I still haven't picked it up yet, but I recall seeing mention in the past that you can upgrade your suit's jets/flight to last longer, no?
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Anthem |OT| GaaS Effect
- Thread starter iFirez
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Was that part of the pilot skill tree? That whole feature was removed.
I have found items with bonuses that increase flight speed, so maybe there are some that increase maximum flight time. I don't know, though.
Man,
For some of my issues with this game, I think the characters are really well written. They all feel unique and believable, i'm glad that strength of Bioware is still alive and well.
Owen's betrayal hit me hard. I really liked him. I preferred him as my Cipher over Faye, though she's pretty cool too. At least Haluk is still around, he's my favorite character.
For some of my issues with this game, I think the characters are really well written. They all feel unique and believable, i'm glad that strength of Bioware is still alive and well.
Yeah random inscriptions can boost that. The issue atm is that most inscriptions don't work.
But I think the bigger issue is that flight time out of combat is unnecessarily limited. There's really no point to traversal being so limited in what is supposed to be a large open world and even small spaces feel annoying to traverse through because you have to stop more often than not to cool down.
Yes, there are components that modify that stuff. Whether it's a significant modification or a meaningful change remains to be seen given various bugs and the fact we have no "character stat sheet" to track any of this. We're shooting in the dark here.
how do you force communication in an online game with only 3 emotes and no text chat?
There is item affix called "Thruster life" that seems to extent flight time, also there is affix about overheating taking longer to happen.
I don't play on PC. On consoles you typically communicate via a voice chat.
Most of the biggest Twitch streamers who are into this kind of game (Datto, xGladd, KingGoth, TeaWrex) have all been streaming it since Friday and as the days have progressed, the viewer count has steadily dropped. Due to the game's lack of PvP, picking up big streamers who kinda like this genre is going to be difficult, as Ninja, DrLupo, & Tim have all said they wouldn't be checking it out.
This is one improvement I'd definitely like to see in the future, but it seems like this might be a limitation of the engine so I'm not sure it's feasible. :(
Anecdotally, I have some rare Vented Thrusters that add 35% to my flight time and Thermal Regulators that extend the 'overheat' window by some percentage and they seem to work. If I'm skimming lakes and hit a waterfall here or there I usually have no problem flying from one objective to another without hitting the ground.
Compared to the demo where it would take several hops or I would always fall short.
Yea they moved the pilot skill tree stuff into component attributes. Still they need an in-game dictionary to explain all the attributes. I just learned that the impact buffs give your attacks knockback/stunlock which should be pretty useful considering how enemies using it can fuck you up.
How about overheating in combat? Any change there? As someone who plays colossus, I've resigned myself to almost never being able to fly due to the whole "one hit causes an overheat" thing. But still, it's a nice thought.
Depends on what I'm fighting. The larger problem there are definitely those attacks that immediately cause you to overheat. (Or cause burning status) If I hover and pop a bulwark shield I can spend a decent amount of time in the air but you always risk getting hit by a rocket or something you just don't see / that spawned behind you.
This is in a Ranger btw. I don't think the colossus is meant to be able to hang around in the air as much? I got the impression it was more of a Storm / Ranger thing but I could be wrong.
It's not. I just like the option to escape, which is a rare opportunity given the mechanic.
yup, PvP is usually what people want to watch, this is the advantage for Destiny or Division streamers
Well even though I do enjoy the game-play, there is plenty left to be desired.
I don't feel too bad since I got this with my annual origin access premier subscription, and get access to tons of other games as well.
Either way, I will continue to play and watch this, but I don't expect putting lots of time and effort into this title. Reserving most of that for The Division 2.
I don't feel too bad since I got this with my annual origin access premier subscription, and get access to tons of other games as well.
Either way, I will continue to play and watch this, but I don't expect putting lots of time and effort into this title. Reserving most of that for The Division 2.
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which means more people should be watching since they're itching to play, no?
Personally I'm avoiding streams until I'm through the campaign and just running through repeatable content.
