Anthem |OT| GaaS Effect

Joeku · Feb 15, 2019

Question for all of y'all playing with randos: which suits are you seeing most often? For my first javelin I don't want to mirror others regardless of efficacy. Keep up some variety, you know?

I'm leaning towards the Storm but I have a feeling that everyone else is too.

elenarie said:
Oh god, this plays and looks even better than what we played internally.

I feel the power! Holy hell this is triggering so many fantasies of mine. :D

How often do you folks get to try out other projects from around the company? I'm sure it's refreshing cuz you're otherwise so locked in on your own work for so long.

antispin · Feb 15, 2019

Zappy said:
Done all that. Not there.

Apparently they are only for origin premier access. EA access doesn't give you the bonuses until full game unlocks.

That's stupid. If you have preordered the game, it should unlock for EA access as well.

Revan Ren · Feb 15, 2019

BioZilla said:
Javelin customization is one of the top features people enjoy about the game, so yeah - your Javelin has always been the focus. Just because they didn't say there was no character creator, doesn't mean it's safe to assume there is one. Between the plentiful amount of Dev streams, I'm pretty sure I've heard it mentioned however. I'd much prefer an excellent customization experience for the Javelin vs our human character that we will never really see.

Why are you so pressed?

I just finished the second tutorial mission and they refer to the face/callsign selection "character customization" so I sincerely doubt they said there wouldn't be character customization in the game- considering they refer to this as character customization. I've played every BioWare game since KOTOR and you know what they all had? Lol at you telling me what I should or shouldn't assume.

Zem · Feb 15, 2019

Jaded Alyx said:
I'm sure this has been addressed a million times already but have they improved the kb & m controls?

Sounds like they have (I didn't play the beta) but even still the game controls considerably better with a controller. It doesn't feel good to fly or swim with KB/M. I've switched to controller for this game and I usually hate using a controller for any type of shooter.

-Tetsuo- · Feb 15, 2019

Nori Chan said:
Go to anthem page on the marketplace and click the three dots .... and play free trial

Already did that, still no go

SoftTaur · Feb 15, 2019

Wow this runs loads better than the demo. They weren't kidding about performance improvements. Couldn't get 60 FPS on low and now I'm probably (didnt check for sure) getting 60 FPS on medium. GTX 1050 Ti

Amiablepercy · Feb 15, 2019

molnizzle said:
For 1080p on lowest settings it is absolutely reasonable.

You might have lower tolerances for this type of thing if you feel it "runs fine" on your rig, but that doesn't particularly mean anything to me. Performance is wildly variable going from 50-100+ depending on the mission. That is not running "fine." That is a poorly optimized game.

Again, sorry you are having that experience I told you about the two dips to 55 I experienced. Two. I'm running frame counter as well. I'm just telling you my reality. It is a CPU and GPU heavy game. Maybe time to upgrade or not play?

shaneo632 · Feb 15, 2019

Uhhh I'm gonna say fuck this game. About 10 missions in and hit a major brick wall. The way this game organises Freeplay in the story is awful:

you're thrown into seeking out 4 tombs, but it's freeplay so you're unlikely to corral any of the other people in your server to follow your lead. There's also no way to teleport to teammates which would make it less annoying. Oh and when you get to the tombs you have to do a ridiculous number of tasks, OH and they're not tracked on screen because the game apparently just expects you to remember them. WTF? I hope I'm just being dumb and missing something but this just seems like a chore.

WhisperOfMalice · Feb 15, 2019

Revan Ren said:
Why are you so pressed?

I just finished the second tutorial mission and they refer to the face/callsign selection "character customization" so I sincerely doubt they said there wouldn't be character customization in the game- considering they refer to this as character customization. I've played every BioWare game since KOTOR and you know what they all had? Lol at you telling me what I should or shouldn't assume.

No need to be so defensive , the other poster was just giving you info. Yes you only can costumize your voice and face as part of your pilot, the rest is all javelin customization. Which kind of makes sense since you're in first person in fort and in your javelin for the rest of the time out in missions and freeplay.

True Prophecy · Feb 15, 2019

MiniJunkie said:
I'd love a summary if you watch it - bit long for my tastes. I scrolled to the end and they mostly sounded...tired?

That's GB in general these days and why I mostly don't watch or listen to there stuff anymore.

I'm loving what I have played so far, It feels so much better than the open demo.

Fairy Godmother · Feb 15, 2019

I'm curious what the performance is like on base consoles.

LProtagonist · Feb 15, 2019

Running pretty well for me on my PC. I've got a 980TI and I'm running 1440p at a pretty steady 60fps.

