Anthem

Anthem Dev Tracker




23 Jan

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Originally posted by ZEE_THE_CEO

I mean, that's what I figured. But that's the least desired method to be honest. It's 2019. LOL

Statistically (if things work according to our models), the average populations for Freeplay servers should be just under 3 - so on average there should be room for your friend to hop in... that said, things get more complicated if you have more folks you want to play Freeplay with.

Anyways, big picture - if it sucks, we'll figure out ways to make it better 😊.

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Originally posted by ZEE_THE_CEO

Thanks Brenon. What about joining friends who are already in freeplay, and not in an organized party of 4 (in the world with 3 randoms)? Do they have to back out of their activity so that they can be joined?

I believe what happens is if you try to squad up with a friend who's in a full server, you'll get a message saying "server is full" or something like that.

They'd have to leave, or join you instead and then you could go do whatever. Hope that helps! 😊

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Originally posted by JMatheson86

Not yet. I tried tweeting some Devs on Twitter. Tying to see if it will be later after so many months. Maybe /u/benirvo can help?

After a certain period of time it can be made available. TBD when we decide to do that.

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Originally posted by Tonybear94

Sea of thieves went thru the same exact situation. All parties were open on launch and if someone gets disconnected midway thru playing, then a random would be able to take their spot almost right away, which in turn the party would have to back out completely and be remade. It took a couple months before invite only parties were a thing. Now the good news is that one of the devs mentioned in a video is that you do have that window of opportunity to join back in and maintain the loot you got throughout the dungeon, but wasn't direct on any sort of timeframe and also wasn't direct if that spot would be held for that specific person who got disconnected in the first place. Everything that I mentioned before is moot if invite only sessions are a thing, but I have yet to see any evidence.

There's a reservation system that holds your spot if you crash out. It holds it for a few minutes or so before it opens up for someone else (assuming it's public). 😊

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Originally posted by Kazan

I beat you to it by 2 minutes! :)

glad to see I was right.

Debug is obvious... by why 3 different fre builds. Different telemetry flags?

Ha, I was too slow! 😊

Yeah basically... Release is where most devs do their work. Final is the closest we can get to retail performance and still have some ability to debug or log things.

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That's the build configuration of the binary - if you're a programmer it'd probably make a bit more sense 😊.

At a super high level you can think of how optimized the binary is by the compiler and how many debug features are enabled.

We have four build configurations we use for Anthem (Debug, Release, Final and Retail).

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Originally posted by duckgrayson

Remember the human.

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Whether it's other people on the sub or the devs/artists/community managers, etc. I say this because I remember the launch of Andromeda, and because I've worked in some form of customer service most of my adult life.

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I am ULTRA hype for this game. I think it's going to be amazing and can't wait to get my hands on it. If though, after launch, for whatever reason you absolutely hate this game and think that Bioware or EA, or whoever, shit the bed and it has ruined your life...please, please remember the human.

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Constructive criticism is valid and absolutely needed to improve the game, but it's up to us to help not spread hate or fall into hive mind toxicity on here and other social platforms. Don't retweet nasty shit, tell your friends not to be dicks if you see it outside of reddit. A lot of people that just want to work in an industry they love put a TON of their hard work and care into the game no matter h...

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We will screw up. We will disappoint you in the execution of your favorite feature. The important thing is you let us know. Then it's on us to listen, let you know how we're going to fix it, then fix it. And it may not be as fast as you would like, or we would like, but we're going to do the best we can. We're all aiming for the same thing: a fantastic, growing game with a great community.

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Originally posted by Vicrooloo

The question is if it will continue after launch and if its as much as we got up to launch.

If they drop off the face of the planet after the 22nd then its nothing to care about. And AFAIK there's no Bioware Community Manager. Its the Lead Producers mostly replying and they are definitely going to be busy with post launch content.

As u/BiowareBen once said...hold my beer πŸ˜‰. We intend on sticking around and continuing to communicate the good, bad and ugly.

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Originally posted by Vicrooloo

The question is if it will continue after launch and if its as much as we got up to launch.

If they drop off the face of the planet after the 22nd then its nothing to care about. And AFAIK there's no Bioware Community Manager. Its the Lead Producers mostly replying and they are definitely going to be busy with post launch content.

We will do our best to continue, we agree that’s the correct path forward


22 Jan

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Originally posted by hdh963

Just a quick question, not sure if it's been asked yet. I received a vip demo access code from a generous redditer and it says on the EA site that "you have vip demo access", but I don't see it in my origin library at all. Will it just magically appear on my origin library closer to the vip demo date?

It should magically appear tomorrow, you may have to say poof to the screen at some point for it to appear. If it hasnt appeared, Grabbits may have stolen it - at which point, we suggest you get in touch with support.

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Originally posted by AllenR24

So, I have origin access premiere. Will I see the download to the beta/demo tomorrow on the 23rd? Cause as of now I dont see it.

Correct, it should appear tomorrow.

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Originally posted by barak8006

Ea Access members(4 euro one) get access to the beta on friday?

Yes, EA Access members will get access to the VIP Demo.