character I had during the beta. That didn't cost me anything and it looked pretty decent but I don't know if I'd have to pay up to get the shaders and stuff or make do with a shitty looking character. I enjoyed the gameplay and the story looked like it might be interesting but buying an EA or Bioware game on day 1 is not something I'd risk my money on.
Depends on how casually and effectively you can party with other people/randoms.
If you can just check off a box and just start a mission straightforwardly with pubs without needing a lot of coordination, I'll be all over that.
Oh early access isn't at midnight? Damn. Crackdown 3 it isCountdowns for new page + people thinking it may be live already:
Countdown to Early Access:
Countdown to Worldwide Launch:
I too, am interested in seeing which materials and such are available at launch. I loved some of the ways I could make my Javelins look in the demo, so I hope the same thing. I guess we'll find out tomorrow - and you should be able to know by launch too. We'll be posting in here, no doubt sharing images of all facets of the game.
Yeah, the people I was playing with were very confused by my flashy banner behind my name on the expedition screen, I had to explain how to add one for themselves too.
What's funny about funding free content updates with cosmetics that can also be acquired through gameplay?
Only thing the Mtx have at the moment are there aren't any loot boxes. In games like destiny and over watch you can spend a ton of money and not get what you want. That said dunno how much skins and stuff are in something like fortnite but I hope they are less then that since you have to buy Anthem. Personally the color and textures should keep me happy until I earn enough in game cash for a skin or 2.
The people that have EA Access/Origin Basic will be on. I doubt every person that has EA Access/Origin Basic will be using all 10 hours on launch day. I have a few people that are away all weekend and wont be able to play until after Tuesday to do the 10 hour program. The EA Access/Origin Basic servers are not separate from the official launch date servers.
I am sure that EA most likely has a review embargo. What we also know is that the 15th version has the latest patch, but there is another patch scheduled for the launch (22nd) version as well with additional fixes/tweaks.
This will be an interesting game for outlets to review with it coming in as hot as it is with already announced patches.
Has there been any word on how we'll be able to obtain the Mass Effect N7 skins? Would be nice if it was some type of legacy reward for those who played a Mass Effect game.
We have seen the most current shard/coin ratio though. It's at 1:20. Source: that ghostrobo stream of the early hours. Subject to change perhaps, but the numbers are there.
Same for me. I think that the devs being cagey and not coming out and saying it is makes me worry. What they have said is that it has improved from the Demo, but that can mean almost anything from it being locked frame rate or a slight improvement from the demo. I have EA Access and will check it out sometime tomorrow. But it will really come down to sites like DF to really test frame rate. I hope they have a early DF look using the EA Access/Origin Basic versions and then a update when the game actually launches.
My hope is that they locked it down and it will feel good. The demo was from what i have heard a few months old and optimizations to beef up frame rate and other issues are done towards the end of the dev cycle. So hoping for the best.
FYI, Game Ready Drivers from Nvidia are available for the EA Premier version of Anthem. Just downloaded and installed, hopefully these drivers are stable.
Agreed. Are Xbox owners getting early access with EA access or is that PC only?
EA Access gets the 10 hour demo like Origin Basic. Not full early access.
I'm betting your looking at $15 to $20 for high end cosmetics and 5 to 10 for everything else. I'm looking forward to finding out more tomorrow from the people who have access to it, but my money is on prices being to high and the in game time being a time consuming grind.
If you can earn everything in a reasonable amount of time, that would be a first for games. I know Apex and Fortnite are free but Call of duty shares the same pricing and it isn't, and I fully expect to see Anthem follow the exact same pricing at first to try and get away with it. Apex also has a slow grind, so I also expect it to be similar. Again I know it's free to play, but I really don't think matters much to EA when they have people already used to these types of mechanics and pricing on other games.
I also dont think you'll see anything under $3. I guess now we wait and see. Should be interesting. Hoping for reasonable pricing so I can give them cash.
I'm going to have such a hard time playing too much of the PC version, and the Xbox trial...because I'm actually gonna main game play it on PS4 cause that's where my friends will play it.
This next week is gonna be hard to only give myself a taste...haha.
This next week is gonna be hard to only give myself a taste...haha.
Technically I don't think they can embargo press who obtain the game via Origin Premiere? I thought it only applies to press given early copies.
They had several different types of old in the beta like that. From just time worn but taken care of to rusty. "New" is also a different shader than the default, so your default doesn't look like it's fresh off the assembly line.
That is true. I did not think about that angle with Origin Premier version. This will be interesting.
The other thing that we have not got any confirmation is with the EA Access/Origin Basic versions with the 10 hours is if it is a full 10 hours or until you get to a certain point in the game? I have played a few EA Access 10 hours trials where I got to a point in the game where it cut me off even though I was only 5 hours into the 10 hours. With some games, they lock it off when you hit a certain point. Not sure if this will apply to Anthem or not.
Where is it listed for Anthem? This is all I'm seeing.
The breakdown also just says SLI profiles for Anthem were added.
I don't think so. Although I got EA Access but I already preloaded a week ago because I preordered
Same tbh. I liked what I saw in the demo but it definitely could've been better. I'll alao take a 1080/60 mode than play in 4k
There is not. It should appear in the "trials" section of Origin tomorrow sometime for download. If you look there now there should be some games already which have 10 hour trials for download.
If the console you want to install to is set as your home console, yes, from the app and the site, from what I remember.
I think you can push downloads to specific xboxes your account has been set up on, but that's thru the site only
This is a really great video. I did not know about the interceptor aura and that makes the game even more fun to play it.