[2019] Update on Alliance System and Guilds

Originally posted by NotHere001

So if i am a solo player without friends on origin, am i screwed?

Originally posted by ZaedricR

Can you clarify what you mean by people on my friendslist playing without me? Does that mean the more people on my friendslist who play anthem, the more coin I get each week?

Originally posted by The_Rick_14

I thought I heard it only counts your Top 5 friends.

Originally posted by ralinsilver

@ u/BenIrvo and Bioware team: Is there a way to friend a person in game? I can't seem to find a way to do it.

Originally posted by oxaceox

For console players, will our chosen consoles friends list count towards the alliance? Or do we need to add players through the game for this work?

Originally posted by BenIrvo

Hey!

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Some of you have been asking about more details when it comes to our Alliance System, Guilds and general awards for playing together. We believe Anthem is a game best played with friends and to make that experience awesome, we need to have social systems to make playing with friends easier.

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With that in mind, I figured I would drop in here and offer up some extra details on what that experience will look like at launch and beyond.

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The Alliance System – “What is That & How Does it Work?”

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The Alliance system is a way for you and your friends to be rewarded for playing the game. Anytime you complete an expedition (Mission, Contract, Freeplay, Stronghold) you earn experience. That experience also goes into the Alliance system. Even better, the experience from the OTHER people in your group also goes into the alliance system. Even better STILL, players on your friends list who play without you - THEIR experience also goes into the Alliance System.

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At the end of every week, you are awarded Coin (our in-game earned currency, used to purchase various items throughout the game) based on how much experience was contributed to the Alliance System. There are several tiers you can work through each week as well as a weekly cap. We want to encourage players to form friendships and play together and we’ve created the Alliance System to do just that!

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Guilds – “What About Those?”

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The short answer is, Guilds will not be available at launch. While we believe the Alliance System is a great way to encourage social interaction with Anthem, we also understand Guilds play a critical role in helping players form organized groups with people of similar interests and play styles. Our goal is to release guilds as soon after launch as we can. Details on timing will come as soon as we have our plan locked in. We want this to be awesome.

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Thank you all for being a part of this awesome community. I hope you’re all enjoying our Open Demo. More soon!

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Ben

@BenIrvo

Originally posted by Raide042

My whole 3 people on my friends list. I've had this Xbox acct since the original Xbox days and I have a total of 3 friends and one of those is my wife and she will never play anthem. Hooray

Originally posted by Ursidoenix

Does the xp I get from my 5 top friends only include the xp that they directly contribute to their "alliance bucket" or does it also include the xp that they get from the other people in their expeditions and strongholds and such?

Also, if one of my top 5 friends is in an expedition with me, does that mean that the xp they earn in that expedition is counted twice towards my total alliance xp? Meaning the xp they earn in the expedition with me is added to my own bucket both when the expedition ends and when its added at the end of the week?

Originally posted by jcore294

Will it also use an internal game friends list?

Originally posted by DEVIIL07

Wouldn’t piling your friends list technically be beneficial because you would then have a larger pool of players for your Top 5 to choose from? Since, of course, you’re wanting the 5 highest possible contributors to go towards your weekly pool.

Originally posted by JustMy2Centences

Can we see who our top 5 are?

Originally posted by SquirrelTeamSix

Is the weekly cap pretty low? I dislike the idea of a cap in general, but if it's high enough it won't be a big deal

Originally posted by Dark-Revenant

If that's the case why have a cap at all? Seems like artifical extended of material. Instead of letting players who play a lot & grind able to afford something in a timely manner putting caps so it takes even longer is tiring.

Originally posted by Lucordien

If it wasn't for the constant communication with the Dev team I probably would have canceled my preorder last weekend. I hope this message shines through to the Dev and management above because I feel like im not the only one.

Originally posted by Bcmaken

Can randoms fill up all 5 buckets? If not, why not?

Originally posted by thegreatgoatse

Is there a "players you recently grouped with" function? Because being able to add people after finishing a random group stronghold/etc would be quite valuable.

Originally posted by FrozenLaughs

@ u/BioChrisSchmidt

Is there any incentive on my side to being in someone else's Top 5 for the week? Anything to encourage myself to keep grinding for them? Any rewards or bonuses for me to shoot for with high weekly performances; or just my sense of pride and accomplishment that I'm carrying others, like I already do in everything else I play?

^{yes, I'm being sarcastic, but not completely!}

Originally posted by buninina

Oh no, I don't have any friends :c Thanks for the info!

Originally posted by conir_

and your alliance tier resets after a set time or it just keeps growing?

thanks for all your hard work btw!

Originally posted by [deleted]

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Originally posted by jcore294

Thanks! Also, do we need to have an active EA account linked to Xbox in order to play the game?

My brother, for example, cannot play the open demo because his linked EA account is locked, and when he launches the demo he gets an error message "to protect your information your account is temporary locked" on the Anthem waiting screen.

Just wondering if he won't be able to play the real game either because of this. EA support couldn't help him.

Originally posted by clanky69

Is there a cap to that as well though? Like 10,000 coins at the most a week or something of the sort?

Originally posted by PapaCharlie9

Confirming: once you are a member of an Alliance, you can't be a member of another Alliance?

Originally posted by On-Swift-Wings

There's an alliance cap per week, but is there a cap to how much one individual can contribute to that alliance pool per week?

Originally posted by Mas7erBroda

what day is reset?