SweetNicole · Feb 15, 2019

shaneo632 said:
Uhhh I'm gonna say fuck this game. About 10 missions in and hit a major brick wall. The way this game organises Freeplay in the story is awful:

you're thrown into seeking out 4 tombs, but it's freeplay so you're unlikely to corral any of the other people in your server to follow your lead. There's also no way to teleport to teammates which would make it less annoying. Oh and when you get to the tombs you have to do a ridiculous number of tasks, OH and they're not tracked on screen because the game apparently just expects you to remember them. WTF? I hope I'm just being dumb and missing something but this just seems like a chore.

I am there too.

There seems to be a way to track it via the codex (go to feats section), but it doesn't actually show you the requirements for each specific one, simply the progress you've made on the feat that is related to it.

This seems like really bad game design from a game that was enjoyable up until this point.

molnizzle · Feb 15, 2019

Amiablepercy said:
Again, sorry you are having that experience I told you about the two dips to 55 I experienced. Two. I'm running frame counter as well. I'm just telling you my reality. It is a CPU and GPU heavy game. Maybe time to upgrade or not play?

You've had more than that if you're really running the same hardware as me. You're probably just less sensitive to it.

...and obviously I know the solutions. This is a forum. I'm sharing my experiences and my frustration. Maybe time to stop replying to me?

Jarmel · Feb 15, 2019

MiniJunkie said:
I'd love a summary if you watch it - bit long for my tastes. I scrolled to the end and they mostly sounded...tired?

I'm halfway through the video and they're not impressed with it.

-Glitches
-UI is trash.
-Flight being restricted is annoying for them.
-Colorblind mode is garbage as it washes out the colors.
-Story is going in and out for them and they don't care. They feel the writing is bad.
-Powers seem more fun than shooting.
-Tarsis is annoying to deal with and they want they want movement speed upped. Tarsis in general is not interesting.
-"I don't feel the game has a ton of character."

Turkoop · Feb 15, 2019

Ruthless said:
The game literally forces you to farm kills, materials, chests, world events, etc to progress the story.

WTF

oh no, not this again...

Deleted member 41931 · Feb 15, 2019

What I'm hearing about the grinding in main story content is dissapointing. I would have thought Bioware would have backed off that after Dragon Age: Inquisition. I'll still pick this up, but i expect to fall off.

Truant · Feb 15, 2019

Jarmel said:
I'm halfway through the video and they're not impressed with it.

-Glitches
-UI is trash.
-Flight being restricted is annoying for them.
-Colorblind mode is garbage as it washes out the colors.
-Story is going in and out for them and they don't care. They feel the writing is bad.
-Powers seem more fun than shooting.
-Tarsis is annoying to deal with and they want they want movement speed upped. Tarsis in general is not interesting.
-"I don't feel the game has a ton of character."

Sounds pretty spot on?

Dojima · Feb 15, 2019

Dojima said:
How do you contribute to the alliance?

Anyone?

WhisperOfMalice · Feb 15, 2019

Dojima said:
Anyone?

I thought this was supposed to go automatically? People in your friendlist also add to the same alliance our something. I'm not sure where I know this from.

Deleted member 18400 · Feb 15, 2019

Revan Ren said:
That's disappointing tbh. I don't recall them explicitly saying there's no character creator. Seems like a ploy to sell skins at a glance, unless I can alter tons of elements of the suit in game.

You can alter the appearance of each piece of your gear, as well as the texture and color of like 6 different appearance slots. Oh and decals.

And yes they have said there was no character creator many times. I'm at work but I'm sure a cursory twitter search would find your examples.

EJS · Feb 15, 2019

How is this game with just yourself?

Deleted member 46948 · Feb 15, 2019

Jarmel said:
I'm halfway through the video and they're not impressed with it.

-Glitches
-UI is trash.
-Flight being restricted is annoying for them.
-Colorblind mode is garbage as it washes out the colors.
-Story is going in and out for them and they don't care. They feel the writing is bad.
-Powers seem more fun than shooting.
-Tarsis is annoying to deal with and they want they want movement speed upped. Tarsis in general is not interesting.
-"I don't feel the game has a ton of character."

My impressions after several hours as well.

Dojima · Feb 15, 2019

Maarten said:
I thought this was supposed to go automatically? People in your friendlist also add to the same alliance our something. I'm not sure where I know this from.

I went to see the report and saw my friends contributing but didn't see me contributing or able to contribute

Deleted member 36578 · Feb 15, 2019

Joeku said:
Question for all of y'all playing with randos: which suits are you seeing most often? For my first javelin I don't want to mirror others regardless of efficacy. Keep up some variety, you know?

