Originally posted by iGameYT

Welcome to the first weekly update for the new year. Hope each of you are ready for an amazing 2019!

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Originally posted by KingMe42

Hey buddy, any word on players being able to lower special effects in settings?

Several abilities were extremely flashy and causes, particularly lighting abilities. Over all it's very pretty, but also extremely eye cancerous and straining. I don't want to be flash banged by my own allies abilities as there seems to be too much visual clutter and brightness half the time. In general it just felt blinding to watch at times.

Originally posted by Musely

I'd like to say hi if possible! :)

Originally posted by ATG_Bot

For those of you unaware, PAX South takes place this January, starting on the 18th and through the weekend. BioWare has said that they will have a presence at PAX South. Although it may be unrelated, one of the BioWare folks, Chad Robertson, is also a panelist for The Making of a Modern Online RPG. Chad Robertson worked on SWTOR and his current project is Anthem.

We want to use this post to highlight potential meetups for folks within the Anthem or BioWare community. Below is a list of meetings from various sectors within the community. You're free to leave a link or info in the comments and we'll add it to the main post for visibility.

Meetups

BioWare Outpost - January 18th @ 6:30 PM CT

Originally posted by ATG_Bot

Applications will be open for one week, to conclude on 10 Jan 2018 at 8:30 AM CST.

If you are selected to move past the first round of applications, the second round will immediately follow. If you wish to apply, please ensure that you will be able to respond to the second round in a timely manner.

EDIT: Modapps have now closed.

Originally posted by LupinRaedwulf

Does that mean we have to fill up our parties before entering the game or does our character create its own server so friends are able to join at will

Originally posted by Atapt

Quick question, is there a minimap or map of sorts you can see while in free play?

Originally posted by Alizaea

You are close. they are instanced areas on the map, however, the instances are still on the same server. So it isn't 4 people per instance, it is 4 people per entire map server.

Originally posted by vhqr

Are there any incentives to go Free Play, or Is there any point leaving town without a mission selected? Do world events trigger during missions or only on FP? Thanks in advance!

Originally posted by SofaJockey

Awesome. Is there a "leave" point outside Fort Tarsis as well? i.e. a 'door button' so you can leave Freeplay without having to quit free play in the menu?

Originally posted by The_Back_Burner

Hi all, I'm confused about a few throwaway lines in the dev livestreams, and I'm hoping you lot could fill me in. Every time they're out in the world, they state that they've selected "Free Explore" or something similar, like they were unable to just leave town like other RPGs. Has anyone learned more about this?

I mean in Diablo 3 (and the Diablo series, really) you can just straight up walk out and start exploring; there's no mode to select or anything. However, this doesn't seem to be the case for Anthem. Which strikes me as weird considering you have a flying Iron Man suit. It's like you're stuck in town unless you go to a specific spot and say "I want to expore!" to an NPC or something. I mean, that kind of makes sense if you don't walk around town in your Javelin, but it feels weird that you can't just, like, walk out of town whenever you want.

Also, if all that's true, once you're outside, are you unable to fly back to town? Do you have to 'quit mission/free ...

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Originally posted by K3YJ

As we bring in a close to 2018 i wanted to take an opportunity to thank the r/AnthemTheGame community for being a fantastic team as we get ever closer to the release of Anthem!

There has been so much passion, excitement, humor and Hype Trains for this game! It's been one that I've been looking forward to for a while, and i feel like there will be a great community to play with upon launch.

As well, a huge shout out to people like: u/BioChrisSchmidt , u/UNTDrew & u/BenIrvo - The rest of the EA and Bioware team for the amazing communication and discussions that you have hosted. Regardless of if it was answering the AMA, random reddit comments or the ever entertaining live streams. You have been open and engaged with your community, and that has been noticed and appreciated!

So regardless if you are in UTC+14 or anywhere to UTC -11 Have a happy New ...

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Originally posted by ShadowClass212

Thanks to everybody for an awesome 2018.

Originally posted by iGameYT

Only Ben knows lol. Hopefully he comes in and clarifies. If not, we’ll just have to wait and see at launch.

Knowing BioWare I’m sure they’ve come up with some creative weapons and gear for the Legendary/Masterwork tiers.

Originally posted by iGameYT

Hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and Holiday week. Many of the devs are taking a long-needed break, but that doesn't stop them from continuing to answer your questions.

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