I’m getting back into this Saturday. Work has been killing my free time. By the time I get home, I just chill.
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I’m getting back into this Saturday. Work has been killing my free time. By the time I get home, I just chill.
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I wonder if EA/BioWare can fix loot drops and frequency on their server side without needing to patch?
Well Epic things don’t do much for me anymore. I’ve got tons and they max out at level 38. Now I need Masterwork stuff or I don’t improve. I can see why big time gamers complain since you need to play 2-3 hours to get a MW and it may be a duplicate. That should be increased along with letting us buy blueprints. I’m still on level 3 reputations and I’m not getting any MW blueprints.
Edit: just got a MW shotgun and ordnance launcher! Sweet!
You are killing it, dude!Quote:
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I’ve been playing it quite a bit. I think I’m 533 now and doing a Stronghold netted me two great MW. I guess the level of MW you get depends on your level and difficulty.
Yeah. The higher the difficulty, the more loot drops. Plus you’re so high, you’re not getting t crap anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
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They updated the loot. More against Titans and on top two difficulties.
Didn’t realize that Legendary contracts and Strongholds on Grandmaster difficulty will always get you a MW item. So may things I don’t realize. Haven’t gotten a Legendary item yet. I’ve had a few extra days off for March Break and have played more. That will slow down next week as I return to work. Plus I have to head to Toronto for two days for work.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...6006#section-4
Just got 3 MW in one Stronghold on GW1. A rail gun is sweet. But one component for Storm again.
I am not real happy about my shotgun. Like my grenade launcher better. Not crazy about the flame thrower either. Going back to my old setup.
Edit: I like the flamethrower up close as a weapon but not as a primer really.
First Legendary but unfortunately it’s Titans Hail which isn’t that strong and is bugged. It doesn’t detonate combos like it says so it’s not as good as it should be.
Got my second legendary. Probably poured at least 10 hours since my last one and it's for my Storm! Why EA, why?! Especially with rare Legendary drops they should be tied to the javelin I'm using. Frustrating!
I’m just getting to the point where purple drops are becoming more common. Can’t wait to get to level 30 so I can stop getting whites and greens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy
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https://youtu.be/JhYNbrv0gzE
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3 Legendary items now and one is bugged while the other two are for javelins I don’t use. Why EA?
https://media1.tenor.com/images/bd3a...itemid=4393007
GM2 difficulty is just way too hard for me. It’s a huge jump from GM1. I think they need to balance those a little more. There was a boss on a normal mission yesterday that was just a bullet sponge tank. I hit it with a bunch of Ultimates and it barely did anything. I kept dying and respawning (which means TWO respawns since it always puts you too far away and then ends up transporting you a second time close - not smart) and after 30 minutes and this beast still at almost 50% I just quit. It’s not fun imo.
I’ve got two builds for my Colossus. If I go flame thrower as my Ordnance I use my slightly bugged Titans Hail as my other special for long distance power shots. The flame thrower is fantastic for many closer enemies. Groups of bad guys or animals get fried and then I can stomp melee a combo on them. It’s great. But it is weak in terms of bosses or long distance power. If I go with a flame mortar (long distance) and then my Railgun (very powerful) I can take on bosses a lot better and it’s a great combo system. Hit them with a fire bomb and railgun explode a combo. But it’s not good for close crowd control of the minions.
Other people like the venom stuff or the shock/lightning things but those are weak and I’m not a fan.
Got a Legendary Weapon! A one-shot Marksman rifle.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2f7ZkXXgAAhOqw.jpg
My Overall Colossus right now (I think I'm over 660 with two legendaries, rest MW except Support which doesn't have MW for some reason):
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2f8Gx9WoAEgZNv.jpg
I tried playing yesterday but never connected to a server. I ended up playing Andromeda instead.
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At this point Epics and below just waste my time. I have all the MW stuff for myself as well for the most part. It's the Legendaries I want. Have 4 now although 2 are for the wrong class!
I'm glad they will be increasing flight time/reducing over heating. New chests and legendary missions sound good.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultas.../#2449eb1d5fe4
The elite mission “Hazard Pay” is possibly the easiest mission. On GM1 it was easy and I did it on GM2 as well. The only one I can recommend on that level.
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.
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.
https://youtu.be/7GlPSCPOLEs
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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.
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.
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.
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/
More unique weapons, Legendary and MW support items and more on the way.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultas...new-armor/amp/
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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Here's a very lengthy, behind the scenes look at the development - and issues - of Anthem:
https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anth...ong-1833731964
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.
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
https://youtu.be/jApItVbPSmg
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I haven’t played in weeks. I still need to finish the story.
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Small fix update on Monday but hoping for the big April update sooner than later.
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.
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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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.