I'm leaning towards the Storm but I have a feeling that everyone else is too.
.

I've seen 50% Storm 30% Ninja 15% Ranger 5% Heavy

ZugZug123 · Feb 15, 2019

Dreams-Visions said:
The load times I'm seeing on Seagull's stream are very disappointing. I suppose this must be an issue with Frostbite at this point. Long loading times when you don't expect them really break the immersion.

I suppose it depends on what other games you play that focus on gunplay. Compare the gun audio in Anthem to the gun audio and effects in Gears of War. It's shocking how weak guns sound in Anthem by and large.

Go back to the Demo thread. LOTS of people were complaining about the awful weapon sounds. And yea, in watching these Anthem streams, nothing changed. Disappointed. But oh well.

Completely off topic but I love your chibi Lifeline avatar :3

Deleted member 18400 · Feb 15, 2019

Revan Ren said:
Why are you so pressed?

I just finished the second tutorial mission and they refer to the face/callsign selection "character customization" so I sincerely doubt they said there wouldn't be character customization in the game- considering they refer to this as character customization. I've played every BioWare game since KOTOR and you know what they all had? Lol at you telling me what I should or shouldn't assume.

Seems you insist they never mentioned it.

Here's a link to an entire article about it :)

https://gamerant.com/anthem-customize-face/

WhisperOfMalice · Feb 15, 2019

Dojima said:
I went to see the report and saw my friends contributing but didn't see me contributing or able to contribute

Yeah that's strange, I don't know how to help you then. As far as I know it goes automatically.
Maybe someone who has the game can help you out?

Zappy · Feb 15, 2019

Jarmel said:
I'm halfway through the video and they're not impressed with it.

-Glitches
-UI is trash.
-Flight being restricted is annoying for them.
-Colorblind mode is garbage as it washes out the colors.
-Story is going in and out for them and they don't care. They feel the writing is bad.
-Powers seem more fun than shooting.
-Tarsis is annoying to deal with and they want they want movement speed upped. Tarsis in general is not interesting.
-"I don't feel the game has a ton of character."

Giant bomb dudes not understanding another loot game...well colour me shocked.

Powers seem more fun than shooting...well erm yes that's the point. That's the whole point.

Bunta · Feb 15, 2019

Wow, the game just phased out enemies and a chest that was right in front of me in freeplay.

iFirez · Feb 15, 2019

My friend is having A LOT of loading issues, 95% loading bug, loading times taking 1-2 minutes to get in when he doesn't freeze at 95%.
Me and my other friend have the game installed on an SSD and it only takes 10-20 seconds to load, but my friend with the issues has it installed on a HDD. I'm guessing this isn't an isolated issue though.

Deleted member 37928 · Feb 15, 2019

I see that you get to choose a callsign when creating a character. When will you be seeing your callsign in the game?

Mini-Me · Feb 15, 2019

Do they not explain the combo system? It seems like you're just supposed to... figure them out by experimenting. I feel like I missed them explaining the combos, which seem like a major component of gameplay.

Slyfox · Feb 15, 2019

How is the performance on base consoles?

Deleted member 18400 · Feb 15, 2019

Bunta said:
Wow, the game just phased out enemies and a chest that was right in front of me in freeplay.

It did this to me all the fucking time in the Demo. I'd see a group of enemies, start fighting and move towards them and they would just poof.

Truant · Feb 15, 2019

Zappy said:
Giant bomb dudes not understanding another loot game...well colour me shocked.

Powers seem more fun than shooting...well erm yes that's the point. That's the whole point.

Just because it's a loot game doesn't excuse the problems they're having the game.

Radokat · Feb 15, 2019

Just finished my first session after 8 hours.
Besides the rocky first 45 minutes everything went quite well.

My group just reached the first stronghold and will take care of that tomorrow:)
Replayed a lot of missions to get everyone to the same quest state.
Somehow I received 160000 coins and had all javelines unlocked, but I'm the only one in my group.

dDASTARDLY · Feb 15, 2019

EA access servers must be getting hammered, the app refuses to load.

Zappy · Feb 15, 2019

Truant said:
Just because it's a loot game doesn't excuse the problems they're having the game.

If you come to anthem a powers first, weapons second game and complain about that very fact...then it shows a lack of understanding imho. The powers are meant to be the primary thing and most fun thing.

chrominance · Feb 15, 2019

Hamster Plugin said:
Solved it.

The trial only appeared when I go to Origin with my web browser. The client never gives the option to get the trial and just pushes Premier. Now I got the trial through the web store.

Shitty design from EA.

THANK YOU. I was looking everywhere for the trial and couldn't find it on the Trials page nor the store search. Shitty client design indeed.

blacklotus · Feb 15, 2019

Shy · Feb 15, 2019

Bunta said:
Wow, the game just phased out enemies and a chest that was right in front of me in freeplay.

Ohh dear.

SweetNicole · Feb 15, 2019

Once you do ~10 missions, and get to the freeplay stuff...

Here are the full requirements

Artinia: 5 World events, 30 Weapon defeats, 15 weak point defeats, 9 elite defeats
Cariff: 3 missions, 30 gear defeats, 15 combos, 3 multikills
Gawnes: 50 Melee defeats, 50 ult defeats, 3 legendary defeats
Yvena: 15 chests, 25 harvests, 3 javs repaired, 10 collectibles

All four are required to advance the main quest.

Fun Fact: Feat tracking is broken, so the only way to check progress is by manually flying to each tomb to see!

Yay! Isn't locking main storyline content behind an absurd grind fun? /s

Truant · Feb 15, 2019

Zappy said:
If you come to anthem a powers first, weapons second game and complain about that very fact...then it shows a lack of understanding imho. The powers are meant to be the primary thing and most fun thing.

I don't get that at all. I've been following the mainstream coverage of the game and loot, and by extension guns, has seemed like a core part of the game.

OutofMana · Feb 15, 2019

I'm just here staring at the 6 day timer wishing it was unlocked for me now. Feels bad, man.

Deleted member 3897 · Feb 15, 2019

SweetNicole said:
Once you do ~10 missions, and get to the freeplay stuff...

Here are the full requirements

Artinia: 5 World events, 30 Weapon defeats, 15 weak point defeats, 9 elite defeats

Cariff: 3 missions, 30 gear defeats, 15 combos, 3 multikills

Gawnes: 50 Melee defeats, 50 ult defeats, 3 legendary defeats

Yvena: 15 chests, 25 harvests, 3 javs repaired, 10 collectibles

All four are required to advance the main quest.

Fun Fact: Feat tracking is broken, so the only way to check progress is by manually flying to each tomb to see!

Yay! Isn't locking main storyline content behind an absurd grind fun? /s

What the fuck.

Im not doing all that shit.

SRTtoZ · Feb 15, 2019

So many bugs. Jesus I thought they fixed this shit?

Joeku · Feb 15, 2019

SweetNicole said:
Once you do ~10 missions, and get to the freeplay stuff...

Here are the full requirements

Artinia: 5 World events, 30 Weapon defeats, 15 weak point defeats, 9 elite defeats

Cariff: 3 missions, 30 gear defeats, 15 combos, 3 multikills

Gawnes: 50 Melee defeats, 50 ult defeats, 3 legendary defeats

Yvena: 15 chests, 25 harvests, 3 javs repaired, 10 collectibles

All four are required to advance the main quest.

Fun Fact: Feat tracking is broken, so the only way to check progress is by manually flying to each tomb to see!

Yay! Isn't locking main storyline content behind an absurd grind fun? /s

This seems...misguided.

Jarmel · Feb 15, 2019

SweetNicole said:
Once you do ~10 missions, and get to the freeplay stuff...

Here are the full requirements

Artinia: 5 World events, 30 Weapon defeats, 15 weak point defeats, 9 elite defeats

Cariff: 3 missions, 30 gear defeats, 15 combos, 3 multikills

Gawnes: 50 Melee defeats, 50 ult defeats, 3 legendary defeats

Yvena: 15 chests, 25 harvests, 3 javs repaired, 10 collectibles

All four are required to advance the main quest.

Fun Fact: Feat tracking is broken, so the only way to check progress is by manually flying to each tomb to see!

Yay! Isn't locking main storyline content behind an absurd grind fun? /s

hahahahahahahaha

shaneo632 · Feb 15, 2019

SweetNicole said:
I am there too.

There seems to be a way to track it via the codex (go to feats section), but it doesn't actually show you the requirements for each specific one, simply the progress you've made on the feat that is related to it.

This seems like really bad game design from a game that was enjoyable up until this point.

Yep I dunno what the fuck they were thinking tbh. You can "track" the grinding in the challenges > expeditions menu of the cortex but...they don't appear on the screen when you're actually playing.

So. fucking. stupid. This is basic shit, I don't get how they're getting it wrong and making proceeding a chore.

EDIT: I see others are hitting the same area, this is fucking terrible and making it a tough proposition to continue tbh.

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