You aren't wrong, but I think the Anthem devs had plenty to learn from the failure of Destiny 2 and Battlefront 2, as well as the success of a game like Warframe. It would be a colossal f**k-up on their part if they haven't capitalized on those mistakes. I've been jaded in the past, but I'm cautiously optimistic that Anthem will be successful. Don't let me down, u/BenIrvo.
Will do our best
Read moreI have, like, so many concerns about Anthem that it's made me concerned. Here, I'll list them all.
- If I'm a Storm, and my cape is damaged, will my teammates be allowed support abilities to sew it back together?
- If I'm a Interceptor...wait, they don't even HAVE capes! This is concerning.
- I'M TOTALLY GONNA MAIN THE RANGER
- They're not showing enough content! They need to stop all this effort to finish development in time for their release and finish one-off builds to do daily streams showing me all the gear and all the customization for all of the Javelins. Oh, and I work from 10-7 Pacific so also, do it while I'm not at work.
- I'm concerned this will be like Destiny. Also, I'm concerned this won't be like Destiny.
- In the Division, they did these things I like. There's 72 of them, and I think Anthem should adopt between 70 and 71 of those. That's in the attached spreadsheet and color coded in terms of priority.
- F...
Oh I see what you did there...
3440 x 1440 is the resolution I was using. It certainly works :)
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- Mark stated that the crafting system should stay relevant through the life of Anthem: ...
These are great. It’s a good recap for the Devs also!
Ben
Obligatory, I apologize if I upset you, I meant no insult to you or anyone working on Anthem. I am super excited about the game and cant wait to get my hands on it. You guys rock!
You didn’t at all. We just want to be very candid and engaged people :)
I have, but between you and me I think that makes it a bit funnier
It does. For sure
Make sure you look at his latest post on this topic
Another thing I've noticed is, depending on the skill level of who is playing, a game can look amazing or terrible. Often times we watch someone play a game and are upset with what we see not because the gameplay is bad but because it's not how we would do it. I was not super impressed with the Storm and Interceptor video for this very reason. The video from E3 this year, on the other, was fantastic because of this reason.
Yes. It’s a very hard thing.
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Drew naming my Colossus without my permission! Its name is The Petite Blueberry.
I watched the latest stream and the slow firing rifle the Storm was using just had an absurd amount of muzzle flash every few shots. Is there any ways to like tone it down before release, can be really bad when that huge muzzle flash starts going off in a dark part of the map and just give the sun a run for its money.
We are toning it down. I think it’s done already and just wasn’t in that build
Noticed this too!!! Perhaps it could have been a bug. Maybe u/benirvo can provide some feedback here??
If that’s true then it’s probably a bug
Awesome! Thanks Ben. Certainly excited to see Interceptors perspective!
During the last Stream, I know you were doing work.... But it was hard to see as Mike was focusing on his job (s)... and retreating (lol). I wasn't able to catch the stream live, but while watching the recording, I found myself screaming "stop moving Mike", because I couldn't quite see what Interceptor (you) was doing. Ha.
Was doing MASSIVE work. I can confidently say that as their is no footage from my perspective to prove otherwise ;p
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Why no Colossus/Ranger love with the personalization pics? :(
Got you covered. :) https://twitter.com/justinmasse/status/1060737209534308352
Read moreI’m very excited for Anthem, everything about it from the traversal to the environment and story look amazing. But the combat just feels...meh.
I watched a developer gameplay video of the Storm and Interceptor and the flying and environments constantly wowed me, then they get into a fight and it is so standard. It’s hard to even put into words or specifically what doesn’t feel right.
I understand what you are saying but I’ve watched it a lot and it’s just something I’ve never been able to articulate well.
EDIT TO TRY AND EXPLAIN BETTER: My best example is Wildstar. I was beyond excited for that game, learned every ability for every class before it came out, planned builds on fansites, I loved the art style, the humor, the world they were building...everything...except when I watched gameplay something felt off. Then when I played the beta the same feeling was there.
When I play World of Warcraft I feel like I am a shaman throwing lightning at en...
The hard thing is all your examples are of games you have played and you express how it felt to play them. It may just be that you need to play Anthem to decide. It’s really hard to get a sense of a game by watching it. It’s honestly one of the things we struggle with and it’s why we have done a bunch of hands on stuff with press - so they can try to share their feelings with all of you.
I think combat feels great. I am also biased.
u/BenIrvo I think a poll should be initiated for the public to ask what Javelins the community wants to see in the next stream, unless y’all plan on showcasing all four in their full custom attire =)
I kind of already committed to the perspective of the Interceptor being shown as it’s the only perspective that hasn’t been shown... we could do it for however many other players we have?
And remember, that’s for the next GAMEPLAY live stream... that may be the next one or it may not. Working through that.
Do the meshes (armor packs) work like a single item slot that changes your Javelin's entire armor profile, or can you say...mix and match shoulder pieces with helmets, with gauntlets, etc.?
You can mix and match, I think we'll be going into more detail on this stuff at some point 😊.
You had it right, some of the copy on the EA site describes it well...
"Customization is making your Javelin play like you want..."
"Personalization is making it look like you want..."
Customization has some impact on your visual look as models change based on what you have equipped...
The personalization system lets you can add colour, vinyls/decals and meshes (armor packs) to pretty completely modify how the suit looks (as you've seen in some of the twitter posts and videos) 😊.
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