Anthem

[Rudy]

Big patch today.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultas.../#39a2c67e5557
Full list: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGa..._update_notes/

*I think the buffs to characters will allow the higher difficulties to be good.
*The extra Legendary missions will help the game stay fresh because I've been doing the same missions and strongholds for a while now.
*Extra loot chests
*Strongholds - fixed fog wall! Yes! The half invisible wall that goes up that sometimes traps you in the past. Happened to me at least twice now.
*Respawn timer no longer resets! Really annoying when you could almost respawn and then let someone try to revive you and they either give up (getting shot) or get killed and your timer resets to 30 seconds!
*Health bug got fixed. Everyone said this was huge but I never really noticed lol
*you can fly longer now - 20% buffs
*Many buffs and fixes for each javelin. Collosus Rail Gun got buffed? That was already awesome. Titan's Hail got fixed and since that is my one legendary item there I will enjoy this! But they removed the part where it said it should act as a detonator. That never worked before when it said it was. Collosus reload times are reduced (which were long!)

Edit: Paul Tassi just tweeted that "Ranger is now Storm. With tactical advantage component you can essentially hover forever"

I still don't use the low armor perk components. I always stick with the huge HP ones.

[Rudy]

Just played a Legendary mission after the patch. Did not really notice a boost in flying times. Maybe it's there but 20% doesn't feel like a lot. There are cut scenes in the mission which were fine. But I did this thing for 20 minutes and didn't even get a single MW item out of it. I scrap half the MW items I get now and everything below it.

Going to try a Stronghold later if I have time. Supposed to be these new chests although they have a lot of things like decals now.

The daily, weekly and monthly challenges now have many different categories broken down for you.

On a personal note my Oma passed away at 95 yesterday. It was not a surprise after being moved to palliative care. Had a good life and no more pain for her. Her health had slipped quite a bit lately.

[souljahbill]

https://youtu.be/7GlPSCPOLEs


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[cdj]

Here's the notes on update 1.04.


How is this game doing? Looking through the Anthem sub-reddit, it doesn't seem to be doing well.

[Rudy]

There was a separate sub reddit created for more positive people. I do think there are people trashing the game and not even playing it. I get the legitimate criticism. But some has been over the top.

I saw early reports that has the game about half the sales numbers of Destiny 2. It’s so hard to get good numbers because digital is growing and disc sales are falling. The fact the game hasn’t been discounted yet is probably good sign. There new update added some more stuff. If people like Destiny and third person shooters I think they would have fun with this game period. The bugs didn’t help. I do think they should add more strongholds and increase Legendary loot.

This game also has no PvP mode. That’s fine with me but I do wonder if they should be offering a 4v4 mode at some point.

[Rudy]

And then I play the new daily legendary mission and it’s bugged and I can’t even complete it. Every fix they add breaks something or pisses people off in some ways. The QA really missed the boat in this game.

[Rudy]

And World Events in Freeplay are bugged after the last patch too. I would see the symbol flicker and then go away. I don’t do Freeplay that much but they broke it. I really don’t know who is testing this game but they are doing a pretty shitty job. Just way too many bugs. Game was definitely rushed. That said, I do like the format of the game with online coop and I hope the next Dragon Age game is similar.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnthemTheGa...events_bugged/

[Rudy]

Back in Black @Anthem #PS4share pic.twitter.com/gEhbX0X2N7

— Rudy (@rudyjuly2) March 30, 2019

[Rudy]

More unique weapons, Legendary and MW support items and more on the way.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultas...new-armor/amp/

[souljahbill]

I hate how I haven’t been able to play as much as I’d like. Adulting is for the birds.


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[cdj]

Here's a very lengthy, behind the scenes look at the development - and issues - of Anthem:

https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anth...ong-1833731964

[Rudy]

That was a pretty damning read about development and Frostbite's failures. I didn't like reading that they cancelled Dragon Age 4 since they pushed everyone over to Anthem at the end either. At the same time, they are restarting it using the Anthem engine which I think would be great. The 4 player online co-op with a story mode will be great for DA4. I wish we could have had friends join us in DAI along with reduced fetch quests.

[Rudy]

I’ve struggled farming some of the tasks like kill 500 scars, 500 Dominion and 500 Outlaws. The scars are all over the place but the outlaws are the hardest. Found this site that details some of the hidden dungeons around (many are easy to find) and details which enemies are in them for farming purposes.

https://www.gamesradar.com/anthem-hi...cations-guide/

Other farming location during normal Freeplay above ground.
https://www.gamepur.com/guide/39160-...d-farming.html

[souljahbill]

https://youtu.be/jApItVbPSmg


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[souljahbill]

I haven’t played in weeks. I still need to finish the story.


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[Rudy]

Small fix update on Monday but hoping for the big April update sooner than later.

[Rudy]

Today's patch: https://bpb.opendns.com/b/https/www....ws/patch-10401

[Rudy]

The Legendary loot drops are so frustratingly rare that I can play for days and not get a single piece of gear worth caring about. I wish there was a Salvage All button. I automatically scrap anything that isn't a MW item and I scrap 99% of the MW items.

At this point I have played the same 3 Strongholds a lot. I've done the same 3 Legendary Contracts a lot and there isn't a lot of incentive to do Free play outside the Challenge Rewards. The only items that aren't tedious are redoing the new daily Legendary Missions which let you replay the story.

I think I'm going to try a different javelin for a bit or take a break. Days Gone is coming out in a couple weeks and I will probably take a break for that anyways. I just wish the next big update would be here sooner or they boosted the Legendary drop rates.

[souljahbill]

This video pretty much says it all. EA’s desire to extract money over the long haul is causing more problems than its worth.

https://youtu.be/S7nredCVqx4


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[Rudy]

The Kotaku article has a ton of reads. EA just looks so bad in many things. Bioware isn't a major player compared to their other stuff. I do think this format would work for Dragon Age with a little more single player only stuff mixed in perhaps and a longer story. DAI wasn't the worlds greatest game with a pretty simply high, epic fantasy story but I enjoyed it. I wonder if the game will still come out on PS4 or be a next gen title only. Probably at least 2-3 years away still now.