Does anyone have any idea why freesync on the Xbox One X is actually making screen tearing worse on this game? I cant understand it because I've been using it for a while now and on all other games with a target of 30fps, such as Sea Of Thieves, Shadow of the Tomb Raider etc when they dip below 30 and start tearing as long as freesync is enabled the screen tearing is completely eradicated. You can see it working by displaying the source and it shows the freesync range going up and down. However on Anthem The only time freesync seems to be working at all is at the start screen and the loading screens. Once into the game, the freesync range stays at 59hz even when the frame rate it dipping suggesting that freesync isnt being engaged. Or when the fps does dip its dipping below the lower freesync limit which on my TV would be the equivalent of the in game frame rate going below 24 fps. The only problem with that is when I am out in the open world and getting screen tearing with freesync enabled the in game fps doesn't look any where near 24 but i suppose its possible.
Doesn't stop the wipe farming though.
GM1-3 are bugged. GM1 is currently 700% extra health / damage and GM3 is 3100% extra, when GM3 is only supposed to be like an extra 800% or something. Basically, GM1 is currently where GM3 is supposed to be.
I know it's what I'm doing. For some reason reading those patch notes my hype is coming back in a big way. Just gotta get that dumb Tomb mission out of the way ugh. Era will someone run that with me once the patch is out? Please?
Yeah I have a ton of issues with the loading, the overheat while flying to missions and the lack of cosmetic change in loot, but I really enjoy the characters. The cast is so diverse and feel human. While the story premise is kind of bland, the characters and story telling destroys Destiny and Division.
Diaster Tourism, "is it really as bad as people are saying" for example.
I'm with you, I am personally not watching the streams, but I get why curiosity would get the best of people.
I think that's fair. Although I think the general story in both of those games (not how they're told, just the lore and the actual plot) are pretty good.
It's just a shame BioWare couldn't have given this a good ending.
That's very good to know. And damnit, I accidentally clicked on that spoiler and wish I didn't, but from the sound of it that's exactly the kind of twist I had hoped to see. I'm totally playing it now.
Yeah I really like the lore in Destiny actually, but the way they convey that story is extremely bad. Its telling that the best story telling in Destiny was made by Vicarious Visions.
Yeah, to be honest I'm no less excited than I was before the early access launch. I'm really looking forward to it even knowing it's going to be far from perfect, I had so much fun with such a small slice in the demo.
Floating back taking out some snipers, I see one is trained on me so I evade behind what appears to be a solid texture while the sniper is still training in on me. He fires and still magically hits me through the massive rock I was behind and I'm knocked out of hover and overheating. Failing to see where I "messed up". I did everything I was supposed to do with wind wall on cooldown. I got out of los yet still got hit and still got nailed with a 5-10 second removal of the entire traversal mechanic (not to mention a critical portion of the Storm's combat mechanic).
I think the community playing Anthem will be well served when those streamers and players complaining endlessly about PVP get bored and move on to something else. Should be another 2 days. ;-)
I also think both of those games have fairly compelling bits, they're just conveyed poorly (like you said).
For me, Anthem has some good characters (aside from the big bad), some decent lore (so far), and nothing else really remarkable outside of the VA and some of the dialogue. The plot itself just didn't land whatsoever for me.
Reminds me of the amazing lore surrounding the Killzone games... almost none of which we got to discover in game.
I loved the demo but once the novelty wore off the issues became kinda grating in the full game. Excited to hop back in now.
It is, because all they had to do was look at that current state.
Apparently the game tells you to go clear out before you can pick more up, but I didn't find out whether you're able to get back the loot that you left on the floor in doing that (a la Destiny postmaster).
As fun as Anthem is to play, I don't think it will be a big streaming game. Each new major story patch, the streamers that stream PVE games will pick it up for a few days, and then drop it to play whatever is the next new game. Destiny 2 has 1.8k viewers right now, for example, next patch that comes out it will jump up to 50k+ for a few days.
how do you clear it out when you can't access your inventory while in a mission
I'm not watching because of spoilers.
Epic, Masterwork and Legendary loot are mailed to you after. You lose Common, Uncommon and Rares.
Would assume when the game 'officially' launches on the 22nd.
You're wrong. Crota's End was available on day 1 of Dark Below. I remember because I stayed up to play it.