Well I have 0 regular “friends” that I play with so rip me
We've got you covered. There is also a bucket for 'everyone else' you play with, although less rewarding than friends.
Also hi! I guess I'm the Dev quoted here so this is meta. Spooooooky
It's still not clear. Do you have to play anthem with these friends or does it count even if all of us are playing separately?
You do not have to play with them. You can all play separately.
Is that secondary bucket the guild system, alliance system, or something completely different?
Alliance.
This is very cool, just two quick questions..
Why 6 and not 8? Seems like 2 of my buddies are getting screwed when max party size is 4. I'm guessing it partly has to do with the rate of earning coins, it just seems slightly odd.
Do you have to be currently online to get credit for each other's play time/activities?
i.e. I can be offline while my buddy is playing and as long as he's in my alliance I'll still get alliance points for the week.
If so this sounds great because I have buddies across all of the US time zones, so being able to contribute even if not able to do a full coordinated group run is always a positive.
You do not have to play with them, so we aren't bound by multiples of group size. And yes, we are tracking whenever anyone plays for this system. So you can be offline and we will still track your friend's earned XP while they are playing.
Absolutely baseless speculation: I'm guessing it will work asynchronously like you're describing. My reasoning being that if it's you + five friends, you can't include everyone in a fireteam (or whatever we're calling them in this game), meaning if everyone's online and available, someone's going to get left out, which isn't a good feeling. Plus, if we compare to Destiny's (admittedly flawed) clan system, you've got a system where individuals can contribute to the group through solo play (when they bother to give us solo-able bounties, at least), so there's precedent in the genre.
Baseless no more! Async for sure. It doesn't matter who plays with who, just that they play at all.
So does the system require choosing your alliance, or is it just your top 5 friends for the week?
Whoever your to 5 friends are for that week. Magic!
How’d do you join alliance with them??
By being friends on whatever platform you are playing on...that's it. We take care of all the rest